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Jeff: The line floated around here that I love is the one that claims that Bush or FEMA or the Feds are responsible for Katrina–responsible for the results of Katrina, the death, damage and destruction.
You know, Bush didn’t do enough, FEMA didn’t respond fast enough. Where are the troops?
‘Cuz you know, the President’s got more power than a hurricane, and any competent federal agency would just come and scoop you away, like Superman!
Meanwhile, next door in Mississippi, where the brunt of the storm came ashore, there’s none of this complaining and whinning going on because they’ve got adults in charge of running the response and recovery efforts.
Just makes the irony of Robert Kennedy Jr., blaming Haley Barbour for all the death and destruction that much more surreal.
The silence from Mississippi is the dog that didn’t bark. It reflects well on Republican Governor Haley Barbour–a new option for ‘08?
Duh – that’s just because those are white folks in Mississippi. Bush likes to kill black people – I even heard it on TV…
The truth is never going to come out by way of the LeftMedia, since they have already created their own Truth, which they like much better. I think the hearings, subpoenaed documents, and sworn testimony, etc will be more devastating to the mythology of the LeftMedia than Katrina was to NOLA.
Where is SHEP when you need him?
Speaking for someone who grew up in Mississippi, and still has family and close friends there, Haley Barbour is no option for ‘08. He’s too connected with the good ole’ boys network down here to have much appeal outside the south. Way too much bagage.
Would you not bother us right, we have to cover for some democratic administrations a little west of you. By the way, you should really clean-up all those piles of lumber near the coast.
TW: Sense. Get out of my mind Goldstein.
That is hilarious!!! Much funnier than mine. (you have a gift Jeff) But I did sum up the week’s worth of reporting for everyone.
What’s with the strange dude at INDC? He lost a screw?
Alabama marginalized too? Well, sure, but football season has started. Let them to the pigskin OK?
Roll Tide, MC!
As long as they win, Bama folks will be happy. But still…something like 3,000 people’s homes were destroyed in tiny Bayou La Batre, AL. I know, “who? where?” Still a drop in the bucket compared to Mississippi, though.
I’ve wondered how many people have blown off donating to hurricane relief because all they saw on the news was thugs looting, shrill political hacks and other abysmal reporting, as opposed to the stories of real people who need–and are grateful for–help (like the ones in Haley Barbour’s Mississippi and Bob Riley’s Alabama).
Heh. I bet more people have heard of the place than you think, Beth. Here’s hoping Forrest Gump’s shrimp boats and Bubba’s Mama are OK.
Well I heard Keith O-mann sing about her
Well I heard ole Keith put her down
Well, I hope Ol’ Dumb Mann will remember
A southern man don’t need him around anyhow
(Yeah f**k you now)
BINGO!
Have to agree with Bennett above, that Barbour wouldn’t fare well in ‘08 (although he would likely do better than our state’s last contender – anyone remember the Cliff Finch “candidacy”?).
That said, his performance in this crisis has been sterling, and he deserves full credit for being at the forefront of relief efforts from the beginning.
MC & Beth: don’t forget that this is Bama’s lucky 13 year (for those unaware, they have an uncanny record of having a perfect season every 13 years)
Barbour for prez? I think that’s a possibility, but he’s more likely to be a VP candidate. He’s pretty good with PR, and he would be an invaluable asset to any campaign or presidency. If there’s a Mississippian getting groomed for the presidency, it’s probably Lott, and I figure the reason he bowed out so quickly after the Thurmond roast debacle was to keep as clean as possible for a possible ‘08 run. His book being released now seems to be a toe-dip into the public’s image.
The fact that Barbour has handled Katrina so well (especially in stark contrast to our western neighbors) certainly should help his image significantly, if only his response was getting any play. As it stands, his only claim to fame has been in accusations of responsibility for the hurricane.
tw: run, as in: Barbour may run for president, and as in: One more time that the tw fits my post so directly and I will run from this site, convinced that Jeff is both psychotic and psychic.
Bo – partially agree with you regarding Lott, although the conventional wisdom I’ve heard about him from Mississippi pols is that he’s being groomed to be a VP candidate, at least initially.
Barbour is going to have difficulties within Mississippi once his opponents begin to resurrect charges relating to past gubernatorial elections – a lot of MS Dems swear he was the driving force behind some of the nastier rumors about Bill Allain and Farish Street, for example, in the mid-Eighties.