I’ve never said that Blanco wasn’t inept. When did I ever defend Blanco or Nagin?
That doesn’t mean you let the guy at the top off of the hook.
Just because someone is of your party or shares your beliefs does not mean you blindly follow them like a kamikaze and refuse to criticize them if they do something wrong.
Bush’s handling of Katrina was not as bad as the media made it and the attempt by them to make it into some kind of race thing was dispicable. However, to say that how he handled the storm was great and that his example is to be followed would simply be dishonest and like it or not that hurricane played a large part in getting the disaster we have in the White House elected.
And not every victim of Katrina was some lifetime welfare recipient in New Orleans using government money for dope and rims. A lot of people who’ve never taken a dime of government money in their lives lost their homes and lives in that storm across the region.
After we finally got cell phones back I got a call from FEMA at 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning. They were upset because I had refused to take the $2000 handout.
The man on the phone said that if I didn't take it I would never be offered assistance again. I said, "Good." and hung up. Got a letter two weeks later verifying the conversation.
True story.
I don't hear much from the ones who lost so much, yet never took a government dime in their lives. In fact those people probably had sufficient insurance and moved on.
Who got screwed because of Bush during Katrina?
I don't blindly follow anyone. I just refuse to lay any blame on Bush in regard to Katrina. This entire nation bent over backwards to help all of those people in every state affected. In fact, this government went too far in an attempt to appease people like you. Now look where it got him. Bush was a disaster for believers in small government. I remember saying to myself long before Katrina, “I guess I know what a compassionate conservative is now; A liberal in conservative clothing.”
You are acting the part of the follower. The media has convinced you that you should find something to hate Bush about, so you did. Too bad you are as misguided as the rest of the flock.