Rita is a lose-lose situation for Bush.

[OrlandoGator]

If Bush leaps to the rescue to help evacuate people in Texas from danger, people will contrast that with what happened with Katrina and say, "I guess he really doesn't care about black people."

If Bush sits around and does nothing, it will further prove his administration's ineptitude.

[OrlandoGator]

1. Kick.

n/t

[bunny planet]

2. yup.

[LittleClarkie]

3. But if he and FEMA don't leap, and Perry and the mayors do their thing

Can't he just say, "See, Blanco and Nagin should have done what these folks are doing"?

[stanwyck]

6. even then, from now on all hurricane victims

are going to think, true or not, that the Katrina victims made out like bandits (and hate-radio has been labeling these victims as bandits from the start) and the new hurricane victims will want "Katrina" type compensation.
So, Bush's New Deal compassionate conservatism has opened the gate. More vouchers. More tax credits. More hemorrhaging of the budget.
And exactly how does all this pie-in-the-sky voucher/credit money get appropriated and dispersed? Seems very unwieldy and full of snares.
Again, not thought through. Bush wanted to come out with a plan, and it was ill-advised and sketchy.
More empty words from the guy who was going to bring CEO/MBA management to government. And he has. Really bad CEO/MBA management. He's the kind of CEO who doesn't know what his company makes, couldn't locate the warehouse if he was given a map, and has stocked the payroll with his frat buddies.

[enigmatic]

4. yep

absolutely.

[smartvoter]

5. He will be out in front of this thing like white on rice. They'll try to

spin it as this is what happens when Bush gets involved and runs things. Hay for the sheeple.

[cascadiance]

7. Of course if Bush is down in affected areas on the 24th...

While we're doing the big protest in DC, it will help "distract" many from what's going in DC and other areas where the protests are happening. And I'm sure the right wing spin machine will try to make it sound like we're belly-aching about nothing, since Bush is "demonstrably" down near the hurricane while we're in different places protesting and that "we're playing the blame game" then while he is trying to "solve the problem". You watch, it will be "spun out of control" with stuff like this.

[Johonny]

8. Pretty much

If does something right away then it says "I major league screwed up before". If he sits back and does nothing he shows he's worthless. Even worse is if this is as big a storm. That means we really will need all of the FEMA and national guard you can get. Which means even more Americans asking what is being served by having our countries national guard sitting in the Iraq when they are need here.

America is about to experience that Bushes half ass over governing is just as bad as his half ass under governing

[jazzjunkysue]

9. Ya mean like Iraq? Social Security? Medicare? Tax cuts?