[quote]Soco wrote:
I am not referring to his actions, I am referring to his statement.
He was clearly trying to dodge any sort of responsibility with a childish “I didn’t know what would happen” response.
I am not actually calling for his impeachment, I was simply mocking how stupid his statement was. If he didn’t know they were going to break, despite all the information available, he is utterly incompetent.
As for this situation overall, I hope it leads to real reform efforts in New Orleans, and long-term changes that lead to better coordination efforts between state and federal agencies. While I do fault homeland security and the Bush administration, there is plenty of blame to spread around. [/quote]
There is a lot of blame to go around. But Bush should not be at the top of that list. I never saw Bush say anything about the levy before it broke, and searching has brought up nothing about Bush saying that. (Although it brought up a lot of hate Bush, and a lot of liberal opinions.) Now I did find that some people are actually claiming the government actually went out and broke those levies on purpose.
With so many people who are actually in charge of this stuff, and how many people are in the chain of command, why jump right to Bush? There is only one reason, and that is political gain, or political hate.
The people who could have left but didn’t, blame them. The fact that neither the mayor, nor governor made transportation available to the people who could not move is another problem. The fact that nobody upgraded the levies, instead funding every thing else, which is a common problem in America, another blame.
Bush’s blame should be below Howard Munson, and I don’t even know who Howard Munson is.
We don’t have a president who’s job it is to do everything. If your mail is lost, he will not be the one looking for it. If you are robbed at gunpoint, he will not be leading the investigation. Exactly the same with this disaster. There is a system that was supposed to be in place, and that failed. And one week later, we do not have all the information available as to where it broke down. I just found out 3 of the water pumps were not working there. Should we blame Bush for that?
This is nothing but a fishing expedition. Another attempt to attach something to Bush to hurt his popularity. Personally I think it is starting to get ridiculous. About as ridiculous as blaming America for causing the Tsunami a while back.
I am with all the people who say dump the politics, and worry about the people. Instead of looking for blame, look to help. Get the chip off your shoulder.