Karen Hughes decided that Dear Leader needed her more than her family did, comes out of retirement to change his nappys and tie his shoes

Bush Propaganda Minister blames NOLA looters and the media for soiling Americas image in foreign markets. Wait for variation on " A free press is a messy press and I'm here to make sure they clean up their act!".

WASHINGTON - Karen Hughes, who officially takes her job today as head of the nation's image-building effort abroad, said Thursday that Hurricane Katrina has complicated her already formidable task.

But while much of the international criticism has centered on the Bush administration's response to the storm, Hughes said something else is a problem for America's image around the world: the crime that followed.

"The images of crime being committed in the face of an awful natural disaster is hard for anyone to understand, people around the world and Americans. It sickens me as an American," she said. "How could criminals prey on vulnerable elderly citizens and children during a time of such horror?" "People are seeing things that no one likes to see," Hughes said. "We've seen criminals try to prey on vulnerable people in the midst of a tragedy, and that's horrible."

The images of Americans helping Americans will play well around the world, Hughes said. But the reports of crime will not, she said. "Unfortunately, criminals exist in America. Criminals exist in other places around the world. We are going to have to address that in our communications," she said.


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