George Bush's Legacy is the Failure that was Katrina This was the anatomy to all of Bush's failures.
Sean Lewis January 19, 2009 Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane that slowly moved across the Gulf of Mexico growing in size and threat. Bush was briefed on the threat and warned about the possible scenarios. People were giving warnings about the threat. Authorities were requesting help from Washington specifically from the White House for help to deal with the threat. The world was also aware of the threat. Bush was made aware of the threat, made some public statements and then did no follow through to actually prepare for the threat. The threat became a reality and all that was predicted and warned about occurred. Bush did nothing. Bush did not end his vacation to do his job, he was AWOL again. Americans suffered and died. Bush still did nothing. The press. the country and the world cried out for something to be done. Rice went to NYC to buy shoes. Bush went to a party, and the rest of the Administration stayed on vacation. When Bush was finally shown a tape of what the world had been watching 24/7 for 3 days, THEN and only then did he react. He started by saying who could have predicted such a threat and he had no warning. He took no responsibility and put the blame on everyone else from the victims to nature but he never saw himself as being accountable for his failure to anticipate and be proactive in dealing with this threat. This is the anatomy of every Bush failure from 9/11 to the current economic meltdown. Bush denied there was a housing meltdown or a recession for a year. Imagine if Bush had been proactive a year ago in dealing with the housing meltdown and the economy? Instead Bush denied there was a problem because his motives and loyalty was to his political party and not the American citizens he had sworn to serve and protect. Bush seemed to have risen beyond his pay-scale and was more interested in mountain biking and playing at being President than actually having the intellectual acumen to BE president. When Bush was first elected I said the man could not handle the job of being the President, but I consoled myself by saying 'how much harm can he do?' 8 years later and for years to come in the future the failure that was Bush, is the Legacy this country will have to contend with along with the residue of the cascading collaspsing failures left festering on the American landscape. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
