Picture of the Day - 3

This is where I'm going to stop the Katrina pictures. It was on this day that Bush finally decided to leave Crawford depicted in the memorable picture of Bush looking out a plane window some 50+ hours after the New Orleans levees broke.

I could go on for weeks. It was two more days until the Michael Brown, airport hangar, "Heckuva job" photo op. And two more days after that before the Superdome was evacuated. The flooding and fires and dying went on for a week still.

This was the greatest natural disaster ever faced by our country. It was made worse by a president who had to be shown a DVD of the coverage compiled by his staff to finally bring him into action.

Even with the best response, Katrina would've been a disaster with alot of deaths.

But Americans dying on the streets begging for help, the elderly dying without aid, the six days people were trapped at the Superdome, those unforgettable images of human suffering, are attributable to an administration and a president that largely stayed on vacation for days while New Orleans died.

This is this president's shame, and all he seemed concerned about on his anniversary visit was protecting his political ass. He made his token visit, repeating promises not yet fulfilled, and then went to a Republican fundraiser.

Today, he's trying to change the topic to terrorism, because, you see, Katrina doesn't poll well.