True that Lauer is an idiot, but you might want to know the real truth...if any of these mainstream media morons really cared.
Governor Kathleen Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin were the two clowns that caused all of the problems before and after Katrina. Nagin failed to evacuate the city even though he had more than 300 busses available (they all ended up under water). And Blanco denied President Bush and all of the resources he had available until 3 days after the hurricane hit. So, you can thank Blanco (a self agrandizing moron) and Nagin (someone who failed to have the foresight to know that this would be one of the largest disasters to hit New Orleans in years).
Bush is far from a racist. I have met the man and he is a true southern gentleman willing to do whatever he can, but when Blanco and Nagin stood in his way....what you get is a catastrophe.
Of more concern to me than his lack of brainpower is that Lauer is a sneak who took a disgusting cheap shot at Bush. It will be interesting to see if Bush or anybody close to him calls Lauer and the Today Show out for this disgusting broadcast.
Yes, the Katrina aftermath was a Bush PR nightmare orchestrated by the Democrat newsrooms who started their insidious campaign by pushing the fraudulent idea that FEMA was supposed to be a "first responder" of some kind. It was all downhill from there, thanks mainly to the Bush administration's poor communications apparatus and its long-term unwillingness to stand up and fight. Instead of fighting back, Bush tried to buy everybody off with $2,000 debit cards (paid for by the taxpayers, of course). Yeah, that worked like a charm.
No way were the Democrat newsrooms going to take Nagin or Blanco to task for their malicious incompetence. If Hurrican Katrina happened next week, those same Democrat newsroom scumbags would go after Jindal, and Ubama would be given a complete pass. Count on it.