Final notes for speech: The South will rise again. (use the drawl for regional connection with historical context) Nearly 60 billion dollars (punchier, emphasize the "B" for maximum impact.) Minority owned businesses will thrive (a shout out to the "peeps" in the 9th ward) entrepreneurs will save the day (boomtown for money grubbin' carpetbaggers). Faith based groups will continue their good works.(a wink to my bible thumpin' brethren) Together, we can do it! We've done it before, we will do it again (Pull those national pride heartstrings with your reassuring smirk) We will review emergency planning in every state of this great nation. (don't laugh, don't laugh)
This is classic Rove, cut your critics off at the knees then let the right wing pundits count coup on their broken bodies with your talking points.
Sorry Karl, this dog won't hunt.
Once we've see the man behind the curtain the great and powerful Oz is no more. Even if "Brownie" whines on every street corner in America about the big, bad governor of Louisiana and that potty mouthed mayor of New Orleans - we all know your ex-chief of FEMA is a company man. He's still taking one for the team. He has been exposed as a liar. He has no credibility. He is a hapless shill for the regime. Why just two weeks ago, wasn't he doing "a heck of a job"? He still is.
Throw money at problems. Big numbers make you look compassionate. How are we going to pay for this? (Who cares, we'll all be dead when the bill comes due)
Where was the National Guard? Oh, right.
After 9/11 weren't we supposed to be more prepared?
Investigation? Ask Arlen Spector. Maybe the "magic bullet" was never really found- it skipped into a parallel dimension. Hurricane Katrina then shot it into the leveees.
What is there to do? Wake up and smell the rotting corpses in New Orleans. A speech is not a policy. Words are cheap. Actions speak louder than words and we've already heard this administration and this congress loud and clear.