Let us not forget that John McCain sought the endorsement of Rev. John Hagee.  The same Rev. Hagee who said that the destruction of New Orleans was “god’s punishment” for the “sins” of the citie’s residents.  This death and destruction was divine wisdom and judgement for allowing a gay pride parade.

Perhaps McCain will favor those still without their homes with a speech about how, according to his backers, it was their fault.

Amy Goodman on Democracy Now this morning reminded everybody that when Katrina was destroying the Gulf Coast and the burst levees were drowning New Orleans, McCain was with Dubya, enjoying the birthday cake Bush had presented him with for his 69th birthday.

He was obviously very concerned about NO and its people then, too.

John, my friend,
can you tell us one thing that you did to relieve the suffering of the people of New Orleans. Have you helped any of them return home?
How many times did you vote (for) Bush?
Even when you knew it was not the best for the country?
You did give Bush (through you’re vote)full discretion as to what would constitute torture. You must be proud, my friend! We know you’re a patriot because you wear a flag in your lapel. But, Im not sur about your ‘compassionate’ side.

Never Again? How about Never Should Have Happened?!?! Sorry, but when you embrace King George, you lose all credibility regarding judgment of qualified individuals to put in government. See how the media is providing fluff about McCain? Little mentioning of Hagee, little discussion about his lack of vision, lack of health care plans, lack of understanding of economics and lack of perspective regarding use of the military.

Please, don’t encourage John McCain. It’ll break his poor, old heart to lose the election to Barack Obama after you put him up on a pedestal this way.

Who’s heart is likelier to crap out when that call at 3 AM comes?

So John McCain proves that even though he is pushing up there in years his hindsight is still 20-20, and continues to be 20-20 years later.

So what did Johnnie do the FIRST time?  Was there anything to distinguish his action and leadership two years ago or in the two years since?

All this shows is like his fellow Republican president McCain is capable of using the New Orleans as a backdrop for a photo-op.

Still got a ‘clean-up’ crew in the 9th ward? Gee, refresh my memory; this WAS nearly 3 years ago, right? And, guess what else? If all of those people weren’t blocking ‘the view’ we’d see that the 9th ward looks pretty much the way it did the day after Katrina hit. Like large portions of Iraq, where the kids play in the sewage and stuff, and the schools are all closed, and homeless people roam the streets in pure psychological misery and trauma, because they couldn’t get away.  (many were prevented from escaping the storm…INTENTIONALLY, with the hope they’d just drown).

And there’s johnnie..saying it will never happen again. Never mind that he had to have been aware of the very extensive evaluation made by the Army Corps of Engineers over 2 years before Katrina hit, making it overwhelmingly clear that this was EXACTLY what would happen if a hurricane of that magnitude hit the Gulf Coast, because the LEVEES WOULD NOT HOLD. Never mind that johnnie may or may not have been on the committee that refused funding to repair those levees and/or build new ones, BEFORE this projected disaster could happen.

Nope, nope nope. Never mind that this was a disaster waiting to happen, to could have been avoided, (of COURSE such a weather event was eventually going to occur, because they do all the flippin’ time), because it’s much better to focus on how badly it was ‘handled’ nearly 3 years after the fact.

So how’s he gonna keep it from ‘ever happening again’? Is he going to control the weather, or will it not happen again just because everything has already been destroyed, and nobody has bothered to repair any of the damage?

And if New Orleans is on his ‘list of forgotten places in America’, why the hell does he know they’ve been ‘forgotten’ and not done anything about it?