Bush Sees the (artificial) Light

...there was rejoicing (well, there would have been without the curfew, but the few people I saw on the streets were excited) when the power came back on for blocks on end. [...] The mini-mart, long ago cleaned out by looters, was nonetheless bathed in light, including the empty, roped-off gas pumps. The motorcade route through the district was partially lit no more than 30 minutes before POTUS drove through. And yet last night, no more than an hour after the President departed, the lights went out. The entire area was plunged into total darkness again, to audible groans. It's enough to make some of the folks here who witnessed it... jump to certain conclusions.

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I assume the conclusion was that this was simply a press opportunity for Bush. "Look at the progress!".

But rather possibly I think that it was done to fool Bush into thinking the situation was better than is really was. Why assume Bush has any idea of what is going on other than what his ear piece tells him?