How niave to blame all those things on republicans. decker, this kind of one sided exaggerated finger pointing is why many people have come to hate politics in this country.
Afghanistan is the fault of the taliban and middle eastern radical nuts.
Both parties and the faulty gov intell have some fault with the war, though I agree that Bush was at the helm and pushed for it.
"Allowed a major city to drown"...bullshit, that was a local, state and federal failure that was a wakeup call to all involved. We learned and all did much better this fall with the hurricaines. Where's the credit? Nowhere, its fun to criticize
"Oversaw the near-implosion of the nation's financial system"- Its well known that certain democratic leaders ignored documented warnings about Fanny and Freddie.
I am not a fan of Bush/Cheney but why don't we blame snowstorms and tornados on them as well.
no no no no.
First drop the 'faulty intel' meme. That's a diversion.
The intel was just fine. The CIA said Iraq was no threat and WMD inspectors on the ground were finding nothing.
So naturally Bush ordered an invasion of the country to protect us from the weapons they didn't have in case they didn't attack.
Can we put that 'faulty intel' to bed?
As for Katrina, yeah, Bush's response to the disaster from his millionth vacation was just great. Why he lied about 'no one could've foresaw the levees breaking" is beyond me. Even Bush acknowledged (rarity) that he bungled it.
I get so fucking tired of people trying to be even-handed with obvious corruption and ineptitude. "They all screw up"..."there's plenty of blame to go around"...."both sides of the aisle are equally responsible"
That is all 100% bullshit.
I am not a relativist. Everyone's not equal.
Christ, just look at the facts re Iraq. Anyone telling me that blame should be apportioned equally for the illegal invasion/occupation just hasn't been paying attention and is trying to take some high road that does not exist.