The Gaurdian wants to. I actually want to also. Anytime a leader responds well to a crisis you want to be able to look at them with pride and so thats MY president. Sadly, as is the norm, the White House response to the Tsunami was anything but something to be proud of.
The fact that it took Bush THREE days to even respond is horrible. Then to decide to respond with a pentence until pressure results in the 350 million donation? As its been pointed out, we allocated 15 billion for florida and "only" several hundred died. The 350 is about of the cost each day for the Iraqi War. So the donation is technically one less day Bush could have troops in Iraq (as if that has a near end). Bush's people also went out of their way to critize Clinton for his "feel your pain" comments with sarcasism and snarkiness instead of stepping up and responding as a representive of the US (with Bush) instead as an individual (as Clinton was). This thing was partisan from the beginning and the weird thing is most of the republican congress wasn't even participating in the White House's behavior (for once), they where trying to respond as leaders are supposed to.
From day one, the response from the White House has been horrendous. If anyone deserves a kudos it is Colin Powell. While the US was waiting on the White House to get its act together, he was the caring face of America. Promising aid and help, showing the concern that the President himself should have done.
Just because Bush finally got his crap together (finally), doesn't excuse the horrendous initial response to this tragedy. If anything this shows why their is genuine fear of Bush. His first response was one of disinterest and arrogance instead of leadership and concern.
Bush has proven that his first election was a mistake and his 2nd win was viewed by the world and myself and everyone I know see or hear as an an incredible let down to the planet earth and everyone on it, with his response to the hurricane tragedy he has proven all critisim correct, not that others are have not failed us also but bush has proved his incopentince for years and now that it's to late the rest of the US has realised it.
ReplyDeleteHow could the people of America have taken so long to realise what an incompetent incapable person he is, he is oly intersted in making a name for himeself in the history books as a war president, his forein policy is non exsistent!!! does he have one? as for his domestic policy every move he has made is pro big buisness, to hell whith the fooliush little insignificant people that were fooled and elected him!now all of the people that were fooled by Bush have relized thier error and it's to late, we are stuck with his foolish, incompetent, ucaring, arrogent, ugly, @#$. can we do something to make this asshole do what the hell he was elected to do and that is represent US, not his dellusional belief that he is some kind of GOD like being and that what he percieves as devine knowlage is in reialty some kind of mental disorder. markcaradine@hotmail.com