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"Bush Leaves Louisiana After Spirit-Lifting Trip"

October 11th, 2005
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Fox has the Bush-friendly side of things.
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Dressed for the occasion in hard hat, work gloves and a large wraparound tool belt, the president joined other volunteers hammering nails into a sheet of plywood. The first lady, a cloth nail pouch around her waist, accompanied him. Bush spent most of his time chatting, signing autographs and […]

AP: Bush visits, eats high on hog, sleeps well

October 10th, 2005
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Do you think there could be the slightest bit of bias in the AP report "Bush dines, stays in French Quarter"?
President Bush got a taste of some of New Orleans' finest Monday, dining in the French Quarter and staying at a luxury hotel to showcase progress in the hurricane-battered city even as much of it […]

Bush visits Gulf Coast Mon. 9/20

September 21st, 2005
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Bush visited the Gulf Coast yesterday and made it clear that he and other officials are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Rita:
"We're watching very closely, of course, its track," Bush said later at a Folgers coffee plant in Louisiana that recently restarted operations. "All up and down the coastline people are now preparing for […]

CBS: Firefighters used as backdrop for Bush visit

September 12th, 2005
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On the CBS Evening News, a firefighter from Texas made the claim that when they were sent to Atlanta to be part of a FEMA team they spent their days as follows:
Day 1: filling out paperwork
Day 2: attending a sexual harrasment and diversity class (previously posted here)
Day 3: serving as a backdrop for a visit […]

Cheney botherer selling video of incident; harrased by MPs?

September 10th, 2005
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Remember the guy who told our beloved Vice President, Dick Cheney, to "go fuck yourself?"
He's apparently an ER doctor named Dr. Ben Marble, and he's claiming that after the incident he was detained by "military police" for about 20 minutes, then not charged and released. And, he's also selling on eBay a video tape of […]

New Democrat slogan includes f-word

September 8th, 2005
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AFP offers us "Vice President Cheney heckled on hurricane tour", informing us that the VP was talking to reporters in Gulfport, MS when a bystander came up and, in AFP's words, said:
"Go f—(expletive) yourself Mr. Cheney!"
"Go f—(expletive) yourself!"
My sources inform me that the "f—" above is indeed the word "fuck."
Needless to say, those at Daily […]

German TV on Bush's Sep. 2 "photo op"

September 6th, 2005
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On Sep. 2 president Bush visited New Orleans, and two German TV stations are apparently claiming that his visit was a staged photo op: bulldozers and the like were brought in just for his visit, bodies were moved, etc. From this second-hand report:
ZDF News reported that the president's visit was a completely staged event. Their […]

Sen. Mary Landrieu on Bush's Sep. 2 "photo op"

September 5th, 2005
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On Sep. 3, LA Sen. Mary Landrieu accused Bush of creating a potemkin repair site. She appears to have been wrong. First, here's her claim:
…But perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant […]