WE DON'T NEED A COMMISSION TO TELL US WHAT BROWNIE COULD DO FOR OUR BUSINESS
Tomorrow the papers will all note that a largely party line vote demolished Hillary Clinton's proposal for a bi-partisan commission to investigate "what went wrong" with the Federal Government's response to Hurricane Katrina. For once, I agree with the majority, and I hope they agree with me. We don't need a commission. What went wrong was obvious.
Handing out high profile governmental jobs to political loyalists must be confined to the periphery, not in positions where regular folks have real expectations that Government can and should make a difference.
Taking one straight month off for ANY world leader, let alone our President and most of his administration is criminally stupid.
Electing a man as president who is so petulant and stubborn that people around him are afraid to give him bad news or disagreeable information is asinine.
Trying to decry scapegoating while you're scapegoating everybody else is glaring hypocrisy that no one can ignore.
Sending your mom out to do P.R. work and damage control when you're President is a really dumb idea.
Nobody listened to the 9/11 commission. Creating another would drain funds away from the rebuilding and restoration of a Great City.
posted by lostnacfgop @ 9:59 PM
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How can those who love freedom NOT be pissed off by this?
HOW?
It all just amazes me!
Sorry, but I don't think saying "it's obvious" is enough. The reason for a formal investigation is to ensure the scope of this disaster and the response by all levels of government (local, state, federal) is documented and reported to the American people. It won't happen unless an independent, bi-partisan commission is appointed to do the investigation. Anything less will surely lead to some form of a whitewash.
And you would call the "9-11 (Blue Ribbon Bi-Partisan) Commission's report something other than a whitewash? On whose shoulders did it squarely place blame? Not a single individual soul was pointed out, and at least in this instance, with a completely inept overaged fratboy put in charge of the Federal spearhead for disaster relief - one who was tagged by the Frat boy in chief - we've already got the clearest picture of what went wrong. "Brownie you're doing a heckuva job" is now the "I voted for it before I voted against it" line of 2006 - if Dems have the courage to use it.
I think plenty of important and useful information was dispensed by the 9-11 commission. But blame is something that I think most Americans struggle with when it comes to disasters such as 9-11 and Katrina. It might take future generations studying documents such as the 9-11 report and other currently classified information to give such events their proper perspective. Personally, I doubt history will look favorably on this president or this administration. As for Katrina, I want the independent commission to document everything for posterity. I'd like to think that young leaders will emerge who see the importance of government - that is, the hard work of governing and governing well. It is too easy to blame big government for serious problems like the poor response to Katrina, when, in fact, it was a failure of leadership (that is, actual PEOPLE not just nameless, faceless government entities like FEMA) at all levels extending to the White House where responsiblity truly lies.
Good points, Anon, and I agree with the long term assessment of this President by historians. Karl Rove will not write the history of this country. I remain hopeful (but not optimistic) that Rove's comeuppance will come at the hands of a Patrick Fitzgerald indictment.
I disagree that Americans "struggle" that much with blame. There was a strong, vocal plurality eager to blame Bill Clinton for everything from Monica Lewinsky to traffic jams on the Santa Monica Freeway. Heaven knows many of those people still quiver at the mere mention of the name "Bill Clinton." And don't say "Hillary" in their ear-shot - -they just might stroke out.
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