A funny thing happened on the way to the Astrodome...

ABC News thought it would be a great idea and a great opportunity to get some immediate reaction (Bush bashing) to the President's speech so they dispatched Dean Reynolds to the parking lot of the Astrodome where six African-Americans were watching the Presidents speech. When the President finished Ted Koppell through it to Dean and the rest is history;

Reynolds: “I'd like to get the reaction of Connie London who spent several horrible hours at the Superdome. You heard the President say repeatedly that you are not alone, that the country stands beside you. Do you believe him?”

Connie London: “Yeah, I believe him, because here in Texas, they have truly been good to us. I mean-”

Reynolds: “Did you get a sense of hope that you could return to your home one day in New Orleans?”

London: “Yes, I did. I did.”

Reynolds: “Did you harbor any anger toward the President because of the slow federal response?”

London: “No, none whatsoever, because I feel like our city and our state government should have been there before the federal government was called in. They should have been on their jobs.”

Reynolds: “And they weren't?”

London: “No, no, no, no. Lord, they wasn't. I mean, they had RTA buses, Greyhound buses, school buses, that was just sitting there going under water when they could have been evacuating people.”

View the entire video here via Newsbusters or here via The Political Teen