WH Aide Made Bush a DVD To Understand How Bad NO Was

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In the first days of the Hurricane Katrina crisis, White House staff became worried that President Bush was out of touch with of the dire reality of the situation.

Newsweek reports: "Some White House staffers were watching the evening news and thought the president needed to see the horrific reports coming out of New Orleans. Counselor Bartlett made up a DVD of the newscasts so Bush could see them in their entirety as he flew down to the Gulf Coast the next morning on Air Force One."

Bartlett's plan seemed to work -- the next morning, Bush made his first critical remarks about the disaster relief efforts.

Unfortunately, after two and a half years, no one seems to have made President Bush a similar DVD about Iraq. Just before his focus turned to Katrina, Bush was likening the war in Iraq to World War II and claiming again that U.S. forces are making "progress."

Another reality check is needed.

-- Center for American Progress, Sept. 13

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This article first appeared at Journalists Against Bush's B.S. For more recent coverage of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, check stories here, here, and here.