Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Bravo, Bush. Bravo.

I bet a lot of you never expected to see a title like that out of me, huh? Well, this is a special occasion. President Bush has not only admitted that there were failures all over the government when it came to responding to Katrina, he said he takes responsibility for those failures, and wants to find out exactly where and how things went wrong at every level of government. I'm very glad he pointed out the obvious (to me, at least) link between how effective we are at responding to a massive natural disaster and how effective we'd be against an equally massive terrorist attack.

Of course, there's always the possibility this is just a political move to gain back lost popularity, but I'm willing to give Bush the benefit of doubt on this one. Watch the video with that CNN article - he genuinely sounds humbled by this.

So bravo, Mr. President. I may be wholeheartedly against 99% of the other things your administration has done over the last 5 years, but you have my complete support in this particular endeavor.


...I feel so dirty!

Clarification - Some people have taken this post to mean that I have become a proto-Bush supporter. This couldn't be farther from the truth! I'm just glad to see him finally admit failure, and I truly hope he's sincere in his wanting to get to the bottom of the structural problems in our emergency response system. It doesn't make up for all the other things I disagree with, but it's a tiny ray of light through an otherwise cloudy sky.

4 comments:

Mike said...

Dirty dirty boy...

I don't think I will ever trust any politician enough to believe 100% in my head that they are sincere. But Bush does always atleast seem sincere enough...It is very possible that he believes in what he says and truly believes it in his heart, but it is also just as likely that it is because when he talks it doesn't seem like he could be deep enough to fool anyone, but who knows whats bouncing around in the ol'attic...

Mike Hanley said...

Agreed. I'm not saying I trust him completely, just that he seems reasonably sincere on this issue, and I'm glad to see him finally actually admit failure. In the jargon of a recovering alcoholic, "It's a big step for him." It may still turn out to be pure political talk, but I like the possibility he's sincere.

Will said...

Using the example last night, Hanley, when the kitty swears to God that he will always go in the litterbox, and ends up shitting all over the house for 5 years before he finally does go in the litterbox, there really shouldn't be any more credibility given to the kitty now than 5 years ago when you first got it.

(Hanley's example, don't blame me. :) )

Oh and watch This.

Mike said...

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For some reason I just wanted to post the letters I had to type in to make this post work...

It seemed approptiate in my mind somehow...I am not really sure why though...