Was there a foghorn this time? I haven't watched the visit, because I firmly and angrily believe that he should not have gone there to cause disruption in the real rescue effort. The only reason for this visit is in the abysmal approval numbers of our George. He's playing the only game this government finds worthy (other than war games): the illusion game.
Part of the illusion game is to shroud everything into words which carry nothing but sound:
A reporter asked Bush about criticism that a racial component was behind the government's slow response to the people left without help after Katrina hit.
"The storm didn't discriminate, and neither will the recovery effort," Bush said. "When those Coast Guard choppers -- many of whom were first on the scene -- were pulling people off roofs, they didn't check the color of a person's skin, they wanted to save lives.
"I can assure people ... that this recovery is going to be comprehensive. The rescue efforts were comprehensive, and the recovery will be comprehensive."
Bush also rejected suggestions that the nation's military was stretched too thin with the Iraq war to deal with the hurricane devastation.
"We've got plenty of troops to do both," the president said.
"It is preposterous to claim that the engagement in Iraq meant there weren't enough troops here, just pure and simple."
So criticism is "preposterous", things are "comprehensive" and "pure and simple". No evidence to support the Iraq argument's preposterousness, no attempt to answer what those who charge racism really refer to. No substance, just a lot of fluff, like happy little Republican clouds floating about in the sky of emptiness. See, I can do the same!