Bush should have been in Minnesota, the way he should have been in New Orleans, in Gulfport and the surrounding areas, instead of turning a cold shoulder to people's suffering. However, a photo op and his usual crappy speech doesn't discount that this administration's Iraq pork barrel project is the main focus at all times: bridge repairs and U.S. citizens be damned. Federal and state will be arguing over who should pay to fix it.

Congrats to Jeff from Housrton. I agree that one had better not turn his head to spit while Bush holds the reins. And,, as "justice" is applied to me and mine,, so should the criminality of Bush / Cheney be explored and prosecuted well after hew leaves office.

I would have rather that that our mockery of a leader stayed in Washington and focused more on running a country rather than a mere photo op. His presence in Minneapolis does nothing to ease the concerns of the residents of Minneapolis. In fact, we would have been more impressed had he spent that time pushing for improvements in our nation's infrastructure. Oh wait, we can't do that without money. And we don't have any.

Bush has fulfilled his Domestic obligations as President. There has not been a President to push harder for real policy in years. Not in my life time anyway.

“I bring prayers from the American people to those who have suffered loss of life as a result of the collapse of the 35W bridge in the Twin Cities. I bring prayers to those who wonder whether they’ll ever see a loved one again,”

The same speech he gave after 911, after reported casulites New Orleans. H
And ALL he's given New Orleans is Prayers!

By the way teh…..I am not a liberal, simply a free thinking American who knows the difference between right and wrong and competence and incompetence.

Why do we criticize every move he makes? Because he has consistently proven he cannot be trusted. With anything. He and his followers are destroying this country in ways that will ripple across decades.

And no, I would not even trust him to clean my cat's litter box.

The scrutiny will continue. It must continue until he is gone, and we need to consider legal action even then.

I object to this latest photo op because of the taxpayer money spent for nothing. The day before, the same happened with Laura Bush. G.W Bush will do nothing to try to alleviate the problems in Minneapolis just as he did nothing in New Orleans. Laura is not authorized to do anything even if she knew how. Can no one recognize a couple of 'dunces' when they see them?

Another photo opp Bush could not pass up before going on a month long vacation. The troops don't get a vacation, and what has Bush done to earn the time off?

If Washington and the White House would spend the same tax dollars fixing our roads, bridges, power grid and sewer system as they do throwing money away in Iraq, maybe tragic events like this would not happen in the future.

God bless the injured, dead and their famalies.

Impeach Bush and the rest of the Washington Fools!!!!!

You people make me sick! Had he not gone to Minneapolis, you would have been critizing him for that.

Why do you liberals insist on criticizing EVERY action the man makes? How can you object to a simple visit to Minneapolis?

I agree. Just another damn photo op for this idiot. He doesn't give a damn about the people in Minn. or the rest of the country. He forgot where he was the minute he stepped back on the plane.

well another photo op for the shrub. want to bet he will have forgot all about it after this weekend. rember katrina,

Why are we so lucky that we have a President who even goes to a disaster site and looks and sounds like a complete moron?

Bush will do something so he doesn't look bad again, especially with all those influencial white folks living in Minneapolis. A far cry from New Orleans.

However, nothing he does will ever remove the image of New Orleans and the reality of his incompetent administration. New Orleans is part of his legacy and Iraq is the other. Nothing he does for Minneapolis will change that.

I guarantee the majority of people from Minnesota will not still be doing nothing 2 plus years after this disaster to better themselves either.

We should stop wasting tens of billions of dollars in Iraq each month and take care of our own business. Bush and his crony buddies in Congress should learn a lesson from this. STOP the earmarking and pork barrel, useless projects and do your jobs for the American people or we will vote you out of office.

I find it pretty damn pathetic that this country has to have a tragedy such as this bridge collapsing or TWA FLT 800 in order to do something to prevent it in the first place. They stated they knew the bridge was weakened and in need of repair but failed to do anything about it and TWA disaster was supposedly caused by faulty wiring which sparked the center fuel tank and they knew these wires were old and brittle. What has to happen next before this corrupt government steps in?

James does very thing have to be related to Katrina and Iraqi? Expand your mind and be an american. History will prove the Mr. Bush is doing the right thing when a Democrat is elected.

If the President's responses and actions are like those in New Orleans after Katrina, then I feel VERY sorry for the people in Minneapolis. They had best grown fins and gills.
The US government has neither the means or the will to attend to our infrastructure.