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time.com - 12/29/2008
Ex-Bush Aides: He Never Recovered from Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina not only pulverized the Gulf Coast in 2005, it knocked the bully pulpit out from under President George W. Bush, according to two former advisers
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Ex-Bush aides say he never recovered from Katrina - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON Hurricane Katrina not only pulverized the Gulf Coast in 2005, it knocked the bully pulpit out... from under President George W. Bush , according to two former advisers who spoke candidly about the political impact of the government's poor ... (more) Ex-Bush aides say he never recovered from Katrina - ...

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The Associated Press: Ex-aides say Bush never recovered from Katrina
— google.com — 18 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Hurricane Katrina not only pulverized the Gulf Coast in 2005, it knocked... the bully pulpit out from under President George W. Bush, according to two former advisers who spoke candidly about the political impact of the ... (more) The Associated Press: Ex-aides say Bush never recovered ...

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Ex-Bush Aides: He Never Recovered from Katrina
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Both Matthew Dowd and Dan Bartlett have discussed how the 2005 hurricane "was the tipping point" in that "the president broke his bond with the public." Their comments are a part of an oral history of the Bush White House that Vanity Fair magazine compiled for its February issue.       ...

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