Apocalypse in the USA

In George Bush's world, he, God and nature are all on the same side. Never has this made less sense

"Teflon helped Bill Clinton slide out of disasters. George Bush seems coated with armour plating: dense, dull and impenetrable. Terrorists hurl fire and bombs; political opponents let fly insults and derision; Mr Bush's own incompetence bombards him with boomerangs. Most recently, Cindy Sheehan has assailed the president with a mother's tears, which might have found a way to corrode his breastplate or trickle through the chinks. Yet Mr Bush carries on, battered but essentially undamaged.

"Armour, however, is no protection against flood. Disasters usually distract critics, silence malcontents, flatter leaders, and improve presidents' ratings. Not this time. Katrina could be the storm that finally scatters Mr Bush's strangely tenacious following.

"It is not just that he has handled the crisis badly. His first response was a bemused look, reminiscent of his mental paralysis at the news of 9/11 ...

"The terrible truth is now out: the government cut flood prevention funds to pay for war. So far, the question hasn't been asked, but you can see it between the lines in the press and sense it trembling on millions of lips: if the government can find money and manpower for Baghdad, why not for Biloxi? On Friday, five days after the disaster, Congress voted $10bn (£5.4bn) of relief aid. Nobody around the Gulf Coast feels grateful ...

'Every man for himself',
in a horrifying caricature
of Mr Bush's philosophy"

"In the foul, corpse-strewn, sewer-like streets of New Orleans, the crisis has entered a new phase. The psychology of altruism has evaporated. To begin with, it was 'Women and children first'. Now it's 'Every man for himself', in a horrifying caricature of Mr Bush's philosophy of individualism. "
Independent

I'd love to see photos of his puzzled face from both those occasions, side by side.

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