THE BULLHORN PART TWO

BUSH DEAD IN THE POLITICAL WATER will speak on high ground in front of Saint Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter of New Orleans tonight.  The often damaged cathedral will serve as a symbol of what New Orleans has been and what it might be.   That Bush will speak live in front of no live citizens of New Orleans or anyone else is symbol of something else.

HANDPICKED AUDIENCES FOR SPEECHES were the previous rule, so no adverse reaction would be heard. What does it say when the president speaks before no one?  His isolation could not be more complete.  Bush on dry land who had dry eyes when a city drowned will talk only to air.

MUCH MORE ON THIS AT [FROOMKIN/WAPO] [SPEECH TALKING POINTS/THINK PROGRESS]

Comments

[Peter Parker]

Word.

And it only took the destruction of some cities and a whole lot of life.

[Echidne of the snakes]

Vomit time. I do suspect that the audience was carefully picked to be as ignorant of facts as possible.

[Neil Shakespeare]

Egad! He could as well have been on the Moon. Such a strange set! Who the hell came up with that? Are they trying to re-inforce his isolation? Don't they realize he needs help? Do you know what the hell that statue was of in the background? Bolivar T. Gassaway was it? You know, the guy who sued to start his campaign speeches with "I was born in a little log cabin that I helped my father built!"