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To: one_less who wrote (479057)	5/8/2009 10:49:59 AM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574606

"The fault of the tragedy, if it goes to the government at all, goes back through several Administrations. It has been known for a long time that the levee failure would almost for sure occur when a 3+ hurricane hit." Yawn. This is the sort of mendacity that i-node regularly engages it. The issue isn't whether or not the levees breached, despite Smirk's claims to the contrary that was always on the table, it was the response. The fact of the matter is that we responded quicker to the tsunami in Sri Lanka, half a world away, than we did to New Orleans, which I believe is on the same continent with the rest of the country. There was no federal response until Dubya dragged himself off of vacation and publicity tours. And the initial response was all oriented towards photo ops. Now granted, politicians are all for photo ops, but to so obviously delay help just because not all of the pieces are in place for them is what scratched Smirk's teflon. Which is why Katrina, or more accurately the response to Katrina, was the inflection point that doomed the Bush administration.

To: one_less who wrote (479057)	5/8/2009 1:12:03 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574606

According to you, the people didn't blame the gov't for Katrina." Wrong. Lot's of people blamed the government and specifically Bush. You're attacks on Condoleeza are not as common. For me, Rice was a huge disappointment. She was bright, educated and her specialty was foreign diplomacy. Her handling of Lebanon was an abomination, giving Israel the greenlight to do what it wanted. Maybe she got pre empted but had I been her and been pre empted then I would have quit.....it was that big an issue. There were so few people of quality in that administration.......Powell and her were just about it.....and they both disappointed.