Reverend_Hellh0und

now in all honesty, I think he is being a little stupid here. Alaska, ALASKA! for gods sake...


earthquakes, volcanoes, 24 hours of darkness, tsunamis, ICE, storms, etc......


What did he do during katrina?



Please if someone can justify his position here, I am all ears. this is a huge stretch for him imo.



I mean really, sitting with a bunch of senators compares to dealing with weather related problems in ALASKA compares how?

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shuamort

Here is Barack Obama’s record on rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.

Sept. 2, 2005: Obama holds press conference urging Illinoisans to contribute to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
Sept. 5, 2005: Obama goes to Houston to visit evacuees with Presidents Clinton and Bush.
Sept. 7, 2005: Obama introduces bill to create a national emergency family locator system
Sept. 8, 2005: Obama introduces bill to create a National Emergency Volunteers Corps.
Sept. 8, 2005: Obama co-sponsors the Katrina Emergency Relief Act of 2005 introduced by Senator Harry Reid
Sept. 8, 2005: Obama co-sponsors the Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief and Community Protection Act of 2005 introduced by Senator Russ Feingold
Sept. 12, 2005: Obama introduces legislation requiring states to create an emergency evacuation plan for society’s most vulnerable
Sept. 15, 2005: Obama issues public response to President Bush’s speech about Gulf Coast rebuilding.
Sept. 21, 2005: Obama co-sponsors bill to establish a Katrina commission to investigate response to the disaster introduced by Hillary Clinton
Sept. 21, 2005: Obama appears on NPR to discuss the role of poverty in Hurricane Katrina.
Sept. 22, 2005: Obama and Coburn’s Hurricane Katrina financial oversight bill unanimously passes Senate committee.
Sept. 22, 2005: Obama’s amendment requiring evacuation plans unanimously passes Senate committee.
Sept. 28, 2005: Obama and Coburn issue statement about the need for a Chief Financial Officer to oversee the financial mismanagement and suspicious contracts occurring in the reconstruction process
Sept. 29, 2005: Obama and Coburn investigate possible FEMA refusal of free cruise ship offer
Oct. 6, 2005: Obama and Coburn issue statement on FEMA Decision to re-bid Katrina contracts
Oct. 6, 2005: Obama co-sponsors Gulf Coast Infrastructure Redevelopment and Recovery Act of 2005.
Oct. 21, 2005: Obama releases statement decrying the extension of FEMA director, Michael “Brownie” Brown’s contract. Obama calls Brown’s contract extension, “unconscionable.”
Nov. 17, 2005: Obama and Coburn introduce legislation asking FEMA to immediately re-bid all Katrina reconstruction contracts.
Feb. 1, 2006: Obama gives Senate floor speech on his legislation to help children affected by Hurricane Katrina
Feb. 2, 2006: Obama introduces legislation to help low-income children affected by Hurricane Katrina
Feb. 23, 2006: Obama issues statement responding to a White House report on Hurricane Katrina. Obama noted that the top two recommendations that the report had for the federal government were initiatives he had been working on since immediately after the storm hit. Obama called the administration’s response “delinquent.”
May 2, 2006: Obama gives speech about no-bid contracts in Hurricane Katrina reconstruction
May 4, 2006: Obama’s legislation to end no-bid contracts for Hurricane Katrina reconstruction passed the Senate.
June 15, 2006: Obama and Coburn announce legislation to require amendment to create competitive bidding for Hurricane Katrina reconstruction for federal contracts over $500,000. Although it passed previously, the language was stripped in conference.
June 15, 2006: Obama releases podcast about his pending Katrina reconstruction legislation in the Senate.
June 16, 2006: Obama and Coburn get no-bid Hurricane Katrina reconstruction amendment into Department of Defense authorization bill.
July 14, 2006: Obama and Coburn’s legislation to end abuse of no-bid contracts passes senate as amendment to Department of Defense authorization bill.
August 11, 2006: Obama visits Xavier University in New Orleans to give Commencement address
August 14, 2006: Obama and Coburn ask FEMA to address ballooning no-bid contracts for Gulf Coast reconstruction
Sept. 29, 2006: Obama and Coburn legislation to prevent abuse of no-bid contracts in the wake of disaster passes Senate to be sent to President’s desk to become law.
Feb. 2007-Present: As Obama begins his Presidential campaign he references Katrina as a part of his stump speech as he travels around the country in his familiar line, “That we are not a country which preaches compassion and justice to others while we allow bodies to float down the streets of a major American city. That is not who we are.”
June 20, 2007: Obama co-sponsors Gulf Coast Housing Recovery Act of 2007 introduced by Senator Chris Dodd.
July 27, 2007: Obama and colleagues get a measure in the Homeland Security bill that will investigate FEMA trailers that may contain the toxic chemical, formaldehyde.
Aug. 26, 2007: Obama outlines a detailed Hurricane Katrina recovery plan.
December 18, 2007: Obama calls on President Bush to protect affordable housing in New Orleans
February 16, 2008: Obama releases statement on toxic Gulf Coast trailers

FTA:
Obama was asked about whether his experience in the U.S. Senate dealing with weather-related situations compares to Palin’s executive experience running the state of Alaska and as the small town mayor of Wasilla, Alaska

I'm not sure why he's being compared to Palin and not McCain, it all seems odd.

Reverend_Hellh0und

so press conferences and tv appearences is "experience"?

granted there is some legislsation attempts there, but most of that is fluff....



And it is odd he is being compared to palin? I guess they feel the experience level is closer there?

Reverend_Hellh0und

and you do know there have been 2 natural disasters since 2007 in alaska right?

2007 Caribou Hills fire
2008 Tanana Valley flood

shuamort

You asked what he did, I answered. I doubt either candidate is going to be out there sandbagging, flying a chopper, or handing out water bottles. So it seems a little odd about how they handled a situation that they have no authority to handle in the first place.


Well, except for getting knocked up.

shuamort

I'm not comparing the two so I could give two hoots. It seems silly to do so in the first place.

For instance, GW Bush was governor of Texas which had natural disasters during his governorship and I don't think that he handled 9/11 as well as he could have. Go figure.

Zyphlin

Because Obama's camp realizes that Palin has around as much real experience for the job as him, so its easier for themselves to compare Obama to the republicans #2 than the Republicans #1.

And yes, Obama has a good deal of PR and legislative experience dealing with what occurs after a natural disasters. Palin has a fair amount of executive experience dealing with the actual preparation, happening, and aftermath of a natural disaster.

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Reverend_Hellh0und

I think the issue is not of importance either. I posted it as it seemed odd that Obama seemed to think it was.

And the comparison like you touched on was also a bit odd.

Reverend_Hellh0und

what happened to the thanks button?

Zyphlin

Did you quick reply? I've noticed that when you quick reply, when your post goes up the thanks button is not present on any post made between you hitting quick reply and actually posting