Friday, August 31, 2012

ROMNEY BEATS OBAMA TO DISASTER SCENE

Romney put Obama on the defense--this election may be very interesting.  Romney announced at the end of the convention that he would tour devastated Louisiana.  Where was the president?  Why wasn't he going?  Obama realized about 12 hours later that this would look bad--a sitting president ignoring a disaster scene.  It was reminiscent of President Bush's flyover of Katrina, which resulted in much Democrat criticism of Bush.  You have got to give this one to the Romney campaign.

President Barack Obama was today forced to announce he will fly to storm-hit Louisiana on Monday – hours after Mitt Romney beat him to the punch by deciding to head there this afternoon.

After it emerged that Obama was still taking time to fit in a campaign stop in Cleveland, Ohio before checking out how clean-up operations are proceeding in the Bayou state, the Obama campaign abruptly cancelled that event. 

Seven years ago, President George W. Bush was lambasted for inaction and incompetence in dealing with Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and much of the Mississippi and Louisiana gulf coast.

No comments: