McCain and Katrina: Cake, Not Action

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As part of his silly-named "Time for Action" tour, John McCain on Thursday hits New Orleans to discuss what still has to be done to help the residents of the area, which has yet to recover fully from Hurricane Katrina. In a long press release about the trip, McCain's campaign notes, "Recovery from Katrina has been a slow struggle." But the release--which details the history of New Orleans--does not note who's partly to blame for that struggle: George W. Bush and his administration. Nor does it mention the Bush administration's failure to respond adequately to the hurricane and flood. And while the press release hails the rise of charter schools in New Orleans and the establishment of an anti-crime coalition of various community groups, there is a another conspicuous absence: no mention of any action McCain has ever taken to help the people of New Orleans. Time for Action? Hasn't the time for action long passed. Rather than a history lesson about New Orleans, McCain ought to tell local residents what he has already done to assist them--if anything.

Though he might not want to remind them what he was doing the day the hurricane hit:

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Yes, he was partying with Bush, holding a small celebration of McCain's 69th birthday in Phoenix. Instead of Time for Action on that horrific day, it was Time for Cake.

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  1. ...and that's a bitter cake that we STILL haven't made 'em choke on!

    -T

    Posted by: Hajji Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 11:45 AM

  2. Are you better off? If so, stay the course, Vote McSame
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFDc4M_PMNk

    Posted by: Neil Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 12:03 PM

  3. No wonder it took Bush four days to turn his attention to the devastation of the breached levies and the destruction or homes and property in three states.

    Bush was busy singing Happy Birthday to John McCain and playing guitar at a California fund raiser.

    If you liked Bush, you'll love McSame.

    Posted by: Neil Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 12:07 PM

  4. Are you better off?

    ~~~~

    Yes, I am and so is my family~

    Wow, and guess what? Policians or government has nothing to do with my success. I'm sure if you keep waiting long enough that $1000 middle class tax cut Obama gunna throw ya might be the big mother load you all have be waiting for!!

    Posted by: LBH Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 12:21 PM

  5. The $4 trillion BushCo deficit is going to take a chuck out of buying power out of your prosperity and savings. So will $4 gallon gasoline and rising food prices. You may be just treading water but you're too stupid to realize it.

    Posted by: Neil Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 12:25 PM

  6. no mention of any action MCain has ever taken to help the people of New Orleans.
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    Mr Corn, what action have you ever taken?

    Posted by: LBH Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 12:31 PM

  7. Posted by: LBH | April 24, 2008 12:31 PM

    ad homenem

    Posted by: Neil Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 12:33 PM

  8. The $4 trillion BushCo deficit is going to take a chuck out of buying power out of your prosperity and savings. So will $4 gallon gasoline and rising food prices. You may be just treading water but you're too stupid to realize it.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    The economy was doing great until the Dems took over Congress more than a year ago. $4.00 gas doesn't bother me, it might keep the idiots, illegals and unisured off the road for once.Rising food prices is also just what the US needs since we are the fattest country~ You lazy liberals might actually have to get a job to feed that large azz of yours~~~~

    Posted by: LBH Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 1:02 PM

  9. Bad news for you McBush haters~~~

    Americans trust McCain more than Obama on the economy

    A consequence of Dems not caring about the white working class?

    By Soren Dayton Posted in 2008 | Barack Obama |

    This morning, I wrote about Barack Obama's Chief Strategist saying that they don't need the white working class vote. The problem for Barry -- and good news for John McCain, the GOP, and our country -- is that this may be a symptom of a broader problem.

    People don't trust Barack Obama on the economy. Check out this slide from a Rasmussen video. So, McCain is winning on the economy and on Iraq. Aren't those the two most important issues in 2008?

    Posted by: LBH Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 3:20 PM

  10. Obama campaign abandons the working class
    And what was McCain doing today?


    By Soren Dayton

    Dan already wrote about this, but I want to give it some more context, especially because Bill Clinton is hitting it. This could become a major gaffe between the Pennsylvania and Indiana primaries. Wednesday, David Axelrod, Chief Strategist for the Obama campaign, said:


    The white working class has gone to the Republican nominee for many elections, going back even to the Clinton years. This is not new that Democratic candidates don’t rely solely on those votes.

    Translation: "We aren't going to win their votes. We don't want their votes. Screw them."

    Obama has a real problem. He cannot win votes among a core constituency of the Democratic Party's coalition. Until people like Al Gore and John Kerry demonstrated that they were too out of touch for the American people to swallow. Further evidence of the potential unraveling or reorganizing of the Democratic coalition under Barack Obama.

    Posted by: LBH Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 3:23 PM

  11. It's over folks, Obummer will be sent home packin~~


    Home > Politics
    Why Can't Barack Obama Close the Deal?
    Clinton's Blue-Collar Coalition Fuels Critical Wins, Raises General Election Doubts

    By RICK KLEIN

    The candidate who burst onto the national stage promising to bring red and blue states together is suddenly looking quite blue.

    Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., remains the front-runner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination but he has failed to close the deal as Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., continues to pick up critical wins in big states.
    (ABC News Photo Illustration)Sen. Barack Obama's second consecutive lopsided loss in a critical swing state has exposed soft spots in the support he's been able to secure.

    The Illinois senator's had persistent problems in winning working-class, less-educated whites and Pennsylvania accentuated his seeming inability to connect with those voters.


    Key Losses Fuel Doubts
    While Obama remains the prohibitive front-runner -- with an effectively insurmountable lead in elected delegates -- those potential weaknesses among key demographic groups are fueling a fierce argument inside the Democratic Party over Obama's ability to win a general election.

    Posted by: LBH Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 3:40 PM

  12. McCain called the response to Hurricane Katrina "a perfect storm" of mismanagement by federal, state and local governments.

    The Arizona senator walked a few blocks of the hard-hit Lower 9th Ward, passing tidy rebuilt stucco houses standing next to abandoned structures, their facades still spray-painted with the markings of rescue workers who went door to door nearly three years ago searching for bodies. Government-issued trailers still dot the neighborhood. McCain said his teenage daughter Bridget had been there with a volunteer youth group a few weeks ago to help in the recovery.

    "Never again, never again, will a disaster of this nature be handled in the disgraceful way it was handled," McCain declared, a pledged he repeated over and over during the day.

    (yahoo)

    *****

    Ouch, That is the sound of McShameless throwing Commander Bunnypants under the bus.

    That's gotta hurt.

    Posted by: capt Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 6:33 PM

  13. Ouch, That is the sound of McShameless throwing Commander Bunnypants under the bus.

    That's gotta hurt.
    ~~~~~~~~~~

    Ouch, looks like DC owes McCain an apology

    Posted by: LBH Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 7:40 PM

  14. Wright's defense


    Obama's former pastor speaks to Bill Moyers:

    Mr. Wright, who has acted as Mr. Obama’s spiritual mentor and retired in February as pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, said that he has never heard Mr. Obama repeat any of his controversial statements.

    “Absolutely not,” Mr. Wright said. “I don’t talk to him about politics. And so he had a political event, he goes out as a politician and says what he has to say as a politician. I continue to be a pastor who speaks to the people of God about the things of God.”

    Mr. Obama publicly denounced Mr. Wright’s remarks, a reaction Mr. Wright said “went down very simply.”

    “He’s a politician, I’m a pastor,” he said. “We speak to two different audiences. And he says what he has to say as a politician. I say what I have to say as a pastor. But they’re two different worlds.”
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    Obama is just another politician that goes out as a politician and says what he has to say as a politician

    Boy, where have I heard that one before~

    Posted by: LBH Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 7:44 PM

  15. The Democratic National Committee said in a statement that McCain had opposed emergency assistance to the Gulf Coast in Katrina's aftermath and predicted he would be "more of the same Bush-Brownie inaction for the Gulf Coast. And that's the last thing Louisiana — or the rest of America — needs." The Brownie reference was to Michael Brown, who was in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency when Katrina struck in August 2005.

    Katrina, the most costly natural disaster ever to strike the United States, killed more than 1,800 people and displaced more than 250,000. Total damages were estimated at $125 billion.

    Posted by: capt Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 8:13 PM

  16. Here’s a philosophical queston: If Tom Friedman deserves a pie in the face for his war cheerleading, what does Judith Miller deserve? An IED?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv6nvMUq10U

    Posted by: Neil Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 11:26 PM

  17. Re: NC GOP ad

    Obama campaign spokesman Hari Sevugan weighed in: "The fact that Senator McCain can't get his own party to take down this misleading, personal attack ad raises serious questions about his promise to the American people that he will run a civil, respectful campaign."


    Posted by: capt Author Profile Page | April 24, 2008 11:27 PM

  18. Those people who believe that any politician they like will actually keep campaign promises, are the kind of people I wish to sell my share of the brooklyn bridge to. The bridge is reasonably priced and will bring forth torrents of income as soon as you put your own toll booth on it. Come on, guys, line up and bring cash. No checks accepted.

    Posted by: kalpal Author Profile Page | April 26, 2008 6:33 AM

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