After a while, you lose respect for someone who won't stand up for himself.
I don't know why George W. Bush thinks he would be a lesser man to defend himself against these outrageous accusations.
He could make these idiots look silly in a heartbeat by simply calling them on the obvious nonsense they spew.
For example, he could say, "We expected the city of New Orleans to follow its own written plan to evacuate its poor using school buses. Those buses are still sitting under the water flooding the town. Those buses don't belong to FEMA or any other federal agency.
New Orleans has its own city government which is the primary source of help in a public emergency. This is because the city government is closest to the people and expected to be the most responsive.
The federal government can help must the city must lead the way and ask for help early in the course of a forecast disaster.
The buses were the most obvious and available means to evacuate the city's poor. The buses belong to the school board of New Orleans. We assume the city would not have a written plan calling for their use unless the school board has authorized their use in a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina.
We are curious to know why the trapped victims were not bussed out of the city as called for in the city's own disaster plan.
We are also curious why significant stockpiles of food and water available from both the Red Cross and the Salvation Army were officially denied to those trapped in the city who so desperately needed it."
After a while, you lose respect for someone who won't stand up for himself
Seems you have more respect for the press spewing lies, than the person who is in the crosshairs of the known liars.
He is doing what is right......... as always.
We may not like that he doesn't stand up more for himself, but if you lose respect for him for being focused and steadfast, then the problem is with you, and not him.
He could do all that. But I don't think we would ever get to see it.