Posted by
Former Democrat on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:56:54 PM
Obama's new White House website takes a parting shot at Bush. Very classy Obama...you're off to an impressive start. I expected more tact and grace from you after being President for only a few hours. Well, what can you expect...he's a politician...just like all the others. So much for moving forward. *yawn*
From the official White House site:
President Obama will keep the broken promises made by President Bush to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. He and Vice President Biden will take steps to ensure that the federal government will never again allow such catastrophic failures in emergency planning and response to occur.
President Obama swiftly responded to Hurricane Katrina. Citing the Bush Administration's "unconscionable ineptitude" in responding to Hurricane Katrina, then-Senator Obama introduced legislation requiring disaster planners to take into account the specific needs of low-income hurricane victims. Obama visited thousands of Hurricane survivors in the Houston Convention Center and later took three more trips to the region. He worked with members of the Congressional Black Caucus to introduce legislation to address the immediate income, employment, business, and housing needs of Gulf Coast communities.