French Quarter POV

The third anniversary of Katrina is coming up soon. President Bush is coming to town to make a speech and check out the recovery progress.

New Orleans has not forgotten the incredibly slow and sloppy reaction to the disaster by everyone from Bush on down. Something tells me that there won’t be many photo ops with smiling citizens and applause.

Instead of the usually grumbles about the current state of this country’s affairs, there’s been outright anger expressed over this latest bright idea for a visit. Here’s the story in the local paper (opens in a new window).  http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/bush_to_visit_new_orleans_next.html

Note the comments below the report, even making allowances for the usual forum-type trolls.

He’s never going to win a popularity contest in New Orleans, no matter what he does. I guess he had to decide between showing up and getting blasted with hostility, or not showing up and getting blasted for being uncaring and insensitive.

As I’ve said of him and other politicians, Boy, am I glad I’m not him!