Monday, September 05, 2005

a moratorium on press conferences

heres how the the EliteFluffPatrol (ELISABETH BUMILLER and ADAM NAGOURNEY) opened their article in the NYT:
" Faced with one of the worst political crises of his administration, President Bush abruptly overhauled his September schedule on Saturday..."
thats a helluva decision-makin preznit we've got!

and those in attendance for the photo-op?
"Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff... Vice President Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, the president's senior political adviser, listened on the sidelines, as did Dan Bartlett, the counselor to the president and Mr. Bush's overseer of communications strategy."


apparently they have short memories
heres Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana: "Our infrastructure is devastated, lives have been shattered. Would the president please stop taking photo-ops?"

and heres New Orleans Mayor Nagin: "This is ridiculous. I don't want to see anybody do anymore goddamn press conferences. Put a moratorium on press conferences. Don't do another press conference until the resources are in this city. "

and heres Jefferson Parish President Broussard: "Nobody's coming to get us. Nobody's coming to get us. The secretary has promised. Everybody's promised. They've had press conferences. I'm sick of the press conferences. For God sakes, shut up and send us somebody."


and once more, for effect, here's the line-up in the Rose Garden for Blinky's photo-op:
"Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff... Vice President Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, the president's senior political adviser, listened on the sidelines, as did Dan Bartlett, the counselor to the president and Mr. Bush's overseer of communications strategy."

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