I'm seeing this on the non-political threads too. The lefties, even some of the very hard core ones, are ignoring the political aspects of this and talking about how to help.
But the media is hammering this very very hard. New Oprah show being touted on NBC, "....everything your DIDN'T hear...everything you DIDN'T see....LIVE ON THE GROUND....OPRAH!!!!!"
As hard as they're hitting it, it will either fail or succeed spectacularly.
The media sees that a predominantly liberal city is off the voting map and they are up to something. Gore and Witt and Blanco and Jackson....my nose smells a rat.
But there's an angle they may not have counted on. The average American still doesn't get all of this.
I frequent a computer music forum and there are no Katrina threads at all. The kid's mom is essentially in the dark. The price of gas is high and that seems to be as far as their interest goes.
The media will have to graduate from spin to outright lies (which may have already started at CNN) to pull this off in the coming days because the cavalry is in there on the ground. Maybe they are building a foundation for when the casualty count is announced. Lots of possibilities, but the images and the statements and the political plans are archived under armed guard and pictures are worth ten thousand lies.
If they think they're going to win, they're miscalculating.
The most troublesome aspect of all this is Bush and the Mayor. The guy lights into Bush one night, the next day they act like a band of brothers, and then later that night the Mayor is on TV claiming Bush and the CIA are trying to mist him. Bush sees a bigger picture that we are still trying to puzzle out.
Well, we have most of the puzzle pieces already, it won;t take many more to see the larger pattern, we're cocked and locked. If they choose to open, some kind of real move, not just jaw flapping, they aren't going to know what hit them.
From another board...
Whenever you encounter a Liberal ranting about how Bush killed New orleans, simply retort with:
Got Bus?
If I were Bush, I would round up those working for me and ask them to give me a 100% accurate picture of what is going wrong and what is going right. I would demand documentation and physical evidence to back up whether or not each agency was fulfilling its obligation. If the answers were positive, I would do just what he is doing. I would stand behind my staff, support them in their efforts and continue with the job. But I would also get in touch with people like the Governor and mayor and tell them exactly what was going to rain down on their heads when the task at hand is complete. I would explain that the facts are, and will remain facts, and the only thing that can influence the record will be their performance from this point on.
I suspect this is possibly what Bush has done. He knows the law. He knows the facts. He knows what is right and what is wrong. And as a man of moral courage and integrity, he is ensuring the job gets completed...before the boom gets lowered. The mayor and the governor are aware of that as well. The schizophrenic behavior of the mayor is evidence of a man who knows his future is hanging on a thread. The efforts by the governor to surround herself with well known shields reveals a woman who knows she's gonna need some help. Bush, on the other hand, seems more and more confident and in control. Someone is holding a good hand...and someone isn't.