Last night, Bush stood naked in front of the entire world, exposed for the weak leader he always was, but was able to fool the world into believing he was a can do leader in the wake of the 9/11 disaster. Katrina and his performance, before and after,has dealt a fatal blow to that perception.His invoking tax cuts and enterprise zones, the age old remedies drawn from the Republican playbook, ring so hollow and laughable, that even his own party hacks can be heard groaning.His appointment of Karl Rove as the Reconstruction Czar, coming so soon after the sacking of Michael Brown, negates whatever goodwill he was trying to gain from his speech.
The entire Republican agenda of the past twenty odd years starting with the Reagan years and culminating in the current Republican disarray from Iraq to New Orleans, is now a shambles.The massive reconstruction effort he has promised in his speech, like everything else, is going to turn out to be a joke. Like the Third World aid programs, this too will be a handout to the haves led by Cheney’s Halliburton.The poor will be the worse off for it.
One hopes that this will be the end of right wing Republicanism. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch, IMO.
It has become obvious that he lost his personal war of perception a long time ago. This has got to be the most unaware person I’ve ever seen. Unaware of the world around him screaming, unaware of the feelings of others and especially unaware of himself. I think he’s on some serious meds.
It is truly hard for me as an individule to define what is wrong with this man. There are so many reasons he is in such a disconnect. He is such a fake and flake that one can not even begin with their DX of him. He has left America and the world in such a shamble. When other nations of the world are calling condi and asking for her to pull in bolton and bush last night looses his base..no matter what the reporters say. he is loosing them, and now the only ones who is saying he is a strong leader are his paid pundents. Oh please, spare me this reasoning of how he is such a great leader. It is a shame he is not running for office again. This would definately sink him in a hole bigger than the grand canyon.
Not only is this man a sick puppy but the whole of this administration is sick…..as sick as it can become! Some one better check the water they are all drinking to make the koolaid.
You overlooked his new Bantustans:Verbatim quote:
Will these communites be “gated” with it’s own “security force” provided by Blackwater?
You are correct, indeed. The original crime of neglect in the face of impending doom is now compounded by the remedy which reinforces the racist vision of Bush.It is not for nothing that people like Cheney were admirers of the Apartheid government of South Africa and wanted to keep Nelson Mandela incarcerated.