Talk about carefully screened. This guy wishes Dubya could run for a third term!
Bush meets with Katrina survivor at White House
By Michael McAuliff and Kenneth R. Bazinet
New York Daily News
(MCT)
WASHINGTON - President Bush kicked off an effort Wednesday to show Hurricane Katrina is still on his mind, hosting a rare meeting with a storm victim who asked to see him.
"We're coming up on the first-year anniversary of Katrina, and it's a time to remember, a time to particularly remember the suffering that people went through," Bush said after meeting with Rockey Vaccarella, who lost his home to the storm.
Standing next to Bush, who plans to visit the Gulf Coast next week to mark Katrina's one-year anniversary, Vaccarella said, "I wanted to remind the president that the job's not done, and he knows that, and I just don't want the government and President Bush to forget about us."
Vaccarella - who traveled to Washington in one of the trailers the federal government gave homeless Katrina victims - thanked Bush for his help, saying he wished the president could have a third term in office.
House and Senate Democratic leaders didn't share the sentiment, giving Bush failing grades in a new report on the federal response to Katrina.
Bush's meeting with Vaccarella triggered criticism over his failure to meet one-on-one with peace mom Cindy Sheehan and even some victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Ailing Ground Zero workers who have asked to meet with Bush were inspired by Vaccarella, and said they'd come to Washington looking for some face time before the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
"Mr. President, if you're doing that with this guy, why not meet with sick rescuers from 9/11?" asked Marvin Bethea, a former paramedic disabled from the terror attacks.
Bush meets with Katrina survivor at White House
By Michael McAuliff and Kenneth R. Bazinet
New York Daily News
(MCT)
WASHINGTON - President Bush kicked off an effort Wednesday to show Hurricane Katrina is still on his mind, hosting a rare meeting with a storm victim who asked to see him.
"We're coming up on the first-year anniversary of Katrina, and it's a time to remember, a time to particularly remember the suffering that people went through," Bush said after meeting with Rockey Vaccarella, who lost his home to the storm.
Standing next to Bush, who plans to visit the Gulf Coast next week to mark Katrina's one-year anniversary, Vaccarella said, "I wanted to remind the president that the job's not done, and he knows that, and I just don't want the government and President Bush to forget about us."
Vaccarella - who traveled to Washington in one of the trailers the federal government gave homeless Katrina victims - thanked Bush for his help, saying he wished the president could have a third term in office.
House and Senate Democratic leaders didn't share the sentiment, giving Bush failing grades in a new report on the federal response to Katrina.
Bush's meeting with Vaccarella triggered criticism over his failure to meet one-on-one with peace mom Cindy Sheehan and even some victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Ailing Ground Zero workers who have asked to meet with Bush were inspired by Vaccarella, and said they'd come to Washington looking for some face time before the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
"Mr. President, if you're doing that with this guy, why not meet with sick rescuers from 9/11?" asked Marvin Bethea, a former paramedic disabled from the terror attacks.
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