tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828010193018944346.post1054834268874394090..comments2010-06-24T22:52:43.911-07:00Moon Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751119558561013165noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828010193018944346.post-46845369014600194902010-06-24T22:52:43.875-07:002010-06-24T22:52:43.875-07:00This was called Obama&#39;s Katrina two days after it happened on NPR. The slogan came first. Then the backing evidence.JWizardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17784439107032034134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828010193018944346.post-58482505512726290072010-06-24T22:51:32.939-07:002010-06-24T22:51:32.939-07:00Did you really just mention Limbaugh?JWizardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17784439107032034134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828010193018944346.post-81488533401413155542010-05-27T17:37:29.056-07:002010-05-27T17:37:29.056-07:00Sure, there are going to be differences in any comparison. <br /><br />The racial element, to be sure, is different. But many people have the view that thats an issue that should be ignored and its not as though New Orleans whites were choppered out. The human face, too, is a valid difference, although we shouldn&#39;t dismiss the fauna already killed in the short term, not even touching the long term devastation.<br /><br />KarlRove tweets:<br /><br />&quot;It took President Obama 12 days to go to Gulf. Dems criticized President Bush for waiting 4 days after Katrina&quot;<br /> <br />Your points about immediacy and human face are a good ones, and underscores why Rove&#39;s point here is idiotic. I don&#39;t want the leadership taking a glass-bottomed submarine tour in the gulf, I want them at a long table plotting a plan of action. It was also idiotic of Dems to complain about Bush not being on the spot. Just a photo opp.<br /> <br />Rove also tweets:<br /><br />&quot;Obama Gulf response could echo his own words after Katrina: &quot;I wish that the federal government had been up to the task.&quot;&quot;<br /><br />Which is the point and why this IS Obama&#39;s Katrina. The government is expected to again handle a mess it didn&#39;t cause but also didn&#39;t do enough to prevent or mitigate damage. If it doesn&#39;t deploy all reasonable resources to fixing the problem (or even if it does so and is unsuccessful) it&#39;s leadership gets blasted. To a certain extent, its the nature of the position. <br /><br />To me, the issue is hypocrisy. The same conservatives who want small government and states rights and individual responsibility are just as demanding in this situation as the euro-socialist-libs.Lankowniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07421144704503213226noreply@blogger.com