"Floods, I'll get around to it"--Obama, "but I got 18 more holes"
Yup, our sensitive, caring, concerned president is really being proactive regarding the worst natural disaster to hit Louisiana since Katrina. Pardon my bluntness (so when am I not?) but playing golf in Martha's Vineyard with the upper crustics while the Hoi Polloi in LA are manning bucket brigades, commuting to what businesses are still open by kayak and going hungry is the most hypocritical, disgusting thing yet done by this hypocritical, disgusting President.
Boy, if he really wants to help Hillary, this is a helluva way to do it. I don't know which is a better analogy: Fiddling while Louisiana sinks or Let them eat (moldy) cake.
Well, Donald Trump stole a coup from BooHoO by visiting the flood land and dispensing supplies for relief. Now you tell me who looks more presidential now? Sadly, Donald Trump instead of Tiger Woods in Massachusetts.
Oh yeah. What about "what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander?" Didn't Both Medusa and BooHoO rail at Shrub for the latter's cursory fly-over LA after Katrina on his way to Washington, cutting short his vacation. Even tho Bush's FEMA screwed up the rescue and resuscitation efforts, he did at least try.
It was only after Orangehead arrived at the scene that Obama was willing to take off his golf cleats and take a look-see. By the way, what has HRC had to say about this? Nothing but her speechwriters are working on it.
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I remember when Candidate Obama pitched in
to help with Mississippi floods back in 2008. He was running for President for the first time then, and it was important to look like he gave a shit.
As soon as he was elected he didn't need to give any more shits - and he hasn't.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
But crap's been hitting the fan for Clinton
...and if she were to make a statement about LA, nosy reporters would ask her about the emails and whether or not the Clinton Foundation will take money from ferners if she's elected and pay-to-play emails. Can't have that. Let'em drown.
We're getting a bit soggy in TX, too where it is MERCIFULLY cool for August.
'What we are left with is an agency mandated to ensure transparency and disclosure that is actually working to keep the public in the dark' - Ann M. Ravel, former FEC member
Except for the deaths of course . . .
the Texas floods have mostly been welcome. They filled up the lakes and aquifers. The water table in my area is way up. I have had the absolute best gardening season of my 24 years living here. Yes, and after over a month with no rain and temps over 100 . . . this rain has been wonderful. It looks like spring. Just plain old cloud cover gives us great relief. The beautiful tiny spring time lilies are popping up all over. And we have the very beautiful "Snow on the Mountain" flowers blooming. They bloom in rain or drought.
But, our climate disasters have been terrible. The roads keep washing out. In 2012 Borer Beetles killed all of my Soapberry trees . . . hundreds of them! The polar vortex and then the heavy rains killed many crops.
Marilyn
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Is WashPost waking up???
Maybe:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/emails-reveal-how-foundation-don...
Of course they're up in P'town MA, too busy fundraising to talk to press...of course...
Email present for Alligator Ed
https://twitter.com/juliangwan/status/767796123142541312
amazing the good stuff ya can find on Drudge these days.
Thought of your excellent essays when read this email...
It's tough to beat G.W. Bush so Barry O has to try harder.
Golf is always a good way to say you just plain don't care - nice touch, that.
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
I hope other states note lack of caring when disaster strikes.
How American. Blech.
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Better if they note it at the ballot box.
The FEMA and Federal response has been good...
I know this from first hand experience.
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
If that is correct then this entire diary is very misleading
If the shit was hitting the fan I'd expect Obama to drop his golf clubs and deal with it. But if he did a fine job setting up the agencies and they are performing admirably then this is much whining about nothing.
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Evidently Hillary was too busy
Attending fundraisers on Martha's Vineyard to go to Louisiana.
As for Obama, this beats bush reading my pet goat after he got news of the towers. I mean, really, the prez couldn't find some time in his schedule the last 2 weeks to visit?
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mouselander, I'll study that one for a while. lol.
Instead of none, you could try "better than either major candidate we have now". lol
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A thought
Of course, you could probably say "better than Donald or Hillary" even if you were talking about Vlad the Impaler or Caligula, so I'm not sure how illuminating that would be.
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Gee, seems you saw it on TeeVee like you do every time you're "surprised" by whats happening.
Pathetic
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Read This
Don't let facts get in the way of you B.S.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-evacuation-urged-louisiana-com...
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde
And just yesterday
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/08/21/sotu-edwards-trump.cnn
C'mon, it's fg Louisiana.
Don't let the BS get in your way of the facts...
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Nancy: And swim the English Channel?
Prof: No. No. To ancient Greece where burning Sapho stood beside the wine dark sea. Wa de do da! Nancy, I’ve invented a time machine!
Firesign Theater
Stop the War!
Um...
Both Obama AND Trump were asked to NOT come to LA. When a President or a Presidential candidate comes in the middle of a crisis, there is a huge logistical headache - roads have to be closed, areas secured, etc. Trump went anyway and was not really invited. The governor is just being gracious. I am NOT an Obama fan. But I have heard reports that the FEMA response was WORLDS better than over Katrina. I don't like the optics of him on vacation while this is going on - but he was asked NOT to come and did not.
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
"just being gracious"?
Yuppers.
Certainly wasn't pressured to cover for O and H that were no shows. Interesting how H said she wouldn't come because did not want to create a distraction and the Guv then comes out and says, yea, that's it, yea.
Let's not forget my previous post which I guess you did not watch, where O was on the rampage cause Bush was in his plane...what changed? The Guv of LA? Like the one during Katrina that was out to lunch? Oh yeah, sorry, false equivalency.
Wake up?
Prof: Nancy! I’m going to Greece!
Nancy: And swim the English Channel?
Prof: No. No. To ancient Greece where burning Sapho stood beside the wine dark sea. Wa de do da! Nancy, I’ve invented a time machine!
Firesign Theater
Stop the War!
What evidence do you have...
That shows that the federal response to this crisis has been poor or not forth-coming. I'm waiting...
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
Why...
are you making such a fuss? Nobody claimed the Federal response has not been forthcoming. The issue is the double standard of Obama making political speeches bashing Bush for doing what Obama is now doing. If it's right for Obama now, it was right for Bush then and Obama should not have turned it into a political football.
Because...
It is a false equivalency. Bush knew that a class 5 huricane was barreling toward New Orleans and did nothing. He also had a very poor response afterward. Obama had no warning of this - but the federal response was there.
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
Not true about no warning.
That was a very odd comment. n/t
Considering it took the MSM
like almost a week to even report on the thing, hardly surprising. And if he were to go there, or her, or any of them, God forbid someone would mention this is a 1000 year flood event, I mean really, HOW on earth would any of them answer to that? They'd have to maybe, somehow, sorta admit that climate change thingy might be happening and we simply cant have that. It's too important that we all think this merry go round can go on forever, and that someday, if we try real, real hard and maybe shed some of our blood in the streets, they just might, might, might throw us a few more crumbs. Gotta keep that hope alive at all costs ya know.
Today I hope they all burn in hell, and I don't believe in hell or heaven, but I can't think of any other way to put it without openly espousing violence, and we can't have that either. WE must keep the moral high ground while these bottom feeders sink as low as they can get.
Only a fool lets someone else tell him who his enemy is. Assata Shakur
I would hope
That the president is better informed than the msm. You know, like, the gov of la picks up the phone & talks to him re disaster declaration. After all, he IS a democrat & it would be hard not to be better than Kathleen blanco.
Somebody around here had a good diary about this.
If the President visits, local law enforcement comes under the command of the Secret Service. They have to drop everything - like rescue efforts - to provide security for the President. A no-fly zone is established, so no more supply drops, no more medical evacuations. In short, all Obama can do there is get in the way. Michelewln is right, Louisiana doesn't want him there yet.
As for Trump, not everyone was happy about him. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/where-is-the-fcking-check-louisiana-reli...
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And Trumpy Boy is only doing it for free publicity.
It's not like he gives a damn about LA or the people living there.
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
Nor did O'Bummer a few years earlier
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Exactly...
There is a lot to criticize Obama about. Flying down in the middle of a crisis is NOT one of them.
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
TY for the information on security precautions the
Secret Service would have to make, especially the no-fly zone. It would have served his "legacy" to not look like an indifferent asshole, by simply going to Washington working on a recovery plan and actually do something besides talking to Jeh Johnson.
BTW, I am not defending Orangehead either--but he made political points with those who don't dive too deeply into the facts.
So, have H's scriptwriters come up with anything yet besides "My heart (cold and icy as it may be) goes out to the wonderful people of Louisiana"?
That's true, continuing to play golf was bad optics. But he
couldn't really go interfere, they didn't want him.
I'm just the pass-through, it was somebody here who wrote a post on that, someone with flying experience so was familiar with all the trouble a Presidential visit causes from that aspect.
I never hear much about Hillary any more, although I mostly just read headline news. I think this hiding thing she seems to be doing is also bad optics. Didn't she just have a private fundraiser? Good optics would be taking a check from there and presenting it to Louisiana!
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I perceive it somewhat differently.
While I agree absolutely that Obama should have cancelled his golf games and gone immediately to the drawing boards to work on a plan, I don’t think it would have been beneficial to travel there knowing the impact his entourage would have on the very immediate recovery efforts on the ground.
Really...
I think you should remove this diary. Although Obama should have probably cancelled his round of golf - He SHOULD NOT have flown down there. When the president visits - it is a huge distraction and a logistical nightmare. From the reports I have read - FEMA is responding well.
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
Also...
I know from PERSONAL experience that the Federal government is down there in full force.
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
Whether it's you, friends or family, wishing them a safe and
fast recovery. Until the next one, or something. Peace and health.
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It's my son...
Who is down there with Americore. And thank you for your thoughts.
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
Rich, you are correct.
I was unaware of the security measures necessitated by Obama's visit disrupting relief services. Note I did not condemn the current FEMA efforts--but only those directed by Shrub's incompetent bucket brigade.
As far as appearances go, continuing his golfing was a poor choice.
Thank you...
I think I have the biggest problem with this statement:
No. Bush went down only after it was obvious that his FEMA was totally inept and ill prepared for the job. He didn't 'try' until it was too late. That is not the case here. I agree. Obama should not have been golfing.
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
And a press conference in DC,
With folks from fema, folks from the Louisiana delegation, folks like that wouldn't help & get around the distraction bit?
Look, the fact is that a couple days before "Obama would be a distraction" came out, one of obama's secretaries was in Louisiana & said 'the president can't be everywhere' in response to a question re why he wasn't there. The next day it was 'Obama had more important things to do'. Distraction is the 3rd story & obviously in reaction to blow back on the 1st 2 ham handed attempts to explain his absence.
He's not getting a pass from me.
I don't understand the
I don't understand the instinct of progressives to not expect Obama rise above the standards, of mostly republican and republidem presidents? There really were Presidents better than him. JFK, & FDR come to mind. Even without this, he was shitty on wallstreet issues, & he deliberately backtracked on his stance against freetrade and for a public option. He is a right winger, and he does play golf too damn much.
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That's me, banging my head against the keyboard. I am NOT an Obama fan. But this diary just looks mean and vindictive. The response between Katrina and these floods is WORLDS different.
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
Now watch this drive...
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They say that life's a game and then they take the board away
They give you masks and costumes and an outline of the story
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Cynical (trial balloon) how would Michelle run for Congress?
Golf claps.
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Obama should have at a minimum made a public statement
The president has a Head of State function, not just an administrative one. He needed to acknowledge the disaster and say, more or less, we'll work together and get through this. That's one thing Bill Clinton always did very well.
Every time there's another disaster and we get silence from the White House or else some functionary puts out a press release, a week later, that says nothing - or worse, says that he's a busy man (how dare you bother him with this trivia?), when we know he's just busy golfing - I miss Bill, for all his terrible faults. He was very comforting in crises. Obama doesn't even pretend to feel any responsibility for us peasants.