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BIAS ALERT: Media that ripped Bush on Katrina ignores Obama on La. flooding

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BIAS ALERT: Media that ripped Bush on Katrina ignores Obama on La. flooding | Fox News

President George W. Bush was torn to shreds in 2005 by mainstream media commentators for his initial response to Hurricane Katrina – yet President Obama’s detached response to the recent Louisiana floods has been met with resounding silence from those same outlets.
“George Bush doesn’t care about black people” was the shocking charge by singer Kanye West about President Bush’s response to Katrina. West’s was a particularly blunt assessment, but echoed a growing narrative pushed by mainstream media outlets that Bush’s response was out of touch, inept and most of all, he didn’t care about people on the ground.
Much of the media coverage at the time not only criticized Bush for the difficulties the federal government faced in responding to the disaster, but also lambasted him for taking too long to return from vacation and to visit the site on the ground.
When he did return early from vacation, just two days after the disaster hit, he faced further criticism for flying over New Orleans on his way back to Washington D.C. before flying out to visit the victims of the tragedy.
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So what's the reason for the different treatment?
 
American said:
BIAS ALERT: Media that ripped Bush on Katrina ignores Obama on La. flooding | Fox News


So what's the reason for the different treatment?
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Let's not forget the President's lack of action on Sandy.

The reason is evident. The MSM is corrupt, irrelevant, and intellectually and professionally vacant.

They've gone from drinking the liberal/socialist progressive kool aid, to publicly drinking cyanide of their own making. Serves them right, and their collapsing fortunes are well deserved.
 
ocean515 said:
Let's not forget the President's lack of action on Sandy.

The reason is evident. The MSM is corrupt, irrelevant, and intellectually and professionally vacant.

They've gone from drinking the liberal/socialist progressive kool aid, to publicly drinking cyanide of their own making. Serves them right, and their collapsing fortunes are well deserved.
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Greetings, ocean515. :2wave:

AMEN to that! :thumbs:
 
American said:
BIAS ALERT: Media that ripped Bush on Katrina ignores Obama on La. flooding | Fox News


So what's the reason for the different treatment?
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Take it further:

Such concerns have been almost entirely absent from media coverage of the Louisiana floods in recent days. At least 13 people have died, while at least 85,000 have registered for disaster aid.

While nowhere near as devastating as the hurricane, the floods have wrought significant destruction on the area. Meanwhile, Obama’s response has been significantly more tepid than Bush’s.

Obama has still not returned from his vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, and the White House said Thursday Obama would spend the day golfing. While a White House spokeswoman said the president also spoke with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate to get an update after Fugate's visit to the area, there are currently no confirmed plans for Obama to end his vacation early.
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Harshaw said:
Would have been better with a current (today) photo of Obama on the golf course instead of an old one.
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:shrug: point is the same.
 
American said:
BIAS ALERT: Media that ripped Bush on Katrina ignores Obama on La. flooding | Fox News


So what's the reason for the different treatment?
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Speaking as someone that has lived through Katrina and the current flooding, the differences are extreme.

Fema royally ****ed up at every possible turn during Katrina. There was a massive failure at every stage by nearly every politician (local and federal) during Katrina. The people that Bush appointed to lead FEMA during Katrina were woefully underqualified and did a terrible job. Granted, he was working with morons on the local level. But never the less, the response was terrible. A photo op doesn't change that.

With this flooding, FEMA and LA have been on their game. Supplies are steadily flowing in to those who need them, shelters have been setup to more than adequately take care of those who are stranded, information on where the floodwater is at, the stages, etc has been superb etc. I'm not sure how much credit goes to the federal government and how much to the state government and how much to just the good people of baton rouge and the surrounding areas, but there have been so few misteps with this disaster that I think it should be studied by FEMA and other states as how to get **** done in the even of a flood.

I'd much rather a president send competent people who do a good job than one who will come and visit and tell me how much he cares while the ignorant **** bags that he has taking care of everything ****s up at every possible turn.
 
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I'm still waiting for the leftwing loons to come rushing in here to shamelessly telling us how I'm wrong, and prove how Obama isn't how this looks. Maybe show the pic of Christie hugging Obama or something to deflect from the truth. Not a single one will come in here and say that the savagery heaped on Bush was wrong, or that the hands-off approach to Obama is wrong.
 
roughdraft274 said:
Speaking as someone that has lived through Katrina and the current flooding, the differences are extreme.

Fema royally ****ed up at every possible turn during Katrina. There was a massive failure at every stage by nearly every politician (local and federal) during Katrina. The people that Bush appointed to lead FEMA during Katrina were woefully underqualified and did a terrible job. Granted, he was working with morons on the local level. But never the less, the response was terrible. A photo op doesn't change that.

With this flooding, FEMA and LA have been on their game. Supplies are steadily flowing in to those who need them, shelters have been setup to more than adequately take care of those who are stranded, information on where the floodwater is at, the stages, etc has been superb etc. I'm not sure how much credit goes to the federal government and how much to the state government and how much to just the good people of baton rouge and the surrounding areas, but there have been so few misteps with this disaster that I think it should be studied by FEMA and other states as how to get **** done in the even of a flood.

I'd much rather a president send competent people who do a good job than one who will come and visit and tell me how much he cares while the ignorant **** bags that he has taking care of everything ****s up at every possible turn.
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The difference means nothing. It's a ****ing disaster, where is he? Answer up.
 
American said:
The difference means nothing. It's a ****ing disaster, where is he? Answer up.
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You didn't address my post. And your response is stupid. The difference means EVERYTHING. You want to bitch about insignificant **** while ignoring the deeper reasons why Bush was bashed over Katrina. Because he and his people did a ****ty job.
 
American said:
The difference means nothing. It's a ****ing disaster, where is he? Answer up.
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Political hacks think that whether the president visits is the deciding factor in deciding if he's done a good job. Everyone else knows that a good job means getting people the help they need
 
sangha said:
Political hacks think that whether the president visits is the deciding factor in deciding if he's done a good job. Everyone else knows that a good job means getting people the help they need
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Exactly. And with Katrina people had no food, shelter, clean water etc for weeks. With this flood you can't go down the street without some kind of organization telling you where to go or giving you supplies to help out those who need it.
 
sangha said:
Political hacks think that whether the president visits is the deciding factor in deciding if he's done a good job. Everyone else knows that a good job means getting people the help they need
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Why do you even bother to come in here. Your response is total bull****, and that is NOT how Bush was treated at all. The incompetence in Louisiana was galactic, yet Bush got the blame for all.
 
roughdraft274 said:
Exactly. And with Katrina people had no food, shelter, clean water etc for weeks. With this flood you can't go down the street without some kind of organization telling you where to go or giving you supplies to help out those who need it.
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Keep making excuses, you're proving my point.
 
it is called respect,just a fly over would at least show that.with this president you can bet would be there if this was CHICAGO and not BATION RUOGE.the people of LOUISIANA are AMERICANS too,half of our state went under water.
the most racist white house in the history, of our great republic,i feel like i should add the word evil also.


run don run
 
American said:
Why do you even bother to come in here. Your response is total bull****, and that is NOT how Bush was treated at all. The incompetence in Louisiana was galactic, yet Bush got the blame for all.
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And yet, the only "incompetence" you can identify is that Obama hasn't made an appearance
 
roughdraft274 said:
Exactly. And with Katrina people had no food, shelter, clean water etc for weeks. With this flood you can't go down the street without some kind of organization telling you where to go or giving you supplies to help out those who need it.
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American said:
Keep making excuses, you're proving my point.
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This is exactly the sort of partisan hackery I was referring to. You think that people getting food, shelter and clean water is just an "excuse" for not criticizing the govt's response to a disaster
 
American said:
I'm still waiting for the leftwing loons to come rushing in here to shamelessly telling us how I'm wrong, and prove how Obama isn't how this looks. Maybe show the pic of Christie hugging Obama or something to deflect from the truth. Not a single one will come in here and say that the savagery heaped on Bush was wrong, or that the hands-off approach to Obama is wrong.
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People criticized Bush for Katrina because his team did a terrible job and he had ****ing morons appointed to positions that they had no right to be in. And when someone does a terrible job you will get people saying that that person doesn't care. But you're doing the typical song and dance and trying to ignore everything about the two situations and make the entire argument "But... but... at least Bush visited and took some photos!" How worthless of a response from someone with the name "american". I honestly don't believe that Bush doesn't care, and I still think he's a guy that means well and loves his country, but that doesn't help people when he puts the horse whisperer in charge of FEMA.

Now do what you have to and revert back to "But Obama is playing golf!" I'll tell you when I give a ****, but don't hold your breath. Because while Obama's playing golf, my family and co-workers that just had water over their roofs are currently dressed in clean clothes, eating warm food, and drinking clean water, after they were rescued by boat and black hawk helicopters. Keep telling me how I'm missing the point.
 
American said:
Keep making excuses, you're proving my point.
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You're "point" is as sharp as a door-knob.

Let me summarize for you.

"As long as you don't give a **** about what help the people going through the disaster get, and only focus on the photo-op's, Bush did a better job!"

Hang your hat on that. I hope if your family is ever in a disaster and without shelter and clean water and warm food for weeks that you will be able to manage to be incredibly happy when your president flies by and does a photo-op rather than send people that actually know what they are doing.
 
American said:
BIAS ALERT: Media that ripped Bush on Katrina ignores Obama on La. flooding | Fox News


So what's the reason for the different treatment?
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LOL! More hilarious fail.

The Governor of the state essentially asked him not to come just now as it's not a good time yet.

Glad I could clear that up for you:

John Bel Edwards: Now is not the best time for President Obama to visit | NOLA.com

""I am not complaining about our federal partnership in any way" Edwards said, responding to comments about the president not coming to Louisiana. "The president is welcome to visit whenever he wants to visit."

Edwards said a presidential visit could cause additional problems for flood recovery efforts. Obama's motorcade requires many roadways to be shutdown -- and many local streets are still closed because of the flooding. Also, a presidential visit puts a strain on law enforcement. First responders shouldn't be pulled away to deal with Obama, when they are needed for search and rescue missions still, Edwards said."
 
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