Sorry, I gotta stay with total horse shit. VT is like Michael Moore. Exaggerations, false statements and ommissions......all weaved together to present a hysterical character assasination of Bush. That he throws a few true statements in there does not salvage it.
On Jan 19, 4:27 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually Zebnick, I’d argue that it’s only partly horse shit, but you > do make a fair point. It was a complete failure; The Police, the > Mayor, the Governor, DHS and Bush. Even those who deliberately ignored > the warnings and stayed behind, only to later become an undo burden on > the rescue teams. They all need to accept blame. What many of us > object to is that in the MSM’s rush to blame Bush (which he deserved) > they failed to put equal blame on everyone else who contributed. VT’s > post is a typical anti-Bush diatribe. Reading it, one could be excused > for not realizing just how many other people were responsible. > > On Jan 19, 3:56 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Total horse shit. Expected from you. No surprise that your fairy tale > > doesn't mention the assholes directly reponsible for the lack of > > preparation and response, the Democrat mayor and the Democrat > > Governor. > > > On Jan 19, 2:46 pm, VT Sean Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
