New York Times weighs in

The New York Times never misses an opportunity to take a snarky swipe at President Bush. This from today's editorial page:

But this seems like the wrong moment to dwell on fault-finding, or even to point out that it took what may become the worst natural disaster in American history to pry President Bush out of his vacation.

It may seem like the wrong moment, but the Times does it anyway. The use of the word "pry" is a nice touch, to, as if Bush was reluctant to really do anything. The Times then goes on to drag out the old warhorse cliche, "End of the World, Poor and Minorities Hardest Hit" routine:

People who think of that graceful city and the rest of the Mississippi Delta as tourist destinations must have been reminded, watching the rescue operations, that the real residents of this area are in the main poor and black.

In the end, the Times concludes that the whole country will have to help in the recovery. To which the whole country might respond with a collective, "Well, duh."