Bush should not have "accepted blame" - then maybe Brown's comments could have actually helped get out the truth about the locals.
The PRESIDENT did NOT "accept blame" as this excerpt shows:
PRESIDENT BUSH: Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government. And to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility.
To what extent did the federal government not do its job?
Agreed. I think there was some panic in the WH about the perception of a "slow" response. Their flawed instinct was to take the hit rather than push back at the media and race hustlers to place blame where it should be: on the governor of LA first, and mayor of NO second.
What's been totally obscured by all the finger pointing and muffed WH response has been the truly magnificent job first responders did in rescuing many thousands of people in a remarkably short period of time. MORE WENT RIGHT IN OUR NATION'S KATRINA RESPONSE THAN WENT WRONG.