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 WHAT THEY SAID/ WHAT THEY MEANT: KATRINA
Who: President George Bush: 2 days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall.
What He Said: “A State of Emergency exists in Louisiana beginning yesterday.”
What He Meant: “But since I’m still on vacation, I need to stage a few photo- ops strumming a guitar and playing golf first.” Who: Dennis Hastert.
What He Said: "I don't know about that (rebuilding New Orleans.) That doesn't make sense to me."
What He Meant: “Its just poor people, right?”
Who: President Bush.
What He Said:"We want to make sure that we can respond properly if there's a WMD attack or another major storm."
What He Meant: “It was Al Qaeda again.”
Who: Barbara Bush at the Houston Astrodome. “So many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."
What She Meant: “Its just poor people, right?”
Who: President Bush: in Alabama 4 days after the Hurricane.
What He Said: “Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house -- he's lost his entire house -- there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch.”
What He Meant: “If you expect help, you better move to a state run by Republicans. Even better, a state run by my brother.”
Who: Homeland Secretary Michael Chertoff.
What He Said:"The conditions at the New Orleans Super Dome were no where near as bad as the TV images suggested."
What He Meant: “Lying next to dead people in toxic waste without food and water while terrorized by thugs ain’t such a bad thing.”
Who: President Bush, Sept. 1, 2005.{mosgoogle right}
What He Said: “I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees."
What He Meant: “I don’t think anyone imagined people would fly airplanes into buildings.”
Who: Senator Rick Santorum
What He Said: "You have people who don't heed those warnings and then put people at risk… There may be a need to look at tougher penalties on those who decide to ride it out."
What He Meant: “And when I say tough penalties, I mean worse than drowning in your attic.”
Who: President Bush speaking about FEMA chairman Michael Brown.
What He Said: “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.”
What He Meant: “For a former head of the Arabian Horse Association.”
Who: Barbara Bush at the Houston Astrodome
What She Said: "What I am hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay here in Texas.”
What She Meant: “For crum’s sake, I live in Texas.”
Who: President Bush.
What He Said: “What I intend to do is to lead an investigation to find out what went right and what went wrong."
What He Meant: “We will track down these evildoing Hurricanes. They can run but they can’t hide. We will liberate the brave freedom loving Hurricanians.”
Who: President Bush.
What He Said: “I remember New Orleans as a great town where I used to enjoy myself — occasionally too much.”
What He Meant: “I could use a drink.”
Who: President Bush.
What He Said: "If things went wrong, we'll correct them, and when things went right, we'll duplicate them."
What He Meant: “One list is going to be longer than the other.” Like President Bush, political comic Will Durst could use a drink.
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