the meaningless stubborn partisanship that exists in america is ridiculous. people will argue along party lines for any reason. actually, more accuratly, people will argue AGAINST the opposing party regardless of the issue.
i am probably more liberal than 80-90% of the country, but i dont see a reason to attack bush. stuff arrived late, but its not like its terribly easy to organize and prepare the massive amounts of relief material and personel. also, bush has relatively little to do with the efforts, as well as the administration. here is a list of people who deserve blame:
1. God, for causing the hurricane 2. the local ranking officers of the armed forces for not keeping an effective peace 3. those who could have gotten out of new orleans but didnt
besides them, any other responsibility is indirect. bush cancelled his holiday (oh boy, now he can do his job!), congress called an emergency session, etc... its not as if washington has turned a blind eye, its that this was totally unexpected.
my point is, all of the bush-bashing is opportunistic. if the left ever wants to gain any credibility, we need to stop trying to undermine bush at every turn. his approval ratings are low enough, now lets try something productive.
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the meaningless stubborn partisanship that exists in america is ridiculous. people will argue along party lines for any reason. actually, more accuratly, people will argue AGAINST the opposing party regardless of the issue.
i am probably more liberal than 80-90% of the country, but i dont see a reason to attack bush. stuff arrived late, but its not like its terribly easy to organize and prepare the massive amounts of relief material and personel. also, bush has relatively little to do with the efforts, as well as the administration. here is a list of people who deserve blame:
1. God, for causing the hurricane
2. the local ranking officers of the armed forces for not keeping an effective peace
3. those who could have gotten out of new orleans but didnt
besides them, any other responsibility is indirect. bush cancelled his holiday (oh boy, now he can do his job!), congress called an emergency session, etc... its not as if washington has turned a blind eye, its that this was totally unexpected.
my point is, all of the bush-bashing is opportunistic. if the left ever wants to gain any credibility, we need to stop trying to undermine bush at every turn. his approval ratings are low enough, now lets try something productive.