Political Commentary on Hurricane Katrina
A joke-telling hurricane:
“Michael Brown, the director of FEMA, was nominated by President Bush in 2003 and plans to start the job any day now.” — Jon Stewart
“Experts say it could take 80 days to drain all of the flood water out of New Orleans. When President Bush heard this he said, ‘80 days? That’s half a vacation!’ ” — Conan O’Brien
“He could have started planning on Saturday when the radar showed that a hurricane was going to hit the city, but Bush thinks that the jury is still out on weather forecasting.” — Bill Maher
“To his credit, President Bush did respond quickly and he did send troops… as soon as he found out Louisiana had oil.” — Jay Leno
Source: About.com (via CNN.com)
CNN.com also quoted comic D.L. Hughley, who “noted how many New Orleans residents were religious, and chose to stay behind while putting their faith in God: ‘Sometimes God sends the weatherman to say there’s a Level 5 hurricane. Sometimes Al Roker is God.’”
