White House prefers we think Bush was incompetent and heartless, rather than ignorant

Frances Townsend, assistant to the resident for Homeland Security, just said in a news conference about the aftermath of Katrina: "President Bush knew well the dangers of the storm."

So there you are. Someone has made a calculation that it is better for Americans to think anything but that their leader was ignorant of current events that even a six-year-old knew about. So let us say that Bush did know well the dangers of the storm. The conclusion then, is either that he didn't give a damn or that the White House is so incompetent that nothing was done.

Townsend hammered her point home several times--Bush knew, Bush knew, Bush knew. Surely there is a Part 2 spin to come...