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In an effort to prop up his sagging poll numbers - which have hit another
all-time low - President Bush made his third trip to the Gulf Coast
yesterday.
But another extensive photo op two weeks after the catastrophe doesn't help
to answer burning questions about this administration's poor response to
this
disaster. It appears the White House has tried to deflect criticism by
removing FEMA head Michael Brown from the project (of course, this being the
Bush
administration, he wasn't fired), and by working feverishly to pin the blame
on the governor of Louisiana and the mayor of New Orleans (both of whom are
Democrats). For the record, FEMA has not yet set up a disaster relief center
in the ravaged city of Biloxi, MS, leaving residents with few options for
help.
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The initial recovery effort was shamefully slow, but the Bush administration
wasted little time in handing out government contracts for the longer
cleanup
- and guess what company has already been on the receiving end? That's
right, Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root. Other companies with
close
ties to the Bush administration - particularly to Joseph Allbaugh, former
FEMA chief and Bush campaign manager - have also already received government
contracts. Bechtel National and Shaw Group are also among the early
recipients.
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"We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but
God did." - Rep. Richard Baker (R-LA), overheard to lobbyists