[fso301]

The Dems are going to mount a lights out, no-holds-barred effort to blame this on racism.

[BoBToMatoE]

The dems do not want the president to get popular like after 9/11. They were just starting to make headway to kill off his legacy.

So, they must strike while the iron is hot. Damn the consequences.

[Sola Veritas]

"The Dems are going to mount a lights out, no-holds-barred effort to blame this on racism."

No doubt about that, considering the vast majority of those that could not or would not evacuate were black. The delay in response "looks" really bad.

Was it racism per se? I don't think so. IF, and that is a big IF, there was some sort of bigotry associated with the slow response. Then I would think it was more of a "social class" bigotry, not racism. Though I don't think that was the case either.

Going to what I consider to be a BIGGER question is what should be our (Federal) response to the rebuiding of New Orleans. Except for those things of strategic importance to the entire United States (the petroleum industry), we should not fund rebuilding this place.

It was folly all these years to keep New Orleans in its present location. A city below sea level that requires constant pumping to keep it from flooding? A city that artificially keeps a MAJOR river from changing its course in a delta? Not wise at all. If the residents want to rebuild, then do it on their dime not mine. By all means provide humanitarian relief to victums, but don't finance them to be victums again.

[jmaroneps37]

This started down hill when the governor's mind went blanco. She was told by W to start an evacuation but she didn't. She could have called up her own Guard on Tuesday, but she didn't. She cried well but that didn't help, now did it? The jerk running N.O. turned out to be Bart Simpson in Black face. "Ididn't do it man! It wasn't me!" The kid who grabbed the school bus and took people to Huston had more leadership than both of them combined. And he is willing to be arrested if they're stupid enough to do that. Yes a 19 year old kid is willing to face any consequences, but neither blanc mind or empty noggin will. THe rats and their masters ratmedia and soros etc, will try to call this racist but it won't wash this will be yet ANOTHER time that the dopey rats will hitch themselves to a wagon on its way to a nuthouse.

[patriciamary]

And the Republicans and the Bush administration better set the record straight,or the republicans are in big trouble.They should be doing this right now.I so fed up with the republicans sissy approach I may never vote again,because it doesn't matter.the Dem's rule any way in this country.

[Jaysun]

The Dems are going to mount a lights out, no-holds-barred effort to blame this on racism.

And try to ride it to victory in 2006. They're shameless.

[Rockingham]

The old tune "blame Whitey" has worked so well for the Democrats that they have no reason not to play it again at top volume. I am distressed to again see Bush caught flatfooted, as if he is uncomprehending that his job requires practical paranoia based on a recognition that the Left is implacable and unprincipled. That is the eternal nature of politics.

When caught in a jam or a crisis, Bush often seems to speak as if he is the federal bureaucrat-in-chief instead of the public representative and whip against the sloth and failures of government. As the first pictures came in of people stranded, my brother, with experience as a small city mayor, immediately said that Bush was going to get hammered because he was not expressing public concern and recognizing that criticism would attach to him if no one else was marked for blame. Unfortunately, by bringing Mayor Ray Nagin to his side, Bush has politically rescued the most culpable figure, rather like the way that he rescued CIA director George Tennet after 9/11.

Again, we Bush defenders are in the weak position of urging that "now is not the time for finger pointing." Like Hell it isn't. There is no such thing as a closed season on the mistakes and failures of government.

[ExSES]

The Dems are going to mount a lights out, no-holds-barred effort to blame this on racism.

And..., your point is???

Unfortunately, we live in an age where the "Guv'mint" is wholly responsible for everything from providing tissue when we sneeze to handling an "Extinction Event" such as all out nuclear war or an asteroid hit!

The fact of the matter is..., since we lived in trees/caves..., our security and that of our "immediate tribe" has rested with us AND ALWAYS WILL!

I have had several vanity posts concerning the current state of affairs which were "pulled" (rightfully under the "rules") due to my failure to attribute the information's source (which I certainly would not do...). However, I intend to start a thread, in the near future, to analyze disaster preparedness and managemnent. I hope that those having some experience in this area will join in... (in a civil manner), without venturing into the "blame game"...

[Coop]

We are getting a LOT of email and commentary from folks who are simply desperate to assign blame for this hurricane and the lackluster response somewhere. Frankly, the whole exercise sickens me. After 9/11 (and in my opinion, this disaster is clearly worse), at least we had the decency to wait a couple of years before we appointed a finger-pointing commission

I wholeheartedly agree!!

The Dems are going to mount a lights out, no-holds-barred effort to blame this on racism.

But it's not just the Dems. I've also been disgusted by the scrambling around here to pin blame on anybody and everybody.

[freema]

You can take that to the bank. We need to be ready.
Perhaps Jim R can be appointed to be Bush's PR man?