From the Dailykos diary of BarbinMD

With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on the Gulf Coast, John McCain is playing President Wannabe in Mississippi today, showing just how darned concerned and presidential he is. Which makes this a good time to remind people of what he was doing three years ago when Hurricane Katrina was devastating the Gulf Coast. Of course no one can forget that on the day that New Orleans was drowning, John McCain was busy having cake with George Bush, but what was his reaction a week later, as the scope of the humanitarian disaster was still playing out day after day, as a horrified nation looked on and as an incompetent administration sat on its hands?

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has occasionally been a thorn in the side of the White House. However, he warns against “premature judgments” about the government’s response, noting that “we were all surprised” by Katrina’s scope, ferocity and damage. McCain does not provide any specifics, but he signals a willingness to follow Bush’s lead on investigating any shortcomings. “Just as the president said this morning, we need to find out what we did right and what we did wrong. I agree with him.”

No, we were not “all surprised” by Katrina. In fact, three years ago, while McCain’s birthday cake was baking, Darksyde wrote:

Urgent Warning Thread: Hurricane Katrina Strength Unprecedented

Anyone who was paying attention to the news instead of planning their birthday party knew what Katrina was. And in the days that followed, as we watched bodies floating in the streets of a major American city and saw thousands of stranded, starving Americans waiting for help, John McCain was willing to wait and to follow George Bush’s lead. Just as he is following George Bush’s lead today with his politically motivated photo-op visit to Mississippi, and just as he has followed George Bush’s lead for the past eight years. And we’re still waiting for that investigation

Update: This video says it all