How does President Obama compare to his predecessor, George W. Bush?

[bush_cheney2004]

What was the name of the Cat 5 hurricane that hampered Bush's relief effort for New Orleans after Katrina blew through?

The Posse Comitatus Act.

[waldo]

The Posse Comitatus Act.

who knew that act was a barrier to U.S. federal troops providing logistical support during natural disasters. Are you sure?

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[Argus]

That's right....there was a Cat 5 hurricane in progress. What was Canada's excuse two weeks after the fact ?

Don't give me that crap. We all saw the video for days afterwards of people making their way through the flooded streets, trapped on rooftops and bridges, with virtually no visible help from the government. It wasn't until the outcry from the media grew so great that the government actually sent in someone to do something about it. Hell, foreign government were offering assistance since it didn't look like the US could do anything.

I believe Bush spent most of that time golfing, didn't he?

Edited October 19, 2014 by Argus

[bush_cheney2004]

Don't give me that crap. We all saw the video for days....

Of course....much more exciting than anything on Canadian TV. Doesn't change the fact that the U.S. (and other nations) responded to the tsunami disaster faster/better than Canada. Nobody said that Bush was a hero for Katrina.

[Argus]

Of course....much more exciting than anything on Canadian TV. Doesn't change the fact that the U.S. (and other nations) responded to the tsunami disaster faster/better than Canada. Nobody said that Bush was a hero for Katrina.

I'm sure that impresses the hell out of the people in New Orleans.

[bush_cheney2004]

I'm sure that impresses the hell out of the people in New Orleans.

New Orleans was an armpit long before Bush or Katrina showed up. The hero mayor Ray Nagin was convicted for wire fraud, conspiracy, money laundering, bribery, and filing false tax returns. He will get more more federal help in the way of a ten year prison sentence.

[On Guard for Thee]

New Orleans was an armpit long before Bush or Katrina showed up. The hero mayor Ray Nagin was convicted for wire fraud, conspiracy, money laundering, bribery, and filing false tax returns. He will get more more federal help in the way of a ten year prison sentence.

What the hell does that have to do with the issue? Does a bad mayor cause the federal government to be a failure? Or was it Bush policy to punish the people for electing said bad mayor? I especially liked all those mobile home trailers Bush managed to get stacked up in some farm field for weeks and weeks nowhere near NA.

[On Guard for Thee]

Has anybody yet mentioned the contrasts of how Obama responded so effectively to Sandy vs Bush's failure after Katrina?

[dre]

I think Obama has been a typical spineless politician, that shows up, and does what the various experts around him, and the special/corporate interests tell him to do.

Bush on the other hand was an abject train wreck. Even his own party knows it, which is why during campaign season they try to hide the guy and pretend he doesnt exist.

Obama is crappy and disappointing. Bush was horrible.

[On Guard for Thee]

It is reported that as Bush flew by New Orleans in AF 1 after Katrina he said to an aide that he was "devastated". And that he imagined it would be "even worse on the ground" DUH. As he headed back to the coziness of the WH.

[Argus]

New Orleans was an armpit long before Bush or Katrina showed up.

So those people didn't matter? Is that what you're saying? Bush was right to just keep playing golf?

[bush_cheney2004]

So those people didn't matter? Is that what you're saying? Bush was right to just keep playing golf?

"Those people" didn't matter long before Bush came along, including his and the previous administration's budget cuts for levees and other flood control projects. Congress only partially restored some of the funding, as much was diverted to higher homeland security priorities and the war in Iraq/Afghanistan after 9/11.

The socioeconomic woes of New Orleans are decades old and well documented regardless of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

[cybercoma]

Since New Orleans had been having troubles for a long time, it's ok that Bush just ignored them after a disaster. This is what you're saying, right?

[bush_cheney2004]

Since New Orleans had been having troubles for a long time, it's ok that Bush just ignored them after a disaster. This is what you're saying, right?

Of course....Bush was the president...not the mayor or governor. Besides, they weren't ignored. More stupid BDS rhetoric....

Edited October 24, 2014 by bush_cheney2004

[On Guard for Thee]

C'mon now, Bush was nice enough to do a fly over in Air Force 1. Apparently he told an aide he was "devastated" and that, "it must be even worse of the ground" It'd be hard to dispute that humdinger of a comment!