A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos) - 9.02.05

Yahoo, White House

[MJY1288]

Today President Bush toured the Gulf Coast states of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana and and did his best to comfort the victims of the most destructive natural disaster in the history of the United States

[MJY1288]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I want you to know that I'm not going to forget what I've seen. I understand the devastation requires more than one day's attention. It's going to require the attention of this country for a long period of time. ... And therefore, there will be a national response. And I look forward to continuing to work with the governor and the mayor and the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives to do our duty to help the good folks of this part of the world get back on their feet."

[MJY1288]

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[MJY1288]

Dose Ping

[OldFriend]

A day for cheers for our national guard and tears for our country.

[MJY1288]

Yes indeed

[DesertDreamer]

Our President did us proud today.

[MJY1288]

President Bush walks off of the lower steps of Air Force One to participate in a tour of areas damage from Hurricane Katrina in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. Bush toured the Gulf Coast communities battered by Hurricane Katrina, hoping to boost the spirits of increasingly desperate storm victims and exhausted rescuers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

U.S. President George W. Bush stands with residents Deborah and Charles Foster during his tour of the Hurricane Katrina damage in the Biloxi area, Mississippi, September 2, 2005.

U.S. President George W. Bush tours the damage by Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans area, Louisiana, with Louisiana's Democratic Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (2nd L), September 2, 2005.

[snugs]

Good evening Mike

[snugs]

He is such a compassionate man he must be suffering seeing his people suffer like this.

[MJY1288]

Yes he did...

[Texagirl4W]

God bless this man. Real men do cry.

[MJY1288]

Good Evening snugs

[samiam1972]

This is going to be a great one. I'm already amazed at the photos so far. He's a good man!

[MJY1288]

President Bush tries to comfort Deb Foster of Biloxi, Miss., at a Salvation Army relief center in a Biloxi, Miss., neighborhood that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005.

President George W. Bush listens to residents Kim Bassier (L), Bronwynne Bassier (C) and Kevin Miller (R), in Biloxi, Mississippi, September 2, 2005

President Bush tries to comfort Kristine Nguyen of Biloxi, Miss., during a walking tour a Biloxi, Miss., neighborhood that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005.

President George W. Bush tours Hurricane Katrina damage done to the Biloxi, Mississippi, area September 2, 2005 while standing with residents Kim Bassier (L) and Bronwynne Bassier (R). Authorities are still struggling to evacuate thousands of people from hurricane-battered areas as food and water are scarce and looters raided local businesses. Bush said it would take years to recover from the devastation to Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. REUTERS/Larry Downing

President George W. Bush speaks to the press before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC. Bush is making a visit to the states of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana to survey the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

[marmar]

I love this man...........he is my Hero...this is just my opinion...

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thank you for this much needed thread.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I love this man...........he is my Hero...

Mine, too.

[MJY1288]

President George W. Bush(L) and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff(2ndR) get a briefing from Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown(C) upon their arrival at a US Coast Guard Base in Mobile, Alabama.(AFP/Jim Watson)

President George W. Bush comforts Bronwynne Bassier, right, and her sister Kim after landing in Biloxi, Miss., Friday Sept. 2, 2005, as part of his tour of the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast. Their family lost everything in the wake of the devastating storm. White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush embraces victims of Hurricane Katrina Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, during his tour of the Biloxi, Miss., area. " The President told residents that he had come down to look at the damage first hand and to tell the "good people of this part of the world that the federal government is going to help." White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush spends a moment with a victim of Hurricane Katrina during his walking tour Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, of Biloxi, Miss. "You know, there's a lot of sadness, of course," said the President of the devastated area. "But there's also a spirit here in Mississippi that is uplifting." White House photo by Eric Draper

President George W. Bush and Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security, talk with the media Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, on the South Lawn of the White House. The President briefed the press on hurricane disaster relief before departing for a tour of the Gulf Coast area hit by Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Paul Morse

[snugs]

Those are a wonderful set of photos I saw the news footage of those earlier he is such a natural with people who are suffering.

[altura]

So did his wife.