Obama Refuses to Answer Question About Storm Victims’ Frustrations

Obama Refuses to Answer Question About Storm Victims' Frustrations

by Keith Koffler
on November 3, 2012, 10:44 am
druudgereport.com

President Obama this morning ignored a reporter's question about the
mounting frustration victims of Hurricane Sandy are having with the
response to the storm, refusing to let a question from the press
interrupt a FEMA photo op in which he was on display taking action.

An excerpt rom the press pool report, which starts with a quote from
Obama:


"There is nothing more important than us getting this right. And we're
going to spend as much time, effort and energy as necessary to make
sure all the people of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut know that
the entire country is behind them in this difficult recovery effort."

He spoke for about five minutes. Pool asked about frustrations of
people, particularly Staten Island. He did not respond.

No doubt aware of the political perils – and potential benefits – of
the fallout from the hurricane, Obama arrived at FEMA with multiple
members of his Cabinet in tow in a massive display of presidential
concern. Even Cabinet secretaries you wouldn't expect to be involved
in hurricane relief – such as the Secretary of Labor and the Small
Business Administration Administrator – have been enlisted and were at
this morning's meeting.

Obama's effort will indeed have some practical effect – anytime a
president shows he is personally engaged in an issue, it helps get the
various agencies involved into a higher gear.

But with scenes of devastation proliferating on voters' TV screens
around the nation and evidence mounting of an insufficient response,
Obama obviously felt he had to be seen at FEMA for a second time this
week before heading back out to campaign.

After the visit to FEMA, Obama departed for Ohio.

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