Newsview: Bush Has Own Challenge in Katrina

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050831/ap_on_go_pr_wh/katrina_bush_s_challenge

By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer
55 minutes ago

President Bush, who crafted a take-charge image from the Sept. 11 attacks, faces a stiff challenge in responding to Hurricane Katrina.

Cutting short his vacation and marshaling the power of the federal government could help reverse his sliding job approval rating. But the president's hands-on approach seems a bit too political for some, and makes him an easy target should Katrina's victims start looking for somebody to blame during the long, costly road to recovery.

In purely political terms, the question is whether Bush can live up to the tough, can-do reputation he cultivated after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Or whether he falls short of expectations and pays a political price, as his father did after Hurricane Andrew slammed Florida in 1992.

"There is a sense here that he's still the 9/11 president, and could bring the same magic here," said Elliott Stonecipher, an independent political consultant from Shreveport, La.

At the same time, Stonecipher and other political analysts said people are aware that Bush benefited politically from the Sept. 11 attacks, and they may be skeptical of his response to the natural disaster that has rocked the Gulf Coast.

"I can hear it already, `He's just doing it because his poll numbers are at bottom,'" Stonecipher said.

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[yojon]

1. Whaaaa??

'hands on approach'? What on earth is he talking about? Hands on the golf club?

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2. Fournier is a TOOL of the RW. He's not even fit to be called a journalist!

"... makes (Bush) an easy target should Katrina's victims start looking for somebody to blame during the long, costly road to recovery."

He disgusts me. What a horse's rosette!

TC

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3. Who is this, "ron fournier" and

where has he been cloistured the last 5 Freakin' YEARS?

This page is so fulla Shit that I'm not gonna bother linking on to see what other DRIBBLESHIT he has formulated about bush.

bush continued reading "The Pet Goat" after being told New York was under attack and then continued with photo ops for another 20 or so minutes!

The Fucker lied to get us into Iraq and didn't have a backup plan or Exit Strategy..no Clear Strategy on ANYTHING..

And this elliott stonecipher says people think there could still be some "magic" with the emperor who has no clothes? I'll just bet he's "an independent consultant"..BULLSHIT!

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4. Please read the rest of the article !

Unfortunately I picked the wrong 4 paragraphs :(

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5. Okay, I did it for you..

and it had some good points which become jabs in bush's case..cause he's so not into being a leader.

But, bush wasn't a leader the first four years, either..these guys are re-writing history.

"I would like to see him get in here and support these people like he did in New York," said Trichia Key, 60, a Democratic voter from Batesville, Miss., who has taken in family from hard-hit Biloxi, Miss. — about 275 miles southeast from her home. "He can do it. We've seen him do it."

Didn't bush stiff New York on $20 Million or Billion $$$$$$'s? That was all smoke and mirrors, too..and I'm afraid Mississippi and Louisianna are going to find out the HARD WAY.

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6. Thank you !

Whew, I thought I screwed up and accidently freeped :silly:

I think we're all a little numb now, but when a RW writer includes a little Bush jabbing, I get hopeful the MSM is turning :hi: