Runner up for dumbest closer ever
Yet he still needs to find his voice, a clearer vision and maybe some better photo ops of his own. In Covington, as he was shaking hands with local folks at the edge of the NBC site, one woman threw him some Mardi Gras beads. Bush dropped them. "I couldn't catch them in the real Mardi Gras, and I can't catch them now," he quipped. When it comes to Katrina, Bush just can't catch a break.
He's the President of the United States, who chose to stay on vacation during the worst natural disater in recorded history and when he did, finally, come back to the job, it was only to push through a recess appointment to the federal bench. A break is given to those who 1) deserve it and 2) possess the humility needed to not only apologize profusely for their mistakes but will also, pull out all the stops to correct previous errors. He's 0 for 2 on deserving a break. Could the SCLM pull the administration's collective dick out of their mouth long enough to be objective?