The Circus

Hey everbody, the CIRCUS is in town! Look at the CHIMP...

FOXNews.com - Politics - Bush Spends Night in New Orleans to Promote Progress: "NEW ORLEANS — President Bush got a taste of some of New Orleans' finest attractions Monday in an effort to showcase progress in a hurricane-battered city.

The president dined at a French Quarter (search) restaurant before spending the night in a famed luxury hotel.

Hmmm... Checkin up on the progress. That's good.

The president's effort to show New Orleans is making progress came even as much of the city remains in ruins.

The historic French Quarter was mostly spared by the storm and is showing increasing signs of normalcy with lights back on and establishments re-opened.

Still, many of New Orleans' stores andnhabitable, even if mostly dry.

That sound's about right for the situation. But it seems unusually compassionate and longsighted for Bush . (Not to mention somewhat pointless.)

The president, accompanied by wife Laura, saw little of that, instead choosing to shine a spotlight on the improvements.

There we go. Folks a couple of five star restaurants and a world class hotel do not a rebuilding make.