Re: Who is to Blame for the Katrina SNAFU?

On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 08:34:59 -0500, Charles Aulds <caulds@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On 4 Sep 2005 06:19:29 -0700, "BrianEWilliams"
><sorry_no_email@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>I hear the usually liberal suspects bleating that Katrina is President
>>Bush's fault. Well let's take a quick look at this thesis. Last time
>>I checked, first responders are locally based. That means Democrat
>>Mayor Nagin was in charge of the first response, and that first
>>response sucked. Second responders are state-based, and Democrat
>>governor Blanco was in charge of the second response, and that second
>>response sucked. Third responders are federally based, and President
>>Bush is in charge of them. It is now less that 1 week after the storm,
>>and it does not seem unreasonable to say that the first response is the
>>first two days, and the second response is the next two days. That
>>means the federal, third response is less than 3 days old.
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>>Now you can definitely argue that an effective federal response was
>>probably about 24 hours too late, but you CANNOT ARGUE THAT THE THIRD
>>RESPONSE SUCKS. Our federal response might be slow, but it is not
>>incompetent. That argument cannot be made for the Democrat-controlled
>>local and state governments. They could have all the time in the
>>world, and their response would still suck because they are
>>incompetent, corrupt, and Democrats. I look forward to the
>>Congressional hearings, which will expose this truth to the light of
>>day.
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>The fact remains that people expected a display of leadership from
>Washington ... a response that was immediate and decisive, in keeping
>with the image Americans want to have of themselves and their leaders.

Huhh?? You wanted a dog and pony show?
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>It was neither; it was lacking; it was anemic.
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>And, worse, what did our top leaders do during a week of national
>crisis? The President played golf Monday, played a guitar at a "pep
>rally" on Tuesday ... the vice-president refused to cut his vacation
>short.
According to the New York Times Katrina timeline the President cut
short his vacation on Tuesday, the day the levee disaster happened and
it was apparent NO couldn't handle their problems on their own.

>Our Secretary of State was seen buying a pair of $1000 shoes
>on her vacation.
How come no one ever cites this story? Where is it? No cite and I
assume it's bull***.
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>Maybe it is all just a "false perception" ... but it is going to be
>hard to shake that perception ... that this nation lacks leadership.
No, as much as you Dems want to blame Bush, the problem is LA and
NO's leaders totally failed
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