| Many have suspected that President Bush's slow | | | | His response time was about the same as it was |
| response to offering aid to the Katrina victims in New | | | | when Florida was hit last year, twice. |
| Orleans, was due to the fact that the majority of | | | | |
| voters were lower class African Americans that did | | | | Has the Bush administration influenced the |
| not vote for him.Lets look at the results. | | | | environment in such away that the hurricanes are |
| | | | caused by global warming? Well, this administration has |
| 2000 Election Year Results | | | | made major cuts to funding for the Environmental |
| County: Orleans | | | | Protection Agencies budget and has passed laws that |
| Popular Vote - Democratic (Gore): 137,630 | | | | make it easier for big business to avoid regulatory |
| Popular Vote - Republican (G. W. Bush): 39,404 | | | | issues. But does this have a direct relation to the |
| Popular Vote - Independent: 3,025 | | | | hurricanes? Thats hard to prove. Making such |
| Popular Vote - All Other Parties: 1,162 | | | | satements is with out basis. What one needs is hard |
| Percent Democratic Vote (Gore): 76 | | | | clod facts. You can find these facts at |
| Percent Republican Vote (G. W. Bush): 22 | | | | Until the facts are known such rumors and speculation |
| Percent Independent Vote: 2 | | | | are pointless. With out any evidence such speculation |
| Percent All Other Parties Vote: 1 | | | | is meerly partisan politics blaming Bush because its |
| | | | raining outside. Or, blaming Bush because there is too |
| The fact is that the hurricane Katrina victims did not | | | | much traffic on the freeway, or that the price of tea in |
| vote for him. Was he slow in responding? Not really. | | | | china went up 50 cents. |