bush & Katrina

White House defends and touts Bush role in Katrina

What's worse? Option A: Bush wasn't paying attention and that's why the Katrina response was a complete and total failure. Option B: Bush was paying attention and that's why the Katrina response was a complete and total failure.

The White House has decided on Option B, which seems worse. They're basically acknowledging that the President is incompetent:

"I reject outright the suggestion that President Bush was anything less than fully involved," said White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend.

Think about that for a second. Katrina was a disaster. Yet, according to the White House, the President himself was "fully involved" in overseeing that disaster. Wow. We really are screwed.

(Americablog)
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Of course, they have an odd definition of "fully involved", seeing as bush was doing photo ops around the country until several days after Katrina flooded New Orleans.