The Bush-Katrina timeline by Jon Stewart
Permalink | September 8th, 2005
The Bush-Katrina timeline as told by The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart (paraphrased, watch the must-see video for the full version):
- Aug 27th: (Two days before the storm hit) President Bush was easing into week five of his summer break in Crawford, Texas.
- Aug 28th: (Katrina pours down on the Gulf Coast) The President stayed at the ranch, but urged Gulf Residents to listen to officials who were closer to the action, than him.
- Aug 29th: (Katrina hits) The President boards Air Force One and takes off immediately in the opposite direction to Arizona for a Townhall meeting on Medicare.
- Aug 30th: (Katrina’s waters break through the levees) Bush headed directly into the eye of … San Diego; for a ceremony marking the end of World War II.
- Aug 31st: President Bush makes a monumental decision to cut his vacation short.
- Sep 1st: President Bush makes an appearance on Good Morning America. There he stated “I don’t think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees.” Anyone except the Weather Channel, CNN, most major networks, National Geographic, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and even a former levee engineer interviewed the Saturday before the storm hit.
- Sep 2nd: President Bush finally makes it to the disaster zone and in a speech remembers his druken days visiting the city. “I believe the town where I used to come, from Houston, Texas, to enjoy myself — occassionally too much — will be that very same town.”
And in the face of inarguable evidence that the Federal response was bungled, bureaucratic and incompetent, the C.E.O. President turned to Michael Brown, the head of F.E.M.A., and let loose his righteous indignation at a tragedy compounded by mis-management, “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.”
Must-see video: The Daily Show Bush-Katrina Timeline
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