Compare And Contrast
Evelyn Turner cries alongside the body of her common-law husband, Xavier Bowie, after he died in New Orleans, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Bowie and Turner had decided to ride out Katrina when they could not find a way to leave the city. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
President Bush plays a guitar presented to him by Country Singer Mark Wills, right, backstage following his visit to Naval Base Coronado, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Bush visited the base to deliver remarks on V-J Commemoration Day. (AP Photo/ABC News, Martha Raddatz)
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And while Hurricane Katrina victims were mourning their dead, Bush was picking the presidential gee-tar. Yee-haw! The wry "Why change horsemen mid-Apocalypse" slogan I saw during the Presidential campaign in 2004 seems less and less like sarcastic comm... Read More
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And your point would be what, Dan? That Bush didn’t refrain from going to the VJ Day commemoration because there was a hurricane? That he was seen with a guitar?
… or that any cheap little snipe is good enough to publish?
I guess it is alright for our President to not be in the South right now, while hundreds of people are dead, thousands missing and millions of people are without power. I suppose when the tsunami hit that the leaders of all those other countries were playing for photo ops? Or perhaps he was suggesting that our President, after learning of a second airplane hitting the WTC, read for seven more minutes to a bunch of little kids.
BUSH GOT WAILING BONUS!
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Sakurina wins.
Perfect example of one of those things where a picture speaks a thousand words.