Bill,
If you read rec.boats you will see that many politicos like to use anything
for political gain. It is understood by all, that a disaster visit is a
political photo op to show the world the politician "feels their pain". The
photo op does come at a substantial cost in diverted resources when they are
desperately need to protect and save lives.

A leader does not need to make the visit to understand the magnitude of the
problem. When you read rec.boats you see there are people who turn anything
the political opponent does negatively. If the president does not visit the
disaster, he doesn't care, if he does visit the disaster site, it is a photo
op for political gain. .


"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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Harry Krause wrote:
Former President Clinton has spent more time in Louisiana and
Mississippi meeting with storm victims and officials than Bush did on
his five or six separate visits to the same area.

Kind of interesting, since Bush does very little actual "work" as POTUS.


Too busy handing out untendered contracts to Haliburton & friends.

Worse thing, other than a photo op is for a POTUS to arrive in a disaster
area. All the security, traffic problems, etc that are caused. What the
hell is Clinton doing, except photo ops? He using a shovel, hammer?