Hopey Changey O My

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(a version was posted at PaxParabellum.com)

The White House Website is totally redesigned to celebrate America (snicker, cough, aha). It's really just tooting their own horn and by that I mean Our Glorious New Leader's. There's a place of course to solidify the new push for all Americans to serve their community, and another place to view all of BO's speeches and special words of wisdom and truth. And then there is a section dedicated to BO's agenda which contains a wonderful and heart felt slam of the now former President Bush--Great message of hopey changey there. . God help us.

Katrina

President Obama will keep the broken promises made by President Bush to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. He and Vice President Biden will take steps to ensure that the federal government will never again allow such catastrophic failures in emergency planning and response to occur.

President Obama swiftly responded to Hurricane Katrina. Citing the Bush Administration's "unconscionable ineptitude" in responding to Hurricane Katrina, then-Senator Obama introduced legislation requiring disaster planners to take into account the specific needs of low-income hurricane victims. Obama visited thousands of Hurricane survivors in the Houston Convention Center and later took three more trips to the region. He worked with members of the Congressional Black Caucus to introduce legislation to address the immediate income, employment, business, and housing needs of Gulf Coast communities.

President Barack Obama will partner with the people of the Gulf Coast to rebuild now, stronger than ever.

How much money did President Bush end up giving the Katrina hit areas? A Busload and not one of those buses the NO mayor let just sit there and get flooded. Bush wasn't who let down the low-income people of NO. It was the mayor and the governor who dropped the ball.

There is nothing worse than a politician who lies about others to make himself look better.

And OMG where will I volunteer so I too can feel all hopey changey---the commercial is everywhere. I gotta go breathe into a paper bag for a few minutes or hyper-ventilate. I'm gonna need valium or something to make it through the next 4 years.

President Bush part 2

You would be surprised how hard it is to find pictures of President Bush that aren't derogatory.

President Bush part 1

This is from the end of Neil Cavuto's program Friday:

He was too classy. Too gentlemanly. I know he also wanted to put his years in office in the best light. But if it were me, I'd have gone for more heat. I'd have gone out with a bang.

I've interviewed the president six times and I can tell you he is a gentleman, and surprisingly, given all his nasty press, not remotely vindictive. But for this last address, I'd have told him, try to be. Not that you need my advice now, Mr. President, but you still have time for another address. And this time, become Italian. And I can say that, Mr. President, because I am Italian.

Go ahead and beat yourself over this financial crisis.But do mention that while the buck stops with you, it passes a lot of people along the way. People like, I don't know, Congress. That ignored you five years ago when you wanted to rein in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. I'd apologize for the economy this past year. But remind folks the seven prior ones were pretty good; and American productivity even today, surprisingly good. Do point out with all these job losses, a record number of Americans are still working. And with all these foreclosures on homes, a record percentage of them still own homes.

Let them rip you for no energy policy. Remind them you tried only weeks after you took office, but Congress shot down that policy. Let them attack you over entitlement spending. Remind them you were the first president to try to rein in Social Security spending and your own party punted.

And let them say you spent too much keeping us safe. Remind them we are because you did. And let those who smear you on human rights and a war, be reminded of 50 million people free because of that war. And Democrats who say you ignored Africa as president? Do remind them you've given more to fight disease and AIDS and hunger than any other president combined.

Some will call you a cowboy who didn't get it. I prefer a cowboy who frankly didn't care whether they did. Hold your head high that you led us through these dangerous times, where we're now comfortable bitching about our money. Forgetting little more than seven years ago, we were worried about something more valuable. Our lives. Just because you didn't say it, Mr. President, doesn't mean you still can't. After all, you've still got a few days.