Bush Should Join Outrage Over Botched Hurricane Relief

Tampa Tribune ^ | September 11, 2005

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Attractive post.

The damage that sits along Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama is something we need to address.

It involves more than how many people went without food for a few days.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I agree, but how do you have a frank discussion with MSM screaming and yelping like a pack of whipped dogs?

Bush gets on the tube and addresses the nation. I know he can do it. I've seen him do it. He needs to do it again. It will make the MSM look like the pack of dogs they are if they continue this bs after he lays it out to the country.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I agree.

But they didn't do it. The msm is trying to capitalize on the local level failure (and hide it) by pointing the finger at Bush.

He needs to stand up and set things straight. If people in the rest of the states think the federal government is going to drop in to help out, they need to understand (and Bush should explain this) it starts locally and then on their state level. They better be sure that who they vote in can handle the job - that Americans better set to work now, in their own communities, and be prepared to mobilize and/or hunker down in an emergency.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I don't think it's a lack of leadership.

Bush delegates and then expects the job to be carried out. I like it when the person in charge does that.

And I seriously believe he is livid about how this was handled, from all levels. Of course there have been some very bright stars in this and Bush can point to them as examples of the right things to do, but he needs to go before the country to express constructive criticism, way in a firm tone(with some seething outrage just under control). That would give the country some confidence. That is one thing the bully pulpit is for.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I think that's what Laura Bush did the other day.

Now the President needs to take the mike and expand on her remarks.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

In this situation, that was a bit lacking and the msm/Democrats are making the most of it.

[P.O.E.]

Just goes to show how estranged people are from their communities. "Government" has replaced community, and brought with it a concommitant accountability gap.

[roses of sharon]

He should be visibly angry at the hysterical media that whipped up the crowds that were thirsty, and made it a race issue.

Well they have their water now, so the media is going to plan B, pretend that Bush actually CAUSED the deaths of those DURING the hurricane, and right after.

That is what he should be angry over, the American media's totally incendiary behavior and faux reporting.

[Tax-chick]

What's gained, for the country, by the President's being angry? Do you need him to validate your anger?

There's been a concept among a number of commentators in the last two weeks, suggesting that it's essential for the President to feel certain things ... sorrow, guilt, sympathy, outrage, anger, whatever. I'm puzzled by this. He's not an adequate President if he doesn't feel what each citizen feels?

To admonish irresponsible behavior by the media or others might have some value, but a judgment of behavior does not require anger.

[pollyannaish]

As nice as that would be for us...the President is a grown up. He has work to do. This isn't about him, despite the incessant yelping of press and its liberal spinners.

President Bush steps up to the plate once again. He will get the rebuilding job done in a lot shorter time than is being predicted...just like the speed with which the water is being pumped out. He will make sure all the bases are covered. The economy will be fine. The Iraq situation will continue to improve.

The President can sleep at night because, by his own admission, he is a praying man who waits on the Lord to get him through these kind of crises. The rest is just noise and thrashing. In the end, the President will come through looking responsible. That is not to say mistakes were not made, because they ALWAYS are. But they were not a result of incompetence on the part of the President or his team.

The Dems know that and that is why they are thrashing so hard. In the end, most Americans do not appreciate people who try to make political hay out of tragedy. It flies in the face of how we perceive ourselves.

So...he needs to keep doing his job. No more, no less. Even if we would love to hear him go postal....just once. ; )

[Tax-chick]

Excellent post!

[roses of sharon]

Mine was a rhetorical statement.

This President is way to classy, controlled, and calm, to behave in any way that is unnatural for him.

He simply is who he is, and I like it that way.

[Tax-chick]

I agree with you about President Bush. Sorry I misunderstood your earlier comment.

[Matchett-PI]

"Bush should show some outrage." ~ Cincinatus' wife

"So...we would love to hear him go postal....just once. ; )" ~ pollyannaish

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[shield]

Actually, the STORM SURGE continued to be a CAT 5*...people in Mississippi were 50 miles east of the eye...this storm still took everything out....due totally to STORM SURGE OF A CAT 5. Katrina was only 15-20 miles east of N.O.'s...folks are not seeing what actually hit N.O.'s...the storm surge most times is the most devastating part of a hurricane...N.O.'s got a SURGE OF A CAT 5. Those are the REAL facts. Few are looking at this. Few realize that this storm surge was very little different than the tsunami that hit asia.

*Katrina weakened slightly to a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds estimated at 145 mph as it made landfall early Monday, but it maintained a storm surge that is only generally found in category 5 storms.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I never mentioned "going postal."

The man at the top can show outrage w/o losing control.

It will be interesting to see what he says Thursday night.