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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (148149)11/5/2012 7:42:16 AM
From: CF Rebel4 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 224754
 
It is an absolute outrage that people....

As I was thinking about the plight of storm-stricken people in New York and New Jersey it brought to mind another storm that created another outrage in your mind. Here's a quote from a September 2005 article you posted about Hurricane Katrina. Note how much blame George W. Bush is given for the plight of Katrina victims.

Americans need to understand that the reason we were unprepared for Hurricane KATRINA is the same reason we were unprepared for the attacks of 9/11: this worse-than-useless quasi-occupant of the Oval Office was extending yet further his record for most vacation time taken by an American president, and ignoring imminent crises.

Americans need to understand that KATRINA victims could not get supplies for days on end for the same reason that soldiers in Iraq still don't have adequate armor: this president, who gets almost everything he wants, couldn't be bothered to want these things.

Americans need to understand that FEMA is inept for the same reason that the national treasury is hemorrhaging a sea of red ink: because they've chosen a president who views the federal government as a personal playground for cronyism and looting.

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As I watch video of the people in New York and New Jersey who've lost their homes or have no electricity or fuel, would it not be fair to say, as the quote above demonstrates, that Barack Obama is complicit in the non-preparedness for the Sandy crisis? Perhaps "Americans need to understand" that turnabout is fair play when you want to blame presidents for poor responses to natural disasters. Just insert "Sandy" for "Katrina" and "campaigning" for "vacation" above and you're all set.

If Bush was to blame for the same kind of crisis in Katrina, let's hear you lefties blame Obama for the current one. Where's your outrage for victims today when the same "logic" applies?

Just sayin'.

CF Rebel
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