"Everything in that marsh is DEAD tonight!" --Obama's Katrina., page 18
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reply posted on 26-5-2010 @ 08:21 PM by ProfEmeritus
reply to post by Benevolent Heretic





I could almost understand your #1, but Obama is not dumb.


It's interesting that I now find myself on the same page as James Carville:

The "political stupidity is unbelievable," Democratic strategist James Carville said on "Good Morning America" today. "The president doesn't get down here in the middle of this. ... I have no idea of why they didn't seize this thing. I have no idea of why their attitude was so hands off here."


abcnews.go.com...



reply posted on 29-5-2010 @ 06:22 PM by beaverg
Originally posted by guyopitz
this doesn't have anything to do with Obama. Why do people blame Obama.

to all those screaming 'blame obama, blame obama' you need to go to hell. wtf.


Because in 05 main stream media ran with the Kanye West story that "Bush doesn't care about black people." They ran with the story that because of wars overseas our National Guard was stretched thin too. They criticized him for not visiting sooner and criticized him for the dog and pony show that ensued when he did show up. They blamed the disaster on him because he didn't sign climate change legislation. They blamed him for appointing Michael Brown (accurate). They blamed him for cutting funding to levee maintenance. They blamed him for FEMAs failures. Heck, he even said he took responsibility for the failures.
Many of the same issues remain.
Wars overseas have our National Guard stretched thin. Are they running that story? No.
Bush visited Louisiana about 14 days after Katrina. Obama visited Louisiana about 14 days after the original incident. Not really comparable situations, imo. Bush still could have been there sooner.
I'm unaware of any climate change legislation Obama has signed into law, you might know of something. But is there criticism here?
Obama appointed Elizabeth Birnbaum and she had as much experience in oil and gas as Brown had in emergency management. Any story? No.
Obama cuts funding to the Coast Guard and tried to cut their oil spill cleanup team. Is Cindy Sheehan protesting? nope.
Has Obama made any changes to FEMA? Nope.
Heck, he even said he took responsibility for the failures. But somehow the situations are different?
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