How many times did we hear Barack Obama reference New Orleans and Katrina during the campaign. Of course, he was going to do things better and smarter than President Bush. But now that the campaign is over and he no longer needs the people of Louisiana… well, let’s just say we’re seeing the real Obama and so are others.
All presidents make calculations as to the value of their time. This may be the (White House Chief of Staff) Rahm Emanuel treatment: ‘You didn’t vote for us, to hell with you guys.’ That’s how this White House views things.
— Retired Marine Gen. Douglas O’Dell, second coordinator of the Office of Gulf Coast Rebuilding under GWB
The spin remains that President Bush went to New Orleans for photo ops after he “bungled” Katrina operations (clueless Blanco and inept Nagin no longer held responsible), and President Obama is now in the White House making sure things get done now in a timely and efficient manner, in between trips and vacations and date nights and hoops…
Just watch as Obama ignores them. He won’t need them until the next election if he makes it to 2012 without getting Impeached. He will throw them under the bus just like he has others. A friend of mine asked me if I thought Obama would let Israel attack Iran. I told him if I was Israel, I would tell Obama to kiss my ass, we will do whatever we have to do to protect our Citizens & throw you under the bus!
Hard to feel sorry for them after they reelected Nagin and elected Obama.
Hard to feel sorry for them after they reelected Nagin.