Posted on 08/23/2016 12:42:44 PM PDT by Hojczyk
President Barack Obama dismissed criticism that he spent too much time golfing on his Martha’s Vineyard vacation instead of visiting Louisiana after devastating historic flooding in the state.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump traveled to the site of the damage and met with some of the victims last week before the White House announced plans for the president to make his own visit.
When Obama was asked by reporters if he was concerned about candidates politicizing disasters, he replied, “No I don’t.”
“First of all, one of the benefits of being five months short of leaving here is I don’t worry too much about politics,” Obama added.
He then praised Washington D.C. politicians for working together to help the victims.
“I guarantee you, nobody on this block, none of those first responders, nobody gives a hoot whether you are a Democrat or a Republican,” he said.
Obama praised FEMA manager Craig Fugate for handling the many natural disasters during his presidency.
“I could not be prouder about the work that FEMA has done,” Obama said, calling their work “high quality.”
He urged all Americans not to criticize the federal government, and pointed to their success on the ground in Louisiana.
“There’s a tendency for us sometimes to bash them and think that they are these faceless bureaucrats but when you get into trouble, you want somebody who knows what they are doing,” he said.
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You obviously brought it up on a different thread..........pay attention
I think that was one second not a hundredth ... so maybe we can just go steady.
We can go to Sonic together and show the babes how cool we are.
;-)
Don’t wait five months get your incompetent ass out of here now,punk!
LOL.
5.56mm
Let him play golf.
Better that white balls and turf suffer than the American people.
Let him play golf.
Better that white balls and turf suffer than the American people.
I was in an area hit by flooding during Hurricane Irene a few years back.
As soon as the water subsided, people started digging out.
About a week later, contractors from three states away hired by FEMA came by, trying to sign people up for subsidized loans to repair damage and grants to raise houses. I listened to their spiel for about three minutes and told them to get the hell off my lawn. What they were offering was not much better than what you could get from any bank, and it came with a whole lot of hoops to jump through.
About half the families took the deal and half told the Feds to get lost.
Those who decided to go on their own wound up repairing their homes and being back to normal within six months.
Those who signed up with FEMA were still waiting on paperwork, and the houses stood empty for over a year, while they lived in temporary housing or hotels. They when they finally rebuilt, they were required to raise their houses and put them on top of nine-foot high exposed basements, so they look more like lighthouses than houses. The first floor of these houses are three feet higher than the floodwater has ever been, but that is the line FEMA set, and if you want the money, you gotta follow their rules.
I am so glad I was in a sour mood and did not have the patience to listen to the FEMA contractor that day. They came by, once or twice a week, for the next few months, trying to get me to sign onto their deal. Finally they gave up and stopped coming around. Saved me a ton of money and years of aggravation.
If you don’t worry about politics, then why have your been sticking your nose it for so long? You liar.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/obama-trump-singapore/494069/
http://digg.com/video/obama-criticizes-trump-rutgers-commencement
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/us/obama-orlando-shooting.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/05/26/2bb3e142-2365-11e6-9e7f-57890b612299_story.html
and on and on and on...
You also know he doesn’t give a sh** about Louisiana.
Here's the transcript: I me I me I my I me I my... repeat under the waters recede.
All one big pile of taqiyya.
Hey, I’d even be willing to chip in for some tar, feathers and a rail to help him along. Anybody else?
...just not soon enough!!
So from what Barky was saying that the people haven’t been important to him ever, but now that it’s only a short time, they mean even less to him...
We will remember that when history is written Barky!!!
I am astonished that hillary wasn’t with him. I guess he wants hillary to lose.
Obama the Small.
I guess he wants Hillary to lose...
funny you should say that; I have felt that he knows she will lose and is steering clear of her.
The voters thoughout the state will send a message to Obama/Clinton come November when they literally will destroy the effectivity of the Democrat Party in the state of Louisiana. Very few folks in LA gave a darn whether Obama was there or not. What a low life America hater this poor excuse for a human being, Obama is...cold hearted and evil to his very core....and he is joined by Hillary Clinton...who is nowhere to be found these days!!!
There, fixed it.
Ah yes, nothing has changed with president ‘can I just eat my waffle’.
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