Posted by caraher on September 9, 2005, at 11:04:52
In reply to Why is it that every time there is some kind of, posted by crazy teresa on September 9, 2005, at 10:53:42
One concrete example I can think of offhand is in the early '80s when he secured the release of Navy fliers downed over Lebanon by talking to the Syrian government.
I guess I feel the way you do about Jesse when I see Dubya strutting around feigning concern... For instance, one of his visits actually delayed major food deliveries. From the NO Times-Picayune:
Times-Picayune
Saturday, September 03, 2005Bush visit halts food delivery
By Michelle Krupa
Staff writerThree tons of food ready for delivery by air to refugees in St. Bernard Parish and on Algiers Point sat on the Crescent City Connection bridge Friday afternoon as air traffic was halted because of President Bush’s visit to New Orleans, officials said.
The provisions, secured by U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, and state Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom, baked in the afternoon sun as Bush surveyed damage across southeast Louisiana five days after Katrina made landfall as a Category 4 storm, said Melancon’s chief of staff, Casey O’Shea.
“We had arrangements to airlift food by helicopter to these folks, and now the food is sitting in trucks because they won’t let helicopters fly,” O’Shea said Friday afternoon.
The food was expected to be in the hands of storm survivors after the president left the devastated region Friday night, he said.
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