leadership in the state capital picked up on the cocksure mien as well. And a Texas reporter was startled to hear the newly elected governor tell him, ‘Blacks didn’t come out for me like the Hispanics did. So they’re not gonna see much help from me.’ ” At a news conference about a heat wave that had already resulted in eighty deaths and rampaging forest fires, Bush gave a sneak preview of his devil-may-care response to Hurricane Katrina. Dubya called a Forestry Service official to the podium by yelling, “Tree Man, get up here!” As the official spoke, Bush stuck out his tongue and puffed out
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