Ex-aides say Bush never recovered from Katrina

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Hurricane Katrina not only pulverized the Gulf Coast in 2005, it knocked the bully pulpit out from under President George W. Bush, according to two former advisers who spoke candidly about the political impact of the government's poor handling of the natural disaster.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081230/...sers_speak_out

[Mr. Billion]

Sounds about right.

Sort of surprising to hear a Bush administration official comparing Bush to Sarah Palin. Ouch.

[Tarquin Farquart]

I imagine it would have been worse for him had he been living on the Gulf Coast at the time.

[Ali Infree]

I imagine it would have been worse for him had he been living on the Gulf Coast at the time.

Yes, he would still be recovering from the hurricane rather than retiring to a drier Texas ranch on the government dole, with security.

Ali "in weeks, not months" Infree