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    .td-right-smart-list:hover,
    .woocommerce-checkout .woocommerce input.button:hover,
    .woocommerce-page .woocommerce a.button:hover,
    .woocommerce-account div.woocommerce .button:hover,
    #bbpress-forums button:hover,
    .bbp_widget_login .button:hover,
    .td-footer-wrapper .td-post-category,
    .td-footer-wrapper .widget_product_search input[type="submit"]:hover,
    .woocommerce .product a.button:hover,
    .woocommerce .product #respond input#submit:hover,
    .woocommerce .checkout input#place_order:hover,
    .woocommerce .woocommerce.widget .button:hover,
    .single-product .product .summary .cart .button:hover,
    .woocommerce-cart .woocommerce table.cart .button:hover,
    .woocommerce-cart .woocommerce .shipping-calculator-form .button:hover,
    .td-next-prev-wrap a:hover,
    .td-load-more-wrap a:hover,
    .td-post-small-box a:hover,
    .page-nav .current,
    .page-nav:first-child > div,
    .td_category_template_8 .td-category-header .td-category a.td-current-sub-category,
    .td_category_template_4 .td-category-siblings .td-category a:hover,
    #bbpress-forums .bbp-pagination .current,
    #bbpress-forums #bbp-single-user-details #bbp-user-navigation li.current a,
    .td-theme-slider:hover .slide-meta-cat a,
    a.vc_btn-black:hover,
    .td-trending-now-wrapper:hover .td-trending-now-title,
    .td-scroll-up,
    .td-smart-list-button:hover,
    .td-weather-information:before,
    .td-weather-week:before,
    .td_block_exchange .td-exchange-header:before,
    .td_block_big_grid_9.td-grid-style-1 .td-post-category,
    .td_block_big_grid_9.td-grid-style-5 .td-post-category,
    .td-grid-style-6.td-hover-1 .td-module-thumb:after,
    .td-pulldown-syle-2 .td-subcat-dropdown ul:after,
    .td_block_template_9 .td-block-title:after,
    .td_block_template_15 .td-block-title:before,
    div.wpforms-container .wpforms-form div.wpforms-submit-container button[type=submit] {
        background-color: #3d9ed7;
    }

    .global-block-template-4 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item:before {
        border-color: #3d9ed7 transparent transparent transparent !important;
    }

    .woocommerce .woocommerce-message .button:hover,
    .woocommerce .woocommerce-error .button:hover,
    .woocommerce .woocommerce-info .button:hover,
    .global-block-template-4 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-3 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-9 .td-related-title:after {
        background-color: #3d9ed7 !important;
    }

    .woocommerce .product .onsale,
    .woocommerce.widget .ui-slider .ui-slider-handle {
        background: none #3d9ed7;
    }

    .woocommerce.widget.widget_layered_nav_filters ul li a {
        background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #3d9ed7 !important;
    }

    a,
    cite a:hover,
    .td_mega_menu_sub_cats .cur-sub-cat,
    .td-mega-span h3 a:hover,
    .td_mod_mega_menu:hover .entry-title a,
    .header-search-wrap .result-msg a:hover,
    .td-header-top-menu .td-drop-down-search .td_module_wrap:hover .entry-title a,
    .td-header-top-menu .td-icon-search:hover,
    .td-header-wrap .result-msg a:hover,
    .top-header-menu li a:hover,
    .top-header-menu .current-menu-item > a,
    .top-header-menu .current-menu-ancestor > a,
    .top-header-menu .current-category-ancestor > a,
    .td-social-icon-wrap > a:hover,
    .td-header-sp-top-widget .td-social-icon-wrap a:hover,
    .td-page-content blockquote p,
    .td-post-content blockquote p,
    .mce-content-body blockquote p,
    .comment-content blockquote p,
    .wpb_text_column blockquote p,
    .td_block_text_with_title blockquote p,
    .td_module_wrap:hover .entry-title a,
    .td-subcat-filter .td-subcat-list a:hover,
    .td-subcat-filter .td-subcat-dropdown a:hover,
    .td_quote_on_blocks,
    .dropcap2,
    .dropcap3,
    .td_top_authors .td-active .td-authors-name a,
    .td_top_authors .td_mod_wrap:hover .td-authors-name a,
    .td-post-next-prev-content a:hover,
    .author-box-wrap .td-author-social a:hover,
    .td-author-name a:hover,
    .td-author-url a:hover,
    .td_mod_related_posts:hover h3 > a,
    .td-post-template-11 .td-related-title .td-related-left:hover,
    .td-post-template-11 .td-related-title .td-related-right:hover,
    .td-post-template-11 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .td-post-template-11 .td_block_related_posts .td-next-prev-wrap a:hover,
    .comment-reply-link:hover,
    .logged-in-as a:hover,
    #cancel-comment-reply-link:hover,
    .td-search-query,
    .td-category-header .td-pulldown-category-filter-link:hover,
    .td-category-siblings .td-subcat-dropdown a:hover,
    .td-category-siblings .td-subcat-dropdown a.td-current-sub-category,
    .widget a:hover,
    .td_wp_recentcomments a:hover,
    .archive .widget_archive .current,
    .archive .widget_archive .current a,
    .widget_calendar tfoot a:hover,
    .woocommerce a.added_to_cart:hover,
    .woocommerce-account .woocommerce-MyAccount-navigation a:hover,
    #bbpress-forums li.bbp-header .bbp-reply-content span a:hover,
    #bbpress-forums .bbp-forum-freshness a:hover,
    #bbpress-forums .bbp-topic-freshness a:hover,
    #bbpress-forums .bbp-forums-list li a:hover,
    #bbpress-forums .bbp-forum-title:hover,
    #bbpress-forums .bbp-topic-permalink:hover,
    #bbpress-forums .bbp-topic-started-by a:hover,
    #bbpress-forums .bbp-topic-started-in a:hover,
    #bbpress-forums .bbp-body .super-sticky li.bbp-topic-title .bbp-topic-permalink,
    #bbpress-forums .bbp-body .sticky li.bbp-topic-title .bbp-topic-permalink,
    .widget_display_replies .bbp-author-name,
    .widget_display_topics .bbp-author-name,
    .footer-text-wrap .footer-email-wrap a,
    .td-subfooter-menu li a:hover,
    .footer-social-wrap a:hover,
    a.vc_btn-black:hover,
    .td-smart-list-dropdown-wrap .td-smart-list-button:hover,
    .td_module_17 .td-read-more a:hover,
    .td_module_18 .td-read-more a:hover,
    .td_module_19 .td-post-author-name a:hover,
    .td-instagram-user a,
    .td-pulldown-syle-2 .td-subcat-dropdown:hover .td-subcat-more span,
    .td-pulldown-syle-2 .td-subcat-dropdown:hover .td-subcat-more i,
    .td-pulldown-syle-3 .td-subcat-dropdown:hover .td-subcat-more span,
    .td-pulldown-syle-3 .td-subcat-dropdown:hover .td-subcat-more i,
    .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter .td-pulldown-filter-display-option:hover,
    .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter .td-pulldown-filter-display-option:hover i,
    .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter .td-pulldown-filter-link:hover,
    .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter .td-pulldown-filter-item .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-2 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-5 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-6 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-7 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-8 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-9 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-10 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-11 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-12 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-13 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-14 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-15 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-16 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .global-block-template-17 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .td-menu-item > a:hover,
    .td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .sfHover > a,
    .td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .current-menu-ancestor > a,
    .td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .current-category-ancestor > a,
    .td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .current-menu-item > a,
    .td_outlined_btn {
        color: #3d9ed7;
    }

    a.vc_btn-black.vc_btn_square_outlined:hover,
    a.vc_btn-black.vc_btn_outlined:hover,
    .td-mega-menu-page .wpb_content_element ul li a:hover,
    .td-theme-wrap .td-aj-search-results .td_module_wrap:hover .entry-title a,
    .td-theme-wrap .header-search-wrap .result-msg a:hover {
        color: #3d9ed7 !important;
    }

    .td-next-prev-wrap a:hover,
    .td-load-more-wrap a:hover,
    .td-post-small-box a:hover,
    .page-nav .current,
    .page-nav:first-child > div,
    .td_category_template_8 .td-category-header .td-category a.td-current-sub-category,
    .td_category_template_4 .td-category-siblings .td-category a:hover,
    #bbpress-forums .bbp-pagination .current,
    .post .td_quote_box,
    .page .td_quote_box,
    a.vc_btn-black:hover,
    .td_block_template_5 .td-block-title > *,
    .td_outlined_btn {
        border-color: #3d9ed7;
    }

    .td_wrapper_video_playlist .td_video_currently_playing:after {
        border-color: #3d9ed7 !important;
    }

    .header-search-wrap .td-drop-down-search:before {
        border-color: transparent transparent #3d9ed7 transparent;
    }

    .block-title > span,
    .block-title > a,
    .block-title > label,
    .widgettitle,
    .widgettitle:after,
    .td-trending-now-title,
    .td-trending-now-wrapper:hover .td-trending-now-title,
    .wpb_tabs li.ui-tabs-active a,
    .wpb_tabs li:hover a,
    .vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container .vc_tta-tab.vc_active > a,
    .vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container .vc_tta-tab:hover > a,
    .td_block_template_1 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
    .woocommerce .product .products h2:not(.woocommerce-loop-product__title),
    .td-subcat-filter .td-subcat-dropdown:hover .td-subcat-more, 
    .td_3D_btn,
    .td_shadow_btn,
    .td_default_btn,
    .td_round_btn, 
    .td_outlined_btn:hover {
    	background-color: #3d9ed7;
    }

    .woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active {
    	background-color: #3d9ed7 !important;
    }

    .block-title,
    .td_block_template_1 .td-related-title,
    .wpb_tabs .wpb_tabs_nav,
    .vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container,
    .woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs:before {
        border-color: #3d9ed7;
    }
    .td_block_wrap .td-subcat-item a.td-cur-simple-item {
	    color: #3d9ed7;
	}


    
    .td-grid-style-4 .entry-title
    {
        background-color: rgba(61, 158, 215, 0.7);
    }

    
    .td-header-wrap .td-header-top-menu-full,
    .td-header-wrap .top-header-menu .sub-menu {
        background-color: #000000;
    }
    .td-header-style-8 .td-header-top-menu-full {
        background-color: transparent;
    }
    .td-header-style-8 .td-header-top-menu-full .td-header-top-menu {
        background-color: #000000;
        padding-left: 15px;
        padding-right: 15px;
    }

    .td-header-wrap .td-header-top-menu-full .td-header-top-menu,
    .td-header-wrap .td-header-top-menu-full {
        border-bottom: none;
    }


    
    .td-menu-background:before,
    .td-search-background:before {
        background: rgba(36,34,51,0.9);
        background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(36,34,51,0.9) 0%, rgba(69,120,249,0.9) 100%);
        background: -webkit-gradient(left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, rgba(36,34,51,0.9)), color-stop(100%, rgba(69,120,249,0.9)));
        background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(36,34,51,0.9) 0%, rgba(69,120,249,0.9) 100%);
        background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(36,34,51,0.9) 0%, @mobileu_gradient_two_mob 100%);
        background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(36,34,51,0.9) 0%, rgba(69,120,249,0.9) 100%);
        background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(36,34,51,0.9) 0%, rgba(69,120,249,0.9) 100%);
        filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='rgba(36,34,51,0.9)', endColorstr='rgba(69,120,249,0.9)', GradientType=0 );
    }

    
    .td-footer-wrapper::before {
        background-size: 100% auto;
    }

    
    .td-menu-background,
    .td-search-background {
        background-image: url('https://127.0.0.1:4001/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/10.jpg');
    }

    
    .top-header-menu > li > a,
    .td-weather-top-widget .td-weather-now .td-big-degrees,
    .td-weather-top-widget .td-weather-header .td-weather-city,
    .td-header-sp-top-menu .td_data_time {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:14px;
	text-transform:none;
	
    }
    
    ul.sf-menu > .td-menu-item > a,
    .td-theme-wrap .td-header-menu-social {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-size:18px;
	line-height:50px;
	font-style:normal;
	font-weight:300;
	text-transform:capitalize;
	
    }
    
    .td_mod_mega_menu .item-details a {
        font-size:15px;
	
    }
    
    .td_mega_menu_sub_cats .block-mega-child-cats a {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-size:15px;
	
    }
    
    .block-title > span,
    .block-title > a,
    .widgettitle,
    .td-trending-now-title,
    .wpb_tabs li a,
    .vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container .vc_tta-tab > a,
    .td-theme-wrap .td-related-title a,
    .woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li a,
    .woocommerce .product .products h2:not(.woocommerce-loop-product__title),
    .td-theme-wrap .td-block-title {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-size:16px;
	
    }
    
	.td_module_wrap .td-module-title {
		font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	
	}
     
    .td_module_6 .td-module-title {
    	font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	
    }
    
	.td_block_trending_now .entry-title a,
	.td-theme-slider .td-module-title a,
    .td-big-grid-post .entry-title {
		font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	
	}
    
    .td_module_mx6 .td-module-title a {
    	font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	
    }
    
	#td-mobile-nav,
	#td-mobile-nav .wpb_button,
	.td-search-wrap-mob {
		font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	
	}


	
	.post .td-post-header .entry-title {
		font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	
	}
    
    .td-post-template-default .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:500;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-1 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-2 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-3 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-4 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-5 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-6 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-7 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-8 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-9 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-10 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-11 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-12 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-template-13 .td-post-header .entry-title {
        font-weight:600;
	
    }





	
    .td-post-content p,
    .td-post-content {
        font-size:20px;
	line-height:36px;
	font-weight:100;
	
    }
    
    .post blockquote p,
    .page blockquote p,
    .td-post-text-content blockquote p {
        font-size:26px;
	line-height:36px;
	font-weight:normal;
	text-transform:none;
	
    }
    
    .post .td_quote_box p,
    .page .td_quote_box p {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-size:26px;
	line-height:36px;
	font-weight:normal;
	
    }
    
    .post .td_pull_quote p,
    .page .td_pull_quote p {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-size:26px;
	line-height:36px;
	font-weight:normal;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-content li {
        font-size:20px;
	line-height:36px;
	font-weight:100;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-content h1 {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-size:28px;
	line-height:50px;
	font-weight:600;
	text-transform:none;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-content h2 {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-weight:800;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-content h3 {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-weight:800;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-content h4 {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-weight:800;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-content h5 {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-weight:800;
	
    }
    
    .td-post-content h6 {
        font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-weight:800;
	
    }





    
    .td-page-title,
    .woocommerce-page .page-title,
    .td-category-title-holder .td-page-title {
    	font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	
    }
    
    .td-page-content p,
    .td-page-content li,
    .td-page-content .td_block_text_with_title,
    .woocommerce-page .page-description > p,
    .wpb_text_column p {
    	font-size:20px;
	line-height:36px;
	font-weight:100;
	
    }
    
    .category .td-category a {
    	font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	
    }
    
    .page-nav a,
    .page-nav span {
    	font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	
    }
    
    .widget_archive a,
    .widget_calendar,
    .widget_categories a,
    .widget_nav_menu a,
    .widget_meta a,
    .widget_pages a,
    .widget_recent_comments a,
    .widget_recent_entries a,
    .widget_text .textwidget,
    .widget_tag_cloud a,
    .widget_search input,
    .woocommerce .product-categories a,
    .widget_display_forums a,
    .widget_display_replies a,
    .widget_display_topics a,
    .widget_display_views a,
    .widget_display_stats {
    	font-family:"Roboto Slab";
	font-size:16px;
	
    }
    
    .top-header-menu > li,
    .td-header-sp-top-menu,
    #td-outer-wrap .td-header-sp-top-widget {
        line-height: 14px;
    }

    
    @media (min-width: 768px) {
        .td-header-style-4 .td-main-menu-logo img,
        .td-header-style-5 .td-main-menu-logo img,
        .td-header-style-6 .td-main-menu-logo img,
        .td-header-style-7 .td-header-sp-logo img,
        .td-header-style-12 .td-main-menu-logo img {
            max-height: 50px;
        }
        .td-header-style-4 .td-main-menu-logo,
        .td-header-style-5 .td-main-menu-logo,
        .td-header-style-6 .td-main-menu-logo,
        .td-header-style-7 .td-header-sp-logo,
        .td-header-style-12 .td-main-menu-logo {
            height: 50px;
        }
        .td-header-style-4 .td-main-menu-logo a,
        .td-header-style-5 .td-main-menu-logo a,
        .td-header-style-6 .td-main-menu-logo a,
        .td-header-style-7 .td-header-sp-logo a,
        .td-header-style-7 .td-header-sp-logo img,
        .td-header-style-7 .header-search-wrap #td-header-search-button .td-icon-search,
        .td-header-style-12 .td-main-menu-logo a,
        .td-header-style-12 .td-header-menu-wrap .sf-menu > li > a {
            line-height: 50px;
        }
        .td-header-style-7 .sf-menu,
        .td-header-style-7 .td-header-menu-social {
            margin-top: 0;
        }
        .td-header-style-7 #td-top-search {
            top: 0;
            bottom: 0;
        }
        .header-search-wrap #td-header-search-button .td-icon-search,
        .header-search-wrap #td-header-search-button .td-icon-search:before {
            line-height: 50px;
        }
    }
</style>

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                    <div class="td-post-author-name"><div class="td-author-by">By</div> <a href="https://rawstreetjournal.com/author/james-deegan/">James Deegan</a><div class="td-author-line"> - </div> </div>                    <span class="td-post-date td-post-date-no-dot"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2017-08-27T09:20:02+00:00" >August 27, 2017</time></span>                                                        </div>

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<p>Washington DC &#8211; As Hurricane Harvey gets downgraded to a tropical storm, dumping millions of gallons of water on beleaguered Texans, one can&#8217;t help but ask, if Obama were still president, what would Obama do? What would be the &#8216;presidential&#8217; thing to do? Play golf it seems.</p>
<p>About a year ago, as rains lashed Louisiana causing catastrophic floods, then-President Obama, during the worst natural disaster in his 8 years in office, was golfing on Martha’s Vineyard, and refused to leave his golfing vacation to assess the situation.</p>
<figure id="attachment_17488" style="max-width: 1484px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-17488 size-full" src="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Obama-09fa5.jpg" alt="Picture of then president Obama who would not cancel his golf holiday at Martha's Vineyard to survey Louisiana flood disaster damage, despite the floods being the worst natural disaster to hit the United States since Hurricane Katrina." width="1484" height="1060" srcset="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Obama-09fa5.jpg 1484w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Obama-09fa5-300x214.jpg 300w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Obama-09fa5-768x549.jpg 768w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Obama-09fa5-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Obama-09fa5-100x70.jpg 100w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Obama-09fa5-696x497.jpg 696w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Obama-09fa5-1068x763.jpg 1068w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Obama-09fa5-588x420.jpg 588w" sizes="(max-width: 1484px) 100vw, 1484px" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Then president Obama would not cancel his golf holiday at Martha&#8217;s Vineyard to survey Louisiana flood disaster damage, despite the floods being the worst natural disaster to hit the United States since Hurricane Katrina.</figcaption></figure>

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<p>Obama was roundly criticized for his delay in surveying the damage in Louisiana, even by <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/23/politics/obama-louisiana-tour-criticism/index.html"class="snppopup">the typically pandering CNN</a>, whose harshest criticism of Obama was that he was &#8220;late&#8221;. Obama&#8217;s blatant disregard for the welfare of Louisiana&#8217;s residents in the dying months of his presidency and his stubborn refusal to interrupt his Martha&#8217;s Vineyard vacation to survey the Louisiana flood caused deep-seated resentment, but no one dared breathe a word of how Obama was behaving at the time, decidedly &#8220;unpresidential&#8221;.</p>
<p>The Louisiana floods, the worst U.S. natural disaster since 2012, and Obama&#8217;s poor handling of the disaster drew comparisons from all quarters to President George W. Bush’s hotly criticized response to Hurricane Katrina in the same state.</p>
<figure id="attachment_17489" style="max-width: 1500px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-17489 size-full" src="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ss-160817-louisiana-flloods-002_79b990fd30cc338951a21cafea8f5599.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg" alt="An aerial view of Sorrento, Louisiana showing the extent of the damage from the flooding." width="1500" height="1000" srcset="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ss-160817-louisiana-flloods-002_79b990fd30cc338951a21cafea8f5599.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg 1500w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ss-160817-louisiana-flloods-002_79b990fd30cc338951a21cafea8f5599.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000-300x200.jpg 300w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ss-160817-louisiana-flloods-002_79b990fd30cc338951a21cafea8f5599.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ss-160817-louisiana-flloods-002_79b990fd30cc338951a21cafea8f5599.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ss-160817-louisiana-flloods-002_79b990fd30cc338951a21cafea8f5599.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000-696x464.jpg 696w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ss-160817-louisiana-flloods-002_79b990fd30cc338951a21cafea8f5599.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ss-160817-louisiana-flloods-002_79b990fd30cc338951a21cafea8f5599.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000-630x420.jpg 630w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">An aerial view of Sorrento, Louisiana showing the extent of the damage from the flooding.</figcaption></figure>
<p>At the time, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson defended Obama at a press conference, insisting that the president was &#8220;closely monitoring&#8221; the situation but that he will not cut short his two-week breather at the elite Massachusetts resort. Perhaps Obama was concerned he would not get another tee time if he gave up his slot. Johnson flaccidly told reporters in Denham Springs, Louisiana,</p><div class="eDavHM9o"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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<p style="text-align: left;">&#8220;The president can’t be everywhere.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Towards the end of his presidency, Obama clearly didn&#8217;t realize that public service follows you right up to the very last day you&#8217;re in office. It wasn&#8217;t so much that Obama could not be everywhere, but that he did not care to be anywhere, anywhere near the disaster in Louisiana that is. No wonder that in the 2016 Presidential Election, Louisiana went to Donald Trump in a landslide.</p>
<figure id="attachment_17490" style="max-width: 887px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-17490 size-full" src="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2016-louisiana-election-map-6f779197d109af2b.png" alt="Electoral map showing Louisiana voting overwhelmingly in favor of Donald Trump. " width="887" height="574" srcset="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2016-louisiana-election-map-6f779197d109af2b.png 887w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2016-louisiana-election-map-6f779197d109af2b-300x194.png 300w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2016-louisiana-election-map-6f779197d109af2b-768x497.png 768w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2016-louisiana-election-map-6f779197d109af2b-696x450.png 696w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2016-louisiana-election-map-6f779197d109af2b-649x420.png 649w" sizes="(max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">It&#8217;s no coincidence that Louisiana voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election.</figcaption></figure>
<p>At the time of Obama&#8217;s callous response to the crisis in Louisiana,  Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, backed him up, saying at the press conference that he is &#8220;not complaining in any way about our federal partnership.&#8221;</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s nonchalant response to the floods in Louisiana at the time drew unflattering parallels to the federal response in 2005, when George W. Bush was branded as uncaring and even racist for not touching down during a flyover two days after Hurricane Katrina.</p>
<figure id="attachment_17491" style="max-width: 1024px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-17491 size-full" src="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Trump-Keystone-1024x682.jpg" alt="President Trump signing an executive order in the Oval Office for disaster declaration before Hurricane Harvey. " width="1024" height="682" srcset="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Trump-Keystone-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Trump-Keystone-1024x682-300x200.jpg 300w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Trump-Keystone-1024x682-768x512.jpg 768w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Trump-Keystone-1024x682-696x464.jpg 696w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Trump-Keystone-1024x682-631x420.jpg 631w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">President Trump approved disaster declaration for Hurricane Harvey at an early stage, to ensure that federal resources such as the National Guard would be ready for deployment in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Compare that with the response of President Donald Trump today. With some of the most advanced weather radars in on the planet, the Trump administration had been briefed weeks in advance on the likely path of Hurricane Harvey, it&#8217;s likely point of landfall and the areas most prone to flooding when Harvey eventually hit.</p>
<p>Even as President Trump was preparing to reneogtiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), pass into law the ban on transgenders serving in the military which his generals have been desperately calling for, preparing to repeal and replace Obamacare and laying the plans for the border wall, he still had his mind on the welfare of millions of Texans in Harvey&#8217;s path.</p><div class="fcxJiY5L"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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<p>The Trump administration made preparations early on, with President Trump making an early &#8220;disaster declaration&#8221; for Hurricane Harvey. Why is that significant? Unlike former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Hussein Obama, who did not declare Hurricane Katrina and the Louisiana Floods as &#8220;disasters&#8221;, federal aid was not readily available to the state or states affected. Instead, federal aid, where it was made available at all was delivered in a piecemeal and ineffective way. Without a concerted federal disaster relief plan, federal aid was uncoordinated and wasteful. People who didn&#8217;t need help got unnecessary help and people who needed it the most got nothing. Which led many to ask at the time, &#8220;What&#8217;s the point of having a federal government if it&#8217;s not there to help you when you need it the most?&#8221;</p>
<figure id="attachment_17494" style="max-width: 920px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-17494 size-full" src="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/920x920.jpg" alt="National Guard troops unloading water supplies for relief aid at Port Aransas, Texas." width="920" height="613" srcset="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/920x920.jpg 920w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/920x920-300x200.jpg 300w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/920x920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/920x920-696x464.jpg 696w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/920x920-630x420.jpg 630w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">National Guard troops unloading water supplies for relief aid at Port Aransas, Texas.</figcaption></figure>
<p>By making a disaster declaration early on, President Trump did not have to wait till the damage of Harvey actually occurred before making federal resources available. Instead, President Trump&#8217;s early <a href="https://www.fema.gov/disaster-declaration-process"class="snppopup">disaster declaration provided a wide range of federal assistance programs</a> for individuals and public infrastructure, including funds for both emergency and permanent work even before the first drop of rain hit the ground in Corpus Christi.</p>
<figure id="attachment_17492" style="max-width: 935px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-17492 size-full" src="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/59a1d0cf7d200.image_.jpg" alt="Specially designed high clearance vehicles were deployed to Port Aransas, just east of Corpus Christi, landed moments after Hurricane Harvey subsided." width="935" height="640" srcset="https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/59a1d0cf7d200.image_.jpg 935w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/59a1d0cf7d200.image_-300x205.jpg 300w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/59a1d0cf7d200.image_-768x526.jpg 768w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/59a1d0cf7d200.image_-218x150.jpg 218w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/59a1d0cf7d200.image_-696x476.jpg 696w, https://rawstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/59a1d0cf7d200.image_-614x420.jpg 614w" sizes="(max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Specially designed high clearance vehicles were deployed to Port Aransas, just east of Corpus Christi, landed moments after Hurricane Harvey subsided.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Which is why the moment Harvey passed through parts of southeast Texas, the National Guard were able to roll in immediately to dispense federal aid. National Guard trucks, which are specially designed for high clearance and to pass through flood waters had been stationed outside the likely affected areas for weeks, waiting to enter the affected zones once the storm had passed. National Guard troops with federal aid landed at Port Aransas, which is just east of Corpus Christi the minute Harvey made landfall in Texas.</p><div class="HiaLQXOG"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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<p>Using a classic rearguard maneuver, similar to how a force would outflank an enemy in real combat, the National Guard literally chased the storm by flowing in with aid and relief services wherever the storm vacated. All this was possible because of weeks of advanced planning on the likely path of Harvey and stationing National Guard relief forces to fill in the minute Harvey passed. Without the extensive disaster planning by the Trump administration, even real-time hurricane-tracking would be of limited value because there would still be the lag time for logistical support to deploy National Guard assets.</p>
<p>Today, as politicians from both sides use Harvey as a means to score cheap political points against each other, the man who Americans sent in to drain the swamp, is literally, draining the swamp. Our hearts go out to the many lives which will no doubt be lost in this national disaster and for a time, there will be mourning. Yet even before the first tear has dried, Texans will gather relief knowing that their President did not abandon them in their time of need.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">My god. At this exact moment people are dying in the worst natural disaster of his Presidency &amp; instead of leading he&#39;s attacking Democrats. <a href="https://t.co/KCenUeRDW4"class="snppopup">https://t.co/KCenUeRDW4</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/901810423183355904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"class="snppopup">August 27, 2017</a></p><div class="HhBE3p1C"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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<p>When the skies eventually clear, there is no doubt that the mainstream media will pillory the Trump administration on its handling of Hurricane Harvey and for so many Americans who did not experience the disaster themselves, that will be the true disaster.</p>
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