For Bush, an issue of Competence (barf alert!)

Business Week ^ | 9/27/05 | RS Dunham

[voletti]

If the President can't get his act together, the GOP faces big trouble

For George W. Bush's storm-tossed White House, the imagery after Hurricane Rita could hardly have been more different than the visuals that flashed into Americans' living rooms after Katrina. Gone was the detached, behind-the-curve President who was slow off the mark in directing the government response to a flooded New Orleans.

When Rita struck, Bush launched into Presidential whirlwind -- hands-on and completely plugged in. The angry local officials who lashed out at the White House in the chaotic days following Katrina were replaced in TV interviews by sheriffs and governors who thanked the feds for the rapid response.

So this means President Bush has weathered the most serious challenge to his leadership since September 11 and is poised to resume his power glide through the rest of his term, right? Wrong. From a political standpoint, Bush's response to Rita may have stopped the political damage inflicted by his handling of Katrina. But Operation Recovery doesn't herald a return to the heady days when the President's agenda dominated the political landscape.

The reason: Bush's image as a savvy manager may have been fundamentally reshaped by the storms. The inspiring leader who stood amid the smoking rubble of the World Trade Center and addressed rescue workers with a bullhorn is a figure from the past. In his place is a President who seems late on the uptick, tolerates political cronies in high places, and delegates too much authority to underlings.

[voletti]

Can't say I'm impressed with Bush II in his term II. But the likes of Biz Week puking over the record of a man of character is well deserving of a micro-mega-barf.

[Dog Gone]

He's gotten his most conservative judges through, dealt with two catastrophic storms, continued to make major progress in Iraq and Afghanistan. You sure set your standards high.

[conservativecorner]

One of the liberal rags of the business weeklies. They are nothing more than an extension of the greater liberal MSM. No difference whatsoever.

[Mo1]

Oh call me confused ..

But when in the heck did the Federal Government become solely responsible for the Local & State Governments???

When the heck did it become law that the President can take control of States away from the Governor???

Oh and those polls numbers??

Are they based on the LIES that the media has been reporting to the public .. ???

I'm thinking so

The media and press should be ashamed of themselves.

The public looks to them to report FACTS and TRUTH .. and they couldn't even do that right

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Businessweek is Newsweek in financial drag.

[MNJohnnie]

Wishful thinking by the Bush haters. Guess they just missed Bush getting his man as Chief Justice for the next 30 years or his ability to appoint another SC Justice this week. Guess they are just tuning out all the good news pouring out of Iraq. Guess the Dinosaur Media has just gone into full denial mode since they are unable to deal with their increasing irrelevancy to Modern American Life. Projecting their irrelevancy onto their political foes. Someone better clue in BW that Bush is Pres until Jan 2009 no matter how bad that makes them feel.

[voletti]

well said.

[Mo1]

Guess they just missed Bush getting his man as Chief Justice for the next 30 years or his ability to appoint another SC Justice this week.

I am so hoping he picks the most conservative judge he can find

I will so enjoy watching all the libs having a stoke over that news

[MNJohnnie]

Businessweek is Newsweek in financial drag.

Oh god, I wish I had said that. Brilliant.

[CBart95]

Can't say we are impressed by your choice of old fashioned hatred for our President.
It is unmistakably part of the hate onslaught orchestated by left-wing America-hating resident enemies and others in league with world wide terrorism.
Moreover, it is a disgraceful tragedy that Business Week would stoop so low as to permit you to produce such filth.

[voletti]

For once, I sure hope to be wrong.

But seems to me that the Prez and his team have woefully failed their country when it comes to communicating their thinking on important issues (like Iraq and Saudi Arabia); showing resolve in tackling fiscal madness and showing spine in standing up to DemocRat and MSM propaganda.

[voletti]

"...permit you to produce such filth." Who the heck's "you" here? BizWeek's producing the filth, not me. And maybe you missed the barf alert on the thread title. In any case, I'm not a mirror opposite of blind Bush haters as in, am no blind Bush fan. I admire the man for his character, his faith, his leadership in times of crisis (9/11, remember?) etc but am by no means constrained to hailing his every action. Have a nice day.

[munin]

Listening to talk radio today many calls was for the prez to stay in Washington and conserve fuel, he has made enough trips to the gulf, guess he can do no right by some folks, I guess they are the same folks that complained he was much to late in visiting NO after Kathrina

[Russ]

I couldn't help but wonder how many gallons of gasoline it took to get all those miscreants into and out of Washington over the week-end for their pointless anti-war, anti-Bush orgy? What a waste...

[frannie]

Have you ever thought how much fuel it took to rescue all those stranded? So few at a time and with helicopters. The buses were under water.

Remember the large group of small boats that tried to get in and were turned back? Not by FEMA, not by the military but by the locals. These were all volunteers, their own boats and possibly their own fuel.

Should we bill Blanco and the Mayor for not using those buses that were being saved, for what? A good bath it seems to me.