Where's Clubber Lang when you need him?

You have no doubt by now heard of Katrina survivor Rockey Vaccarella, depicted in the media as this common man on a mission, who drove his FEMA trailer to D.C. hoping to meet with the president and make sure he remembered the job unfinished in New Orleans.

What's that you say, Rockey? You're thanking Mr. Bush for the job he's done, and you have something else you'd like to offer? "But now, I wanted to remind the President that the job's not done, and he knows that. And I just don't want the government and President Bush to forget about us. And I just wish the President could have another term in Washington."

Um...that's...odd. Isn't it? This is pretty great for Bush, what with the Katrina anniversary and all, if it's all good, but why would this guy say that to Bush, whose handling of this crisis was, at its very best, totally incompetent?

And if Rockey intends to hold Mr. Bush to task, why would Bush - who's known to be insular as far as dealing with the public is concerned - agree to meet with him but not with Cindy Sheehan?

Who can help us unravel this mystery?



(That's our special rocky-themed, i-made-it-in-45-seconds graphic. I'm sure you can understand)
Anyways, it turns out that things are too good to be true. This guy was a GOP candidate. He's hardly a "small man," as he claims: he's a very successful businessman who owns 31 restaurants. And his meeting with Bush was scheduled beforehand. I'm not saying the guy didn't suffer greatly from the Hurricane. But things here are not as they are presented. Rove's up to his old tricks again, plain and simple. What's worse, though, is that the administration puts forth this schill (that's what he is) as though he were the mouthpiece for all the victims who therefore appear to have no ill will toward Bush. Meanwhile, things in New Orleans are still downright terrible and the government is still wasting time and money. Ugh. Heck of a job, eh?