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September 12, 2005
bush v kerry, revisited
Today's Boondocks is right on the money. Harsh, but so true.
Is there any hope that voters will actually remember this in 2008? Heck, in 2006?
Posted by Chris at September 12, 2005 06:28 AMComments
Uh-huh. And Mike Brown stepped down as head of FEMA in celebration of a job well done. And Bush's approval rating is at an all-time low because people are so pleased.
Posted by: Chris at September 12, 2005 02:07 PMActually, the count has risen to 400 or so today. The county has gotten 25,000 body bags ready just in case. They are expecting a high death toll, unfortunately. And ditto Chris' links.
Posted by: deb at September 12, 2005 05:15 PMThe levees broke on Tuesday, August 30th. The feds sent no one until Thursday, September 1st. The people on-site until then were literally helpless. They couldn't take care of their own at that point and no one was coming to help.
Not exactly the same scenario, but imagine if when the Twin Towers were struck by planes, no one outside the building had done anything for two days. Imagine if when they fell, the response was delayed that long and representatives of the government claimed, two days later, that they had no idea that the Towers fell and chided a reporter for listening to "rumors".
And yes, Bush apologized today. In response to his poll numbers, no doubt.
Posted by: Deana at September 13, 2005 12:18 PM
So far UNTRUE - 197 people dead as a result of hurricane. Federal response was not slow, either.
Posted by: ablogamous at September 12, 2005 10:27 AM