I am a post-9/11 conservative who voted for the President to do a job that the Democrats and Kerry could not (or would not) do. At this point, I have zero faith in the Republican Party at the federal level to accomplish anything to make our cities safe. It appears that there has been pretty much nothing done in the way of planning for emergencies since 9/11.
Then there's The Washington Times, which is somewhere between Drudge and FOX when it comes to keeping the populace well-informed. And this is what ran on their editorial pages today:
Troops are finally moving into New Orleans in realistic numbers, and it's past time. What took the government so long? The thin veneer separating civilization and chaos, which we earlier worried might collapse in the absence of swift action, has collapsed.
Rotting bodies float free above submerged streets and crying children haven't eaten in days. Their parents plead from rooftops for rescue, and survivors of the flood line the freeways by the thousands, stumbling in the sweltering heat with no food, no water and no place to go. If this is not hell, it is close to it.
We expected to see, many hours ago, the president we saw standing atop the ruin of the World Trade Center, rallying a dazed country to action. We're pleased he finally caught a ride home from his vacation, but he risks losing the one trait his critics have never dented: His ability to lead, and be seen leading.
The list of things he has promised is a good list, but there is no time to dally, whether by land, sea or air. We should have delivered them yesterday. Americans are dying.
Nobody-nobody thinks this president is doing a good job. The fallout from this one is gonna be immeasureable.
2 comments:
I saw a report somewhere this morning that Newt Gingrich is criticizing the Bush Administration for what's happening in New Orleans, too. I think the conservatives are realizing that they need to get away from W as fast as possible if they want to keep their own power.
Keep watching his numbers. If they keep falling much further, which does not seem, like, out of the question, I think we'll see at the very least a kind of bloodless coup.
He may not be literally removed from office, but I think Bob's right, the conservatives who want to keep their own power are going to have to cut him off at the knees.
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