It seems sad when we have to FREEP a Laura Ingraham poll.....
If you don't remember how bad the media is at reporting ANYTHING anymore, it is easy to conclude that something MUST have gone wrong.
But when you read the news all the time, and realise that every story you know something about is wrong, you realise that every story you DON'T know anything about has errors as well.
And when you read reporters clinging to their sources when other more knowledgeable sources are contradicting them (like Ann Rodgers of Pittsburgh Gazette sticking by her "FEMA stopped Red Cross" even though the HEAD OF THE RED CROSS said it was state; also her "proof" which is that FEMA won't respond, while she says it is natural that the STATE won't respond because they are too busy helping people), anyway you know that you have to dig hard to get facts out of the pontificating.
Laura today got tripped up confusing fault with imperfection. No government response will be perfect, and anybody who understands government has to realise that. FEMA could have responded better to this crisis. I could have done things better today as well. But that is not the same as saying people didn't do as well as they could, or that people should be punished for not anticipating every hazard.
bttt
I think they way she and other people (REps) that are making comments like she has....remind me of the TV military guys that get on TV and question every move that the military has made in Iraq...
They all KNOW, that war plans are basically thrown out the window, after the first day of fighting, and you have to adjust as you go along...
WHEN has there ever been a precedent to compare Bush's reponse to....in order to be so critical...I just don't get how Laura and some others just have totally missed it on this...