Originally posted by Patrick:
$200 billion. Dammit. Too bad we can't just have the people who voted for Bush to pay it. 
Are you saying that the goverment should not rebuild and help the many Americans who were affected by Katrina, or that another leader could offer the same recovery for less
Originally posted by MaryCas:
I didn't hear the speech so I don't know the context of the following quote from the AP: 'Bush said Katrina "was not a normal hurricane-and the normal disaster relief system was not equal to it."
In context I did not take the statement as an excuse or dumb. Bush wanted to point out the severity of the hurricane itself, but I admit it sounds kinda dumb if you read a transcript or hear a sound bite.
