Olbermann is doing a 2 hour show tonight on Katrina, covering all aspects. He had Craig Crawford on earlier, commenting on the Bush response to the disaster. The subtitle of the story was PRESIDENT IN CRISIS.
Olbermann's openning was not kind to Bush to say the least. He talked about the fact that Bush has gone from a lackadaiscal response to being "stuck in overdrive", which futher highlights the initial failure. He made it clear that Bush was trying to spin his way out of the cobweb named Katrina. He also blasted Bush for not showing up to NO until 13 days after the disaster, contrasting that to his speech on the rubble 3 days after 9/11.
Craigs response below the fold.
Craig stated that they probably were concerned about the image of Bush surrounded by blacks yelling at him, as someone reported today. Craig then brought up what happened to Dick Cheney the other day, and said "Cheney was the Canary in the coal mine, and the Canary died." I must say, it is interesting that Bush didn't come until there were no more
people in NO.
Then they dissed Bush for showing up on a Navy vessel that resembled the "Mission Accomplished" moment, and because Bush will be meeting with 9/11 Fireman in NO. Good call on thier part, as this is exceptionally crass.
I already diaried earlier, but I thought people should know about this program before it is to late. Craig will be back to discuss the Bush's sinking poll numbers.