The Roof of All Evil

From the AP on Bush's last press conference today:

"Bush said he disagrees with those who say the federal response to Hurricane Katrina was slow.

'Don't tell me the federal response was slow when there was *30,000 people pulled off roofs right after the storm passed. ... Could things been done better? Absolutely. But when I hear people say the federal response was slow, what are they going to say to those chopper drivers or the 30,000 who got pulled off the roof?'"

Really? Really? 30,000 people were ON ROOFS, for the love of sweet Jesus.

The Coast Guard arrived two days later; people sweltered in the Super Dome for a week. I can't go on. Read their own assessment.

* He said 'was'. The AP says 'were'. He said 'was'. He also calls them "helicopter drivers." I can't even....