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By Jessica Chasmar-The Washington Times Monday, July 7, 2014

MSNBC panelists on Monday seemed puzzled by the president’s refusal to visit the U.S.-Mexico border while he fundraises in Texas, with USA Today reporter Susan Page calling the decision Mr. Obama's “Katrina moment.”

Appearing on “The Daily Rundown,” Carolyn Ryan of The New York Times argued that the crisis on the border, in which thousands of immigrants are crossing illegally in record numbers, goes to question the president’s competence.

“You can see that 30-second TV ad,” host Chuck Todd added, The Washington Free Beacon reported. “You start with the health care rollout. You go to the VA. You go to Syria. You go to Iraq. And you can go to the border. And you can draw a straight line.”

“This is unacceptable to more than Republicans on immigration, the situation we have there,” Ms. Page said. “And boy, is that going to anger some of his core constituents who have wanted him to do more on immigration, not less. … I think this is kind of a lose-lose for him, politically speaking.”

Mr. Todd said the administration has been “defiant” in refusing to visit the border while the president attends a fundraiser in Texas on Wednesday.

“It’s a Katrina moment, right?” Ms. Page asked. “And you’re going to a fundraiser and not going to the border where there’s this crisis?”

“It’s conceivably a lose-lose,” argued The Washington Post’s Dan Balz. “I mean, if he goes he draws even more attention to the fact of the problem that they were unable to solve right now. In a symbolic sense he almost has to go, but in a practical, political sense there’s a risk.”


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The premise is idiotic, and based on a media frenzy lie.

Bush wasn't responsible for the failure to save people during Katrina.  The mayor and governor were. (both D's).  He wasn't disinterested, even for a moment, about what was happening.

The lies about Bush and Katrina, and the way it drove down his poll numbers, were political opportunism at its ugliest.

There WAS NO "Katrina moment."

That said, this is going to be a disaster for Obama.  He's already failing across the board, and his apathy about this crisis, not to mention his being responsible for it's occurrence, is going to prove deadly.
« Last Edit: July 08, 2014, 02:27:09 am by musiclady »
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