August 23, 2006
Someone Learned Something From Last Summer Vacation....
Pres. Bush is meeting today with the '06 political equivalent of a pre-Crawford Cindy Sheehan.
From the White House morning briefing: "This morning, President Bush will meet with Rockey Vaccarella, whose home in St. Bernard Parish was destroyed by Katrina. Mr. Vaccarella has traveled through the South to spread a message of hope and dedication to rebuilding."
Here's the familiar sounding back story:
Vaccarella "said he felt compelled to come to the nation's capital with a mock but realistic-looking FEMA trailer to pass on a message to President Bush. And even though almost everyone told him it was a lost cause, Vaccarella will get his meeting with Bush – not for dinner but a private session at the White House this morning. ...'I know some people think I'm an oddball who stood on his roof for 4½ hours, but I really wanted to thank the president for the FEMA trailers and all that he has done, but to remind him that while you have the whole world on your plate, just don't forget about us down south,' Vaccarella said."
Posted at 09:35 AM
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