Deegan said:
I think it was a combined screw up, and exactly why the federal government should not be in the business of saving lives, that should be left to the military. This was a rare occasion in everyones defense, but the lessons learned are what are most important. I don't think anything is solved by pointing fingers at this point, but making sure it does not happen again. To think one man Brown, Bush, Chertoff etc are the answer, this is how we got in this mess in the first place.
The thing with Brown is they all said, he screwed up, cronie, blah, blah, blah. Now that he shifts blame to the admin. he is now the best thing since sliced bread. You see, politics cloud the issue, do you want another "debacle" or do you just want to play partisan hate games?:roll:
What you are saying makes sense. The political environment is so polarized that it is hard to find any useful political discussion. However, the responses from the right on every issue usually boil down to:
1) did you forget the lession of 911?
2) support the troops
3) don't play partisan politics
They are catch alls, and only a communication straitegy, not a governing straitegy.
Katrina was a failure at all levels, but it was the federal level that lost the most, because it showed everyone that US homeland security is a farce. I admit that I didn't realize how bad it was.
But there are other illusions that the adminstration has tried to push that people did know were lies. And while the democrats are useless at offering alternatives, I still think that just as I called Katrina as being the flashpoint of an implosion of the adminstration, I think these Brown hearings, and Abramoff, and Libby, are all going to add the rapid loss of political support for this administration. The thing is it will happen much slower than I think it should.
Call me partisan, but when you got an administration in office that has only 2 peices of policy that I liked, and about 100 ones that I thought were short-sighted, self-serving, and leading the country in the wrong direction for idealogical or cronistic reasons, well when they lead the GOP, then I guess I am a partisan. (sorry for the run on sentance)
There is a reason so many people are against the adminstration - it has to do with the way they administrate.
PS)
the policies I liked were:
1) the compramise on stem cell research that Bush made on 2001
2) extending day light savings as PART of the energy bill in 2005
the policies I didn't like were:
1) the bill of goods and false intel going Iraq, (once I realize Colin Powell was lying)
and about everything else
