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Originally posted by skipdup
John- If Bush was slow or could/should have done more, I will admit that too... That's what I was trying to say.
And yes, there ARE many who say it's Bush's Fault. He's in charge..., his lack of leadership..., his sending troops to Iraq..., his sending money to..., his appointees..., his racism..., etc etc etc. Are you really going to refute this? Am I going to have to start posting the posts which state this?
Or, is it the use of "100%" that bothers you? How does 97.2% suit you? 89.6%? Or, we could say "mostly"...
Work with me a little here...
- Skip
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We're getting closer . . .
This is an emotional time, people are upset and frustrated, I don't know how precise you can expect people to be in apportioning fault. I personally don't think it is possible to apportion fault (X% to local, Y% to state, Z% to federal, etc) so quickly and with such limited information. I also am personally not ready to even say if "most" of the fault does in fact lie with Bush or his government. I think "some" does, but whether it is "most" I don't know yet.
In fact, I don't think I've seen many people (or even any person that I can think of offhand) say that "most" of the fault is Bush's. Again I haven't read every post, but what I see is people criticizing FEMA, DHS, and/or Bush while acknowledging that local and state authorities also deserve criticism.
Putting myself in your shoes, I can see a Bush supporter would be frustrated that there has been more media and public attention to the federal government's actions/inactions than to the State of Louisiana's and City of New Orleans' actions/inactions.
But can't you see why this might be so? For people outside of Lousiana, the competence and judgment of the Lousiana governor or the New Orleans mayor is not normally of much interest. I didn't even know their names until last week. But the competence and judgment of the President and the federal government is of high interest to almost everybody.