Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Don't Blame Bush for Katrina's Problems
Gene Wade, in his recent letter (Don't Blame Bush for Katrina's Problems) gave a well thought out and reasonable
outline of the monumental problems presented by Katrina
and came to the conclusion that president Bush was not to be held accountable. Of course, had the head of our government been a Democrat I'm sure Mr. Wade would
have been equally eager to absolve him from all blame.
Somehow I have a problem getting on board with that scenario, but life is full of surprises.
I don't suscribe to the idea that the president be held accountable for events beyond his control, such as natural disasters. He is certainly expected to act decisively and quickly in the aftermath of these disasters and in the opinion of a majority of Americans, he failed to do so. While it would be unfair to blame George Bush for everything that goes wrong, it would at the same time be naive and unrealistic to never blame him for anything. There are elected officials in the president's own party who are not happy with his performance on a varity of issues.Presidents
rarely, if ever, please all of the people all of the time. This I acknowledge, however, when they flounder in the face of
a national emergency and then rush all over seeking photo ops to show how involved they are, it tends to erode support and confidence in the government........no matter what political banner it flies under. Whether we blame or absolve
the president, the buck , now and always, stops with him.
George Morin
Auburn
outline of the monumental problems presented by Katrina
and came to the conclusion that president Bush was not to be held accountable. Of course, had the head of our government been a Democrat I'm sure Mr. Wade would
have been equally eager to absolve him from all blame.
Somehow I have a problem getting on board with that scenario, but life is full of surprises.
I don't suscribe to the idea that the president be held accountable for events beyond his control, such as natural disasters. He is certainly expected to act decisively and quickly in the aftermath of these disasters and in the opinion of a majority of Americans, he failed to do so. While it would be unfair to blame George Bush for everything that goes wrong, it would at the same time be naive and unrealistic to never blame him for anything. There are elected officials in the president's own party who are not happy with his performance on a varity of issues.Presidents
rarely, if ever, please all of the people all of the time. This I acknowledge, however, when they flounder in the face of
a national emergency and then rush all over seeking photo ops to show how involved they are, it tends to erode support and confidence in the government........no matter what political banner it flies under. Whether we blame or absolve
the president, the buck , now and always, stops with him.
George Morin
Auburn
