It's the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the biggest natural disasters this country has ever seen, and as with any special occasion, Bush's people have to get him all sorts of photo ops to make it look like he cares about the citizens of this country.
President Bush cautioned against placing too much importance on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's Gulf Coast strike, saying a long, sustained rebuilding effort is still needed.
Let me point out that this is merely for his sake. You see, any attention to Hurricane Katrina puts more attention back on him and his staffs' collective incompetence when it came to helping people in their time of need. The last thing he wants is more "George Bush doesn't care about black people" chanting.
Nearly a year after the hurricane, criticism lingered.
In a report entitled "Broken Promises," House and Senate Democratic leaders described what they called "the failed response" of the administration since the hurricane hit.
Released Wednesday by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her Senate counterpart, Harry Reid, D-Nev., the report asserted that "thousands of families are still waiting" for FEMA trailers and that a significant proportion of money that FEMA has spent there "has been waste, fraud and abuse."
"The Republican Congress didn't enact needed housing money for homeowners in Louisiana until June, 10 months after Katrina - and the money has still failed to reach these homeowners," it said.
See what I mean? Can't da prez catch a break? It's hard out there for him, ya know!
Bush spoke on the South Lawn of the White House after meeting in the Oval Office with a New Orleans-area man who lost his home in the storm. Rockey Vaccarella, 41, of Meraux in St. Bernard Parish, has been traveling the Gulf Coast region to mark the Katrina anniversary.
Vaccarella said he wanted to thank Bush for the federally provided trailers that have provided temporary housing to many in the region who lost homes, but also to keep the pressure on.
"I wanted to remind the president that the job's not done and he knows that," Vaccarell said. "I just don't want the government and President Bush to forget about us."
I hate to tell you this, buddy, but his memory isn't that sharp, so he probably forgot about you the minute you left his lawn. Like I said, he'd just like to forget the whole thing ever happened because it was a bad mark on his legacy (along with the other black marks).
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