Vacationing Bush hardly a compassionate conservative...

[whistle]

<snip from NYT>

December 30, 2004
DISASTER
Bush Promises Long-Range Help as Impatience Grows in Region
By AMY WALDMAN and WARREN HOGE

ADRAS, India, Dec. 29 - World leaders, including President Bush, promised long-range help to Asian countries on Wednesday as impatience with the pace of relief efforts rose along with the estimated toll from the week's disaster, which officials said now surpassed 80,000 dead.

As American planes and ships moved into place to help, Mr. Bush made his first public comments since tsunamis inundated about a dozen countries on Sunday, reflecting pressure on the vacationing president to appear more engaged in what aid groups are calling one of the worst natural disasters in history.

"These past few days have brought loss and grief to the world that is beyond our comprehension," he said at his ranch in Crawford, Tex., adding that Washington was prepared to contribute much more than the $35 million it initially pledged. <more>

<link> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/international/worldspecial4/30quake.html?oref=login&th

Food, clean water, medical supplies, refief assistance to locate the dead and remove corpses to protect the living, that is what is immediately required. This president just does not get it!

[Florida_Geek]

1. While with other people "on vacation"

"Meanwhile, Secretary General Kofi Annan cut short his vacation and was returning to New York Wednesday night to oversee the relief effort of the United Nations, one of the largest in its history, said his spokesman, Fred Eckhard."

The world will remember Bush and his vacations.

[murielm99]

2. "The world will remember Bush and his vacations."

Well said.

[Skittles]

4. they had to interrupt his vacation TO GET A STATEMENT

it is unbelievable, it is OBSCENE

[illflem]

3. Perhaps junior's delayed reaction is good

since everything he touches seems to turn into shit.

[whistle]

5. Exactly, the Lord does work in mysterious ways...

[whistle]

6. NYT Editorial today: "Are We Stingy? Yes"

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/opinion/30thu2.html?th

[izzie]

7. I do wonder at these two things----

Bush seems to make a mess out of every thing he does. GOP can not run anything unless they are the King of the Mountain and give orders, and the Washington Times claims we give a lot . I think they used Norway as some one who did not give as we did. If I recall Norway and each EU country is about as big as one of our small states. I seemed to have got off the track by then. This is how we win hearts and minds in the world.