Posted on 07/13/2014 1:32:16 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Cannon recalled how Bushs critics erupted in indignation when the White House published a photograph of the president surveying the devastation from Air Force One. Entertainers like Michael Moore and Kanye West accused the president of racism and callousness. Bushs Democratic adversaries in Congress, including then Senator Obama, were no kinder.
In hindsight, little of this seems fair. What Bush saw as he flew over the battered region shocked him. The next day, he publicly pledged $10.5 billion in federal aid, enlisted his father and Bill Clinton to help in recovery efforts, and spoke about the tragedy from the Rose Garden. The next day, he headed down there, where he literally put his arms around shell-shocked survivors, many of them black people. Bush returned again in mid-September and made a nationally televised address from Jackson Square in New Orleans.
When he ran for president, then-Sen. Barack Obama seemed to forget all that. All he cared to recall was the flyover, which is more than hes done on the Texas border this year.
Bushs approach to Katrina was criticized by his allies and opponents alike, and some of that criticism was deserved, but he never treated the situation in New Orleans as though it was a political opportunity. That is a grotesque abuse of the public trust, but this seems to be the calculation the president and his advisors made.
Although Obama probably doesnt have to go to the border personally to be an effective leader, he may owe George W. Bush an apology, Cannon concluded.
Like Katrina, Obamas successors will likely study his response to the situation on the border as a case study in how not to address a crisis. The border disaster is, however, not Obamas Katrina. The presidents refusal to perform the responsibilities associated with his role as the nations chief executive makes this episode far worse.
I listen to Michael quite a bit on his Denver radio program. If he is a dem you'd never guess it. Some of the best radio on the air.
I’m not mistaken that Perry gave the ‘dreamers’ the same tuition as citizens of Texas?
I think the Guard is a good idea. If I was the Governor I would request MPs, supply types, some Lakotas with cameras, and maybe some engineers to throw up some temp barriers to create some tactical (extremely local) choke points. Maybe if we mobilized some JAG corps types who could be sworn in as immigration judges and then process the OTMs for immediate deportation. Between JAG corp and rehiring some retired judges we could probably speed thing a up quite a bit. The objective of this is to not move any illegals out of the area where they were captured other than a jet plane home.
Yep, a total media creation.
Im not mistaken that Perry gave the dreamers the same tuition as citizens of Texas?
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The foot hold has been gained.
Currently, at least 18 states have provisions allowing in-state tution rates for undocumented
students. Fourteen states provide these provisions through state legislationCalifornia,
Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico,
New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington. Two statesOklahoma
and Rhode Island allow in-state tuition rates to undocumented students through
Board of Regents decisions.
California, Minnesota, New Mexico, Texas and Washingtoncurrently allow undocumented
students to receive state financial aid.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/undocumented-student-tuition-state-action.aspx
Maybe they considered him a DINO.
The same. Great show.
That border was part of Texas before it was ever a part of the US — that makes it Perry’s legal and physical responsibility as much as Obama’s.
Yep —
The whole idea is to contain it in south Texas and then export them from there.
That’s why Obama is quickly dispersing this riff raff from Texas to around the country.
Excuse me, but I don't think Michael Brown was a Democrat.
My recollection is that he was from Oklahoma, where he ran for office as a Republican.
Wikipedia confirms.
As much as many of us “dissed” Bush on this forum, he was a gazillion times better than the current mongrel in the white hut.
I think you’d benefit from civics 101
You don’t seem to understand what a state can and can not do
I see how easy it is to be tough in here.
my discussion with you is finished
I recall one of the networks interviewing a group of black refugees in a Houston gymnasium. The interviewer kept trying to get the group to blame Bush for their straits. But the refugees would have none of it and unanimously directed their ire toward Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin -- totally absolving President Bush.
Reminds me of something that happened the first time Bush ran for president. They were out trying to register Mexican farm workers here in our county to vote. The farm workers were saying among themselves as they were lining up, “I like that Bush guy”, so the vote registrars gathered up their stuff and left.
<>I think youd benefit from civics 101
You dont seem to understand what a state can and can not do<>
Would that be BO — Before Obama or AO — After Obama.
EXACTLY. Aid was stationed at the Texas/Louisiana border before the storm hit. I saw it.
The rat governor of Louisiana and the rat mayor of NO failed to take the steps necessary to mobilize that aid.
Additionally, Sean Hannity really opened my eyes when he went down to the TX border last week. Perry was really hands on and knowledgeable. He was naturally commanding of ‘his’ border control forces and was working well with federal BP. He looked pretty damn presidential.
I think Perry did respond with some of your points this morning. He definitely said that national guard could do logistics so that BP could focus on screening and anti-drug activities.
On Hannity he was emphasizing drones for surveillance rather than your Lakotas but he was talking about them being operated by NG/military.
And optics are going to be needed to overcome the message that Obama sent .. that todos will have promisos
The media turned Katrina into a dirty word for Bushpublicans. Nothing - not any of these scandals - are Obamas Katrina until the media says it is and they ain’t saying so.
Seriously....where is he in all this?? Step up,man!
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