If you buy Bush did all he could for Katrina, read this....

[HardWorkingDem]

Richard Clarke wrote this essay in the Nov 05 issue of the Atlantic.

Too bad LA didn't have 27 electoral votes and it's good Fla did.


You only get the first two paragraphs, but that's enough....

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200511/richard-clarke-on-fema

[Carolab]

1. Yeah. But we already knew that, didn't we? n/t

[amerikat]

2. We knew it at DU. But lots of other folks didn't

So why not mail it around to those that are still fence sitting.

[NYC]

3. For convenience:

Imagine if, in advance of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of trucks had been waiting with water and ice and medicine and other supplies. Imagine if 4,000 National Guardsmen and an equal number of emergency aid workers from around the country had been moved into place, and five million meals had been ready to serve. Imagine if scores of mobile satellite-communications stations had been prepared to move in instantly, ensuring that rescuers could talk to one another. Imagine if all this had been managed by a federal-and-state task force that not only directed the government response but also helped coordinate the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and other outside groups.

Actually, this requires no imagination: it is exactly what the Bush administration did a year ago when Florida braced for Hurricane Frances. Of course the circumstances then were very special: it was two months before the presidential election, and Florida's twenty-seven electoral votes were hanging in the balance. It is hardly surprising that Washington ensured the success of "the largest response to a natural disaster we've ever had in this country." The president himself passed out water bottles to Floridians driven from their homes.

[mom cat]

4. So that explains the difference!

[ladylibertee]

5. Who in their right mind would think that Bush did all he could?

Who? The Ku Klux Klan? C'mon.Are you kidding me?:eyes: