SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26, 2007

Bush Tours Wildfire Zone

President Views Hard-Hit California Communities; Pledges Strong Federal Response

    • President Bush, followed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, walks through remains of a home destroyed by the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego, Calif. Photo

      President Bush, followed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, walks through remains of a home destroyed by the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego, Calif.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

    • Marine One helicopter, with President Bush aboard, takes an aerial tour of the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, near San Diego, Calif. Photo

      Marine One helicopter, with President Bush aboard, takes an aerial tour of the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, near San Diego, Calif.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

    • President Bush hugs Jay Jeffcoat and his wife, Kendra, as they tour the charred remains of the Jeffcoat's home in Rancho Bernardo, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007. Photo

      President Bush hugs Jay Jeffcoat and his wife, Kendra, as they tour the charred remains of the Jeffcoat's home in Rancho Bernardo, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007.  (Getty)

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(CBS/AP)  President Bush had a message Thursday for Southern Californians weary and frightened from five days of still-burning wildfires. "We're not going to forget you in Washington, D.C," he declared in an eerie echo of what he once told Hurricane Katrina victims.

Mr. Bush boarded Marine One at mid-morning and headed off into the smoky haze that has choked Southern California since Sunday, reports CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds.

The president's trip to California drew close scrutiny today, with every step and sound bite compared to what he said and did after Hurricane Katrina, when his administration was harshly criticized for a slow and ineffective response.

But Mr. Bush dismissed comparisons between Katrina and California and he seemed satisfied by the response he saw here today, adds Reynolds.

"We've got a big problem out here," the president said near the end of his quick, four-hour visit. "We want the people to know there's a better day ahead - that today your life may look dismal, but tomorrow life's going to be better," Mr. Bush said. "And to the extent that the federal government can help you, we want to do so."

Said California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mr. Bush's tour guide for the day: "The only way to grasp the true magnitude is to see it for yourself and to be out there with the people whose lives have been turned upside down."

Masks and small, wet towels were distributed to the presidential entourage to help cope with the smoky conditions.

For 15 minutes Mr. Bush flew over the now familiar scenes of scorched earth, putting down at San Diego community of Rancho Bernardo and the rubble that once was the home of Jay and Kendra Jeffcoat, reports Reynolds.

"Those of us who are here in government, our hearts are right here with the Jeffcoats," the president said, his arm draped around Mrs. Jeffcoat. Holding her small brown dog on a leash, she fought back tears and Mr. Bush kissed her on the head.

He shook hands at a makeshift disaster assistance center where government agencies and private companies are providing help to residents.

From there, the president's motorcade passed charred hillsides on the way north to Escondido, where he assessed that area's damage and addressed the public and about 200 tired-looking firefighters.

"We can't thank people enough for putting their lives at risk to help a neighbor," Mr. Bush said.

Amid all this pain were lingering memories of Washington's slow response to Katrina over two years ago, and how it damaged Mr. Bush's standing.

As the first natural disaster to begin to approach the scale of the Gulf Coast storm, the fires represent a tough test for the administration. Katrina, however, affected a far larger geographic area, knocked out all communications and most key infrastructure, and impacted a relatively poorer population and much less-prepared states.

With the White House determined to convey a picture of a speedy and effective performance this time around, Mr. Bush was asked to compare the two.

"There's all kinds of time for historians to compare this response to that response," he said. "You better ask the governor how we're doing."

Schwarzenegger, standing next to Mr. Bush on a cul de sac, said the president reached out to him earlier this week before he even had a chance to make the call himself. "I call this quick action - quicker than I expected, I can tell you that," the governor said.

Later, in Escondido, Schwarzenegger was more effusive.

"I want to thank the president for coming out here today and being such a tremendous partner, such a great help, having done everything that needs to be done," he said.

Mr. Bush returned the praise for his fellow Republican. "It makes a significant difference when you have somebody in the statehouse willing to take the lead," he said.

It wasn't clear whether this was a subtle swipe at the Democratic governor of Louisiana, Kathleen Blanco, with whom the White House has traded blame for the Katrina crisis.

But much of Mr. Bush's stay in California offered reminders of Katrina, with some of his rhetoric even remarkably similar.

For instance, Thursday's "we're not going to forget you" promise echoed what Bush said in New Orleans as he ended his first day in the hurricane zone on Sept. 2, 2005: "I'm not going to forget what I've seen," he said then. And Bush's "better day ahead" consolation in California recalled lofty words from his speech in New Orleans' Jackson Square on Sept. 15, 2005.

"I know that when you sit on the steps of a porch where a home once stood, or sleep on a cot in a crowded shelter, it is hard to imagine a bright future. But that future will come," he said.

Fran Townsend, Bush's White House-based homeland security adviser, said the disaster response this time is unfolding "exactly the way it should be" and is "better and faster" than the administration's performance after Katrina.

"This is not the end of federal assistance. It's just the beginning," she said.

A break in this week's high, hot winds, and a helpful change in their direction, had officials hoping they could make progress Thursday. Some evacuees were even being allowed back into their neighborhoods. But several fires remained far from containment and threatened thousands more homes.

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by badmofojim October 23, 2007 5:03 PM PDT
So lets all blame bush for not doing anything.

/sarcasm

3rd day and federal aide is already being applied. That is quiet fast. Now let the flaming begin.
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by stopthewarrr October 23, 2007 5:12 PM PDT
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by sftodd October 23, 2007 5:14 PM PDT
Dear God, we must really be in trouble now, if we need help from Bush. Please George, stay out of the Blue states. We don''t want your help.
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by sgtrds October 23, 2007 5:16 PM PDT
We do NOT need him to come here and do NOT want him to! Stay home Bush! You are NOT welcome in California now or ever! We don''t need your kind of phony rhetoric and photo ops! STAY OUT!
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by michellem99-2009 October 23, 2007 5:32 PM PDT
Yea don''t want him here..Sure wish he stay out of Maine as well. If he want to help send the state of GA water they need..
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by badmofojim October 23, 2007 5:45 PM PDT
We do NOT need him to come here and do NOT want him to! Stay home Bush! You are NOT welcome in California now or ever! We don''''t need your kind of phony rhetoric and photo ops! STAY OUT!


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Posted by SgtRDS at 05:16 PM : Oct 23, 2007
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I guess we will let your state burn to the ground then you un-pateriotic neocon.

Why dont you take some action and go help with the fires, go donate go do something other then tell the man who is trying to send aide for those poor people. *** are you smoking. If you dont need the help of bush, then im assuming that you can handle it yourself personally. Class A, Royal ******.
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by badmofojim October 23, 2007 5:47 PM PDT
Yea don''''t want him here..Sure wish he stay out of Maine as well. If he want to help send the state of GA water they need..


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Posted by MichelleM99 at 05:32 PM : Oct 23, 2007
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Sending water is a problem, us in Las Vegas activly particapate by reducing the amount of water we use from the drying colorado. If GA did the same they wouldnt have been in this boat. They are just now saying take shorter showers, dont water the grass, etc etc etc. I feel sorry for them, but in all reality they are screwed unless they get hit with a hurricane.
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by homjett October 23, 2007 5:52 PM PDT
I just seen the Lt Gov of California on Liberal MSNBC, stating that he does NOT want the President to come to California. Damned if he don''t damned if he does. His press secretary stated that he wanted to wait until things get better, so as not to disrupt things with his entourage. His people are there an doing what they are paid to do. I think there are folks that will like to see him there, not the Liberals of course. But they will be the first in line to receive the freebies from FEMA.
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by badmofojim October 23, 2007 5:55 PM PDT
"It includes 32 firefighting crews and dozens of fire engines from the Agriculture Department, 1,239 federal firefighters, 25,000 cots and 280,000 bottles of water."

Can any one of you come up with that in a single day alone?

If answer = "no" then
punch head
elseif answer = "yes" then
explain
end if



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by gkc99 October 23, 2007 6:33 PM PDT
Oh yeah, Bushit and FEMA are right on top of it, they''re sending a truck load of matches and propane tanks!

Plus Blackwater is being sent in to provide security. You don''t go to the shelter, they gun you down.
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by sgtrds October 23, 2007 6:39 PM PDT
But they will be the first in line to receive the freebies from FEMA.

Posted by homjett at 05:52 PM : Oct 23, 2007

Don''t be acting like Bush is some how doing us a favor by sending money and aid to California. He has to. He has no choice. Besides California is the 5th largest economy in the world. We pay far far far more into the Federal system then we get back. All this amounts to is him sending some of our own money back to us. Nothing more. And no, we don''t want that lying POS to deliver it in person or to use us as a phony photo op. Stay out Bush. You are not welcome in California!
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by badmofojim October 23, 2007 6:48 PM PDT
Your morons, nobody has still said they can provide better aide then the POTUS himself. Who cares if yo ulike him or not. Your a bunch of slefish, greedy, cry baby ******. You care more about NOT getting aide from the goverment then you do GIVING aide.

Do us a favor you hypocical fktard. Jump in the fire.
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by tejasdemo October 23, 2007 6:51 PM PDT
Hey, that''s great. Get right in the middle of it George. Dont forget to bring D ick with you and be sure to have him bring his gun along.
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by gkc99 October 23, 2007 6:54 PM PDT
"Your morons, nobody has still said they can provide better aide then the POTUS himself. Who cares if yo ulike him or not. Your a bunch of slefish, greedy, cry baby ******. You care more about NOT getting aide from the goverment then you do GIVING aide.
Do us a favor you hypocical fktard. Jump in the fire"--Posted by Badmofojim


Yeah well if the little Texass fvckjer helps California the way he''s helped Iraq, the whole f state will be a smoking wasteland, *************!
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by adian1-2009 October 23, 2007 6:57 PM PDT
When I read your headline, I thought that this madman was going to the front line in Iraq. Believe me. When I realized that it is Th Madman trying to mend his failure and irresposibility regarding Katrina, I just dropped it. Excuse me!
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by truthspeake2 October 23, 2007 7:19 PM PDT
Where are all the ignorant knuckle-dragging racists now...after Katrina struck, these same racists folks commented that the folks in New Orleans were lazy, wanted handouts, and to get off their butts and rebuild their own neighborhoods without any government or insurance assistance.

I guess those same folks happen to have a different opinion when it comes to a more well-off area that happens to have a more "lilly-white" occupancy.

This story and the current administration uses terms like "indifferences" and "lessons learned"...why not call it exactly what it is and this country is still based upon, RACISM, pure and simple! Stop spinning the truth and get real, especially you 28% of the US population who support the head racist crook in charge. Reagan made racism fashionable and taught racists how to legally get away with it, Bush has made it stupidly popular at the expense of all Americans.

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by michellem99-2009 October 23, 2007 7:19 PM PDT
We all need water. I had my hair cut so I can take as short of shower,full load in the washer,etc. What..That ban just put in place and they knew they have that stared monthes ago. If we have bans I know about it when right when there is a dry spell and we are told what we can/can''t do. I been in drughts. Yer learn to conserve. Have to pay a water bill.
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by rushlimpdrug October 23, 2007 7:26 PM PDT
Bush Promises California Fire Aid

The headline should have read:

Bush Promises to Fire California Aid

Anyway, I hope he goes in and does a
"Shock and Awe" show for them.
Maybe LucasFilm could help.
That would be cool.
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by jerr11 October 23, 2007 7:41 PM PDT
Mr Photo Ops and Liar-in-Chief just can''t pass up on the chance to look presidential.

LOL

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by frankly6 October 23, 2007 7:46 PM PDT


San Diego,remember when Bush said he''d rebuild New Orleans? Uh, well how do I say this........it didn''t happen. Best of luck.


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by frankly6 October 23, 2007 7:52 PM PDT



Too bad Bush doesn''t have total control of Congress anymore, he could give Halliburton and his other buddies no-bid contracts to rebuild Southern California the way he did with New Orleans. Most of the money for New Orleans was funneled out of state through these kinds of schemes.



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by cpaide October 23, 2007 7:57 PM PDT
First Bush neglects the ***** (*****??) in New Orleans and washes away the black (colored, negro, whatever they are these days) people to make way for a mexican occupation of that city.

Now these suspicious fires (that stop right at the mexican border--what, the slums of tijuana don''t ignite???) to burn out the few remaining white (wasp, racist, whatever they are these days) people to finish the mexican occupation of Southern California after the insurance pays off and people decide to leave rather than build another house in the middle of stinking cinders.

Muchas gracias for your help, senor! viva la mexico!
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by sftodd October 23, 2007 8:04 PM PDT
Nothing more. And no, we don''''t want that lying POS to deliver it in person or to use us as a phony photo op. Stay out Bush. You are not welcome in California!
Posted by SgtRDS at 06:39 PM : Oct 23, 2007

Amen. Just give us our money back, George, and stay the f out. Our hard-working fire fighters have enough to contend with, without some pompous fool strutting around for the cameras. As if you ever cared about the suffering of others!
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by gkc99 October 23, 2007 8:56 PM PDT
"California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer complained on Capitol Hill Tuesday that the ability of the state''s National Guard to respond to disasters like the fires has been compromised because too much of its equipment and personnel are committed in Iraq.
Perino said there are other places to get the needed resources to do the job.
"When you are a nation at war you have to use assets available to you and sometimes those come from the National Guard," Perino said. "The president has said we will get them what they need."



What, is the Champagne Squadron still in business, keeping the white sons of Texass millionaires out of harm''s way? Is Bushit going to send them in to California?
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by stopthewarrr October 23, 2007 10:03 PM PDT
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by sgtrds October 23, 2007 10:12 PM PDT
"The White House announced that Mr. Bush is cancelling his St. Louis speech Thursday and will spend the day in California consulting on wildfires"

Hey idiot!!! Get a clue!!! You are NOT welcome in California!!! We do not want you here pretending you give a dam*n and we don''t need our firefighters to have to get pulled off from the line just for one of your phony photo ops!!!!

STAY AWAY!!! WE DON''T WANT YOU HERE!!!
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by neobrian-2009 October 23, 2007 10:31 PM PDT
Shrub better look out ! As much Oil as he has in his veins,..He`ll Explode !On the other hand,...California Needs KING W!!!He`ll help them,..Ask the people of Louisiana ?
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by condumism October 23, 2007 10:42 PM PDT
jinGOPig Bush visted New Orleans after Katrina, too. enough said
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by condumism October 23, 2007 10:48 PM PDT
Posted by neobrian
California Needs KING W!!!He`ll help them,..Ask the people of Louisiana ?

GW Bush is the epitome of todays exclusive Conservative Values Voting jinGOPigs.
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by condumism October 23, 2007 10:53 PM PDT
ConDumbs vote for the person that they would like to have a drink with? Just take a look at the ''Wild Turkey'' GW Bush that they appoved as their leader........................................................................
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by boatdocster October 23, 2007 10:54 PM PDT
Good. Maybe the useless son of a bixxh will get burned up in the fires!
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by micma-2009 October 23, 2007 11:18 PM PDT


Southern California, Bush says he''s going to help you rebuild. Uh, how to say this......he said the same thing to New Orleans. Good luck.


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by myidoncbs October 23, 2007 11:23 PM PDT
Ron Paul''s spam machine says, "RON PAUL IS THE ONLY POLITICAN REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT THAT WILL STOP THE WAR! NO ONE ELSE WILL, PERIOD"

That is a LIE. Dennis Kucinich, if elected, would stop the war ASAP. Bill Richardson has also indicated strongly that he would stop the war.

Don''t the RP spammers know ANYTHING?
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by myidoncbs October 23, 2007 11:27 PM PDT
Where''s the National Guard when we need them? Are they guarding the nation? NO!

Bush sent them off to Iraq to be sitting ducks. Apparently Bush thinks "they" won''t come here if we send them lots of targets to shoot at "over there". That''s how the Republicans "support the troops"!
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by l8c6 October 23, 2007 11:27 PM PDT
Tonight Bush is getting out his flight suit and stuffing an overized jock strap with rags. Tomorrow he will touch down in a fighter jet filled with bottled water. God save the king.
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by fascistusa October 23, 2007 11:46 PM PDT
Lord Bush will survey the Blazing WildFires.

Raise his hands in the air...

And proclaim his rule over California.

"I give these lands to you Satan. These innocent souls. In the name of Allmighty Greed and Power."
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by mh4cbs1 October 23, 2007 11:46 PM PDT
California Fires are NOTHING compared to the Iraqi DEATH and DESTRUCTION unleashed by Cheney/Bush War Criminals.

JAIL CHENEY JAIL BUSH Deliberately LIED us into Iraq. Murderous Thugs, War Ciminals, Terrorists with a $500 BILLION Budget.
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by jimfinster October 24, 2007 12:16 AM PDT
This guy is so worthless.

Maybe god will tell him how to put out the fires.

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by toshi43 October 24, 2007 12:37 AM PDT
micma, the difference is Southern california is rich and white, and New Orleans, well, figure it out...

I predict FEMA''s response will be immediate.
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by downtowner97 October 24, 2007 12:55 AM PDT
Give it up about Bush not caring about New Orleans. The federal, state, county and city governments, the weather channel, FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and the weather channel all told the people to get out before the hurricane got there, and no one wanted to be out of sight of their crack dealer, so they stayed.

Evacuations have been ordered in Southern California, and people have left the burning areas to keep from catching on fire. There''s no substiture for common sense.
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by sgtrds October 24, 2007 1:09 AM PDT
Good. Maybe the useless son of a bixxh will get burned up in the fires!

Posted by boatdocster at 10:54 PM : Oct 23, 2007

Amen! Sh*it burns so so should he!
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by trumpet008 October 24, 2007 1:27 AM PDT
Get a clue. Southern California is NOT all rich white people you.
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by cdfoxtrot October 24, 2007 1:28 AM PDT
His visit to watch burning SoCal might give him a preview of what''s in store for him in the next life.
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by sgtrds October 24, 2007 1:31 AM PDT
Get a clue. Southern California is NOT all rich white people you.

Posted by trumpet008 at 01:27 AM : Oct 24, 2007

Absolutely. I''m sure this as*sholes handlers will be able to find him some black children to hug in most of the photos.

Get a clue Bush! We don''t want you here! You are not welcome! Just put the check for the return of some of our money in the mail and go the fu*ck to your phony ranch in Texas you worthless piece of sh*it!
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by cdfoxtrot October 24, 2007 1:31 AM PDT
Give it up about Bush not caring about New Orleans. The federal, state, county and city governments, the weather channel, FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and the weather channel all told the people to get out before the hurricane got there, and no one wanted to be out of sight of their crack dealer, so they stayed.

Evacuations have been ordered in Southern California, and people have left the burning areas to keep from catching on fire. There''''s no substiture for common sense.

Posted by downtowner97

For a lot of people in New Orleans, I think it had something to do with not having much money to evacuate (go where, and at what cost???). I understand why the Faux News watchers always like to blame the victim, but it''s not particularly valid, or, dare I say it, Christian-like, to condemn people so casually like this.

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by truthspeake2 October 24, 2007 1:34 AM PDT
Give it up about Bush not caring about New Orleans. The federal, state, county and city governments, the weather channel, FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and the weather channel all told the people to get out before the hurricane got there, and no one wanted to be out of sight of their crack dealer, so they stayed.

Evacuations have been ordered in Southern California, and people have left the burning areas to keep from catching on fire. There''''s no substiture for common sense.

Posted by downtowner97 at 12:55 AM : Oct 24, 2007



Hey you racist knuckle-dragging ignorant inbred a$$hole, shouldn''t you and another 32% of folks like you in this country be in Iraq fighting a senseless war, or in airport bathrooms tapping your feet, or molesting little boys somewhere. You exemplify everything that''s wrong with this country. I guess it just never occurred to you that maybe some folks couldn''t afford to leave or maybe were too sick or too old. Now, go back to bed...I''m sure your sister is missing you!
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by sgtrds October 24, 2007 1:44 AM PDT
Hey you racist knuckle-dragging ignorant inbred a$$hole, shouldn''''t you and another 32% of folks like you in this country be in Iraq fighting a senseless war, or in airport bathrooms tapping your feet, or molesting little boys somewhere. You exemplify everything that''''s wrong with this country. I guess it just never occurred to you that maybe some folks couldn''''t afford to leave or maybe were too sick or too old. Now, go back to bed...I''''m sure your sister is missing you!

Posted by truthspeake2 at 01:34 AM : Oct 24, 2007

Amen, but you''re wrong about one thing. If this poster is a grown man then it''s his daughter that''s needing some daddy loving and if he''s a kid then his Ma that needs him.........
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by knyghtwolf October 24, 2007 2:08 AM PDT
bush is sending all the weenies and marshmellows it can round up from Wally World donations as assistance. It vows those homeless folks in Southern California will NOT starve under it''s watch. It is also clearing the path for Haliburton under the direct supervision of D*I*C*K(less) cheney to supervise water to be delivered in tankers to Georgia paid for by taxpayers money to be sold to those who can afford to buy it with food stamps, god told bush in a dream it had after laura busted it in the head with a Louieville slugger, six or seven times. Luckily it was his head and damages were very minimal.
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by robertkjjj October 24, 2007 2:34 AM PDT
downtowner97, you are 100% correct. Very clever too. Keep up the good work sir. Nothing speaks louder and clearer than the raw truth. Love the part re the "crack dealer"
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by harp1963 October 24, 2007 3:04 AM PDT
George will be there to reassure us all that global warming and the burning of gasoline in billions of cars around the world 24 hours a day seven days a week has nothing to do with all the natural disasters that are occurring.
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