A series of celebrities including Robin Williams and Bill Cosby have
slammed Us President George W. Bush for his response to last month's
Hurricane Katrina. Speaking at New York's Higher Ground benefit on
Saturday, the outspoken stars - who also included Danny Glover and
Harry Belafonte - took the opportunity to criticize the Bush
administration over its handling of the catastrophe in America's Gulf
Coast region. Good Morning Vietnam Star Williams, who took the
Lincoln Center stage pretending to be a hurricane, told the crowd he
was heading for Bush's home in Kennebunkport, Maine, to "see if they
respond any quicker". Veteran funnyman Cosby said, "The people who
got into office forgot about the people." Lethal Weapon actor Glover
said, "When the hurricane struck, it did not turn the region into a
Third World country - it revealed one," while crooner Belafonte
added, "Katrina was not unforeseeable. It was the result of a
political structure that abdicates its responsibility." Other stars
who asked viewers of the televised event to donate money to the
hurricane relief fund included Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep and
Laurence Fishburne, while Bette Midler and Paul Simon were among the
performers.