Falling Polls - Cocky Liberals

At his 9/13/05 news conference, the President said, "To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility.” Nonetheless, critics are putting words in his mouth when they say, “that Bush himself accepts blame for the debacle." One would think, that their willingness to mischaracterize Bush’s own words belies an eagerness to use human suffering, to advance a political agenda, regardless of the truth. Are they suggesting that Bush was responsible for 100,000 residents of New Orleans ignoring the mandatory evacuation order? Was it Bush’s job to personally round-up 2,000 bus drivers to man the (subsequently) flooded school buses and drive those New Orleaners to safety? Perhaps they would have preferred for the President to have over-ridden the Constitutional authority of the Louisiana Governor and put (her) State Nat’l. Guard units under his command without her approval? Under a Liberal, nut-job Administration, would they have pre-positioned relief personnel and material in the direct path of the hurricane, only to have them destroyed along with a geographical area the size of Great Britain?

Admittedly, FEMA Director, Michael Brown, Sec. Chertoff and even Bush himself, did not distinguish themselves in their initial public statements. They appeared distracted and less than inspirational, but beyond looking bad on TV, I have yet to hear anyone identify any specific flaw in the federal response that was not caused by the indecisiveness of Governor Blanco (d-LA). No one is criticizing the similar efforts of FEMA in Mississippi or Florida or New York for that matter.

In the meanwhile, by the time Bush and FEMA get through the relief and recovery effort for hurricane Rita, no one besides the committed Bush-haters will even care about the “kangaroo court” the MSM conducted in the first few days after Katrina. Poor dependant democrats from New Orleans will find new lives and new dignity elsewhere around Red State America and the political landscape in Louisiana will be forever changed.

I’ve noticed that as Bush’s poll numbers have declined, the wacko-left has become more brazen and self-confident. Such declines are not unusual in a President’s second term, especially when (that) president does not shy away from confronting important issues. Without any political opponent to compare to Bush, his performance is measured against “perfection”. So, compared to G-d, its reasonable to assume the President may come out on the short end. The minute you stack him up against a Kerry or Hillary or any other human being, I’ll bet he instantly climbs back in the polls. It would be a big mistake to assume that just because someone may not “approve of the way the President is handling his job or some particular issue”, that they automatically reject him as the far-left does. Expressing dissatisfaction with Bush’s job-performance does not, in any way, shape or form mean that person has abandoned this President, the Republican party or the Conservative cause and it certainly does not mean that (they) would now align themselves with his political opponents.