"Fred Stone" <fstone69@earthling.com> wrote in message
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.h tml

Of course people blame George W. Bush for some of the terrible mess
that followed Hurricane Katrina.

The federal government should have moved faster in the wake of the
storm, and the president, in the early days of the hurricane, should
have treated it like it was a big deal instead of continuing his
working vacation in Crawford, Texas.

But to the dismay of Democrats in Washington, members of the public
are not dumping all of the blame on the president.

First, a Washington Post/ABC News poll asked respondents, "How much
blame, if any, do you think Bush should get for the problems in the
federal response to the situation - a great deal, a good amount, only
some or none?"

Thirty-three percent of those polled said "some," while 22 percent
said "none" - meaning 55 percent of those polled did not place a
heavy share of the blame at the president's feet.

On the other side, 23 percent said a "great deal," and 20 percent
said a "good amount" - meaning 43 percent of those polled did blame
the president.

Re: 65% Blame the Idiot. Blame game working!
(Wow, that's so easy to do! I love language.)

So, 22%-some, 23%-great deal, 20%-good amount means 65% of the people
place
at least some blame on the Idiot. Seems reasonable to me. I think the
blame game is working.

However keep up your Herculean effort in concert with the rest of the
neocon lemming corps to deflect all the blame and you can improve
those numbers. I see you've been working exceptionally hard on this
one. Some very lengthy posts in an effort to maintain your demigod's
perfect record of no responsibility for anything.
Rob Brown

Everyone in the administration--Bush, Bush Sr., McClellan, Brown--have
decried others for playing the "blame game" over Katrina, while at the
same time smearing state and local officials, and even the victims
themselves. The hypocrisy of their words would be stunning if they
weren't so predictable.

Bush and Brown should be in jail for negligent homicide (wouldn't you
love to see that "perp walk"!)

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:01:11 GMT, Fred Stone <fstone69@earthling.com>
wrote:

h tml

Of course people blame George W. Bush for some of the terrible mess
that followed Hurricane Katrina.

The federal government should have moved faster in the wake of the
storm, and the president, in the early days of the hurricane, should
have treated it like it was a big deal instead of continuing his
working vacation in Crawford, Texas.

But to the dismay of Democrats in Washington, members of the public
are not dumping all of the blame on the president.

First, a Washington Post/ABC News poll asked respondents, “How much
blame, if any, do you think Bush should get for the problems in the
federal response to the situation — a great deal, a good amount, only
some or none?”

Thirty-three percent of those polled said “some,” while 22 percent
said “none” — meaning 55 percent of those polled did not place a heavy
share of the blame at the president’s feet.

On the other side, 23 percent said a “great deal,” and 20 percent said
a “good amount” — meaning 43 percent of those polled did blame the
president.

Some of the president’s critics complained about the poll. People
didn’t put all the blame on Bush? Surely something was wrong.
For example, Media Matters for America, the “progressive” watchdog
group, wrote a critique headlined, “Media touted questionable
Washington Post/ABC poll to say public opinion of Bush’s hurricane
response is mixed.”

Media Matters said the Post polled too few people and the survey was
taken during a holiday weekend, when it could not reach a
representative sample of Americans.

But then came another poll, this one from Gallup, with a bigger sample
size, that was taken, at least in part, during this business week.

And it also showed the public taking a balanced view toward blame for
the post-Katrina mess.

Gallup asked, “Who do you think is most responsible for the problems
in New Orleans after the hurricane — George W. Bush, federal agencies,
state and local officials, or is no one really to blame?”

Thirteen percent of those polled said Bush was most responsible.
Eighteen percent said federal agencies. Twenty-five percent said state
and local officials. And 38 percent said no one is really to blame.
Gallup also asked, “Do you think that any of the top officials in the
federal agencies responsible for handling emergencies should be fired,
or don’t you think so?”

Twenty-nine percent said yes, top officials should be fired.
Sixty-three percent said no, they shouldn’t. And 8 percent had no
opinion.

All in all, a fairly balanced view.

And why has the public, at least as its opinion was expressed in two
polls, shown such common sense when some of Bush’s critics have gone
over the top? There are three reasons.

First, everyone saw that Katrina was an unusually powerful —
historically powerful — storm that just happened to hit perhaps the
nation’s most vulnerable hurricane target. Ninety-three percent of
respondents in the Gallup poll said it was the worst natural disaster
in the United States in their lifetime.

They realized instinctively that it would have been impossible to get
everyone out of New Orleans as the storm approached.

Second, people saw the Louisiana state leadership — specifically Gov.
Kathleen Blanco — wringing hands and talking about how overwhelming it
all was.

“It’s just totally overwhelming,” Blanco said Aug. 30, as the full
extent of the damage became known.

“This whole situation is totally overwhelming,” she said the next day.

Blanco — whose political style relies on appointing commissions,
studying problems and taking a long time to make decisions — did not
exactly inspire confidence as a leader in a crisis.

Third, people saw New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin sputtering about how
“*****” he was that help had not come to his city quickly enough
— even though he had not followed the detailed New Orleans evacuation
plan.

“Excuse my French, everybody in America, but I am pissed,” Nagin said
Sept. 1.

“I am pissed,” he said later. “I am absolutely *****.”

Again, not exactly the portrait of a leader in a crisis.

People put all those factors together and came up with a balanced
scorecard. They could see that Bush didn’t appear to take the
hurricane seriously in the beginning — why did he stay in Crawford for
two days after Katrina struck? — and that the Federal Emergency
Management Agency was slow off the mark.

But they could also see what was happening in New Orleans, and in
Baton Rouge. So they apportioned the blame accordingly.

Now come the investigations. Whoever conducts them, they will, after
months of studying, interviewing witnesses and recreating events, most
likely come to the same conclusion that the public has reached in just
a few days.

Yes, everybody should have done a better job. But the effort to find a
single scapegoat — preferably one whose name is George W. Bush — just
won’t succeed.

Well, yeah it did work. When the feds were doing nothing, Nagin stood
up, screamed and told the world who was at fault. Then they finally
woke up and did do some things.

Apparently to get Bush and co to actually try, you have to deeply
embarass them and scream your head off. And of course, people have to
die, horribly.

The rest is just silly. Bush is looking really bad again and theres
now even reporting about how hard his handlers are working trying to
rescue the situation.

Here's a poll about what people now think of Bush

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/08/opinion/polls/main824591.sht

l

And an online poll about it

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9246207/#survey

and another article about how Bush is getting it hard

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9245785/?displaymode=1006

and even the conservatives are blaming Bush

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6330851/

The rest is just silly. Bush is looking really bad again
and there's now even reporting about how hard his handlers
are working trying to rescue the situation.

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:01:11 GMT, Fred Stone <fstone69@earthling.com>
wrote:

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Comment/ByronYork/090805.h
tml

Of course people blame George W. Bush for some of the terrible mess that
followed Hurricane Katrina.

The federal government should have moved faster in the wake of the
storm, and the president, in the early days of the hurricane, should
have treated it like it was a big deal instead of continuing his working
vacation in Crawford, Texas.

But to the dismay of Democrats in Washington, members of the public are
not dumping all of the blame on the president.

First, a Washington Post/ABC News poll asked respondents, “How much
blame, if any, do you think Bush should get for the problems in the
federal response to the situation — a great deal, a good amount, only
some or none?”

Thirty-three percent of those polled said “some,” while 22 percent said
“none” — meaning 55 percent of those polled did not place a heavy share
of the blame at the president’s feet.

On the other side, 23 percent said a “great deal,” and 20 percent said a
“good amount” — meaning 43 percent of those polled did blame the
president.

Some of the president’s critics complained about the poll. People didn’t
put all the blame on Bush? Surely something was wrong.
For example, Media Matters for America, the “progressive” watchdog
group, wrote a critique headlined, “Media touted questionable Washington
Post/ABC poll to say public opinion of Bush’s hurricane response is
mixed.”

Media Matters said the Post polled too few people and the survey was
taken during a holiday weekend, when it could not reach a representative
sample of Americans.

But then came another poll, this one from Gallup, with a bigger sample
size, that was taken, at least in part, during this business week.

And it also showed the public taking a balanced view toward blame for
the post-Katrina mess.

Gallup asked, “Who do you think is most responsible for the problems in
New Orleans after the hurricane — George W. Bush, federal agencies,
state and local officials, or is no one really to blame?”

Thirteen percent of those polled said Bush was most responsible.
Eighteen percent said federal agencies. Twenty-five percent said state
and local officials. And 38 percent said no one is really to blame.
Gallup also asked, “Do you think that any of the top officials in the
federal agencies responsible for handling emergencies should be fired,
or don’t you think so?”

Twenty-nine percent said yes, top officials should be fired. Sixty-three
percent said no, they shouldn’t. And 8 percent had no opinion.

All in all, a fairly balanced view.

And why has the public, at least as its opinion was expressed in two
polls, shown such common sense when some of Bush’s critics have gone
over the top? There are three reasons.

First, everyone saw that Katrina was an unusually powerful —
historically powerful — storm that just happened to hit perhaps the
nation’s most vulnerable hurricane target. Ninety-three percent of
respondents in the Gallup poll said it was the worst natural disaster in
the United States in their lifetime.

They realized instinctively that it would have been impossible to get
everyone out of New Orleans as the storm approached.

Second, people saw the Louisiana state leadership — specifically Gov.
Kathleen Blanco — wringing hands and talking about how overwhelming it
all was.

“It’s just totally overwhelming,” Blanco said Aug. 30, as the full
extent of the damage became known.

“This whole situation is totally overwhelming,” she said the next day.

Blanco — whose political style relies on appointing commissions,
studying problems and taking a long time to make decisions — did not
exactly inspire confidence as a leader in a crisis.

Third, people saw New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin sputtering about how
“*****” he was that help had not come to his city quickly enough —
even though he had not followed the detailed New Orleans evacuation
plan.

“Excuse my French, everybody in America, but I am pissed,” Nagin said
Sept. 1.

“I am pissed,” he said later. “I am absolutely *****.”

Again, not exactly the portrait of a leader in a crisis.

People put all those factors together and came up with a balanced
scorecard. They could see that Bush didn’t appear to take the hurricane
seriously in the beginning — why did he stay in Crawford for two days
after Katrina struck? — and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency
was slow off the mark.

But they could also see what was happening in New Orleans, and in Baton
Rouge. So they apportioned the blame accordingly.

Now come the investigations. Whoever conducts them, they will, after
months of studying, interviewing witnesses and recreating events, most
likely come to the same conclusion that the public has reached in just a
few days.

Yes, everybody should have done a better job. But the effort to find a
single scapegoat — preferably one whose name is George W. Bush — just
won’t succeed.

Well, yeah it did work. When the feds were doing nothing, Nagin stood
up, screamed and told the world who was at fault. Then they finally
woke up and did do some things.

Apparently to get Bush and co to actually try, you have to deeply
embarass them and scream your head off. And of course, people have to
die, horribly.

The rest is just silly. Bush is looking really bad again and theres
now even reporting about how hard his handlers are working trying to
rescue the situation.

Here's a poll about what people now think of Bush

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/08/opinion/polls/main824591.shtml

And an online poll about it

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9246207/#survey

and another article about how Bush is getting it hard

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9245785/?displaymode=1006

and even the conservatives are blaming Bush

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6330851/

Fred Stone <fstone69@earthling.com> wrote:

Of course people blame George W. Bush for some of the terrible mess that
followed Hurricane Katrina.

Did I miss something?

Isn't he in charge!? Isn't he the President? The guy that's
supposed to see to the best interest of American citizens?

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:01:11 GMT, Fred Stone <fstone69@earthling.com>
wrote:

h tml

Of course people blame George W. Bush for some of the terrible mess
that followed Hurricane Katrina.

Did I miss something?

Isn't he in charge!? Isn't he the President? The guy that's
supposed to see to the best interest of American citizens?

Now, instead of doing anything viable, he doing the Washington Spin
instead of taking responsibility to alleviate a national disaster. The
same crap he did during and after 9/11.

If there was a thinking person in government, a call for
impeachment would be screamed from the highest hill.

The only thing Bush does is kill people. And he does that by pure
stupidity.