Bush faked levee repair for photo op yesterday

Via Americablog.com
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From a press release LA Senator Mary Landrieu sent out today:

"But perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential photo opportunity; and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment. The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast - black and white, rich and poor, young annd old - deserve far better from their national governmeent."


And from Daily Kos
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BREAKING: Louisiana sent letter

begging Bush for help on 28th
by dumbya
Fri Sep 2nd, 2005 at 19:50:09 PDT
http://gov.louisiana.gov/Disaster%20Relief%20Request.pdf

This letter was written on Sunday. The GOP is trying to spin that the local and state government hadn't asked for help. Well, now we got the memo that proves that they did indeed ask for help. The President got an urgent appeal by the state of Louisiana urging him to allocate his resources to help the situation. Unfortunately, I guess eating cake and playing the guitar are far more important.