Subj : Re: Mayor Nagin
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Jim Larson
Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 02:40:06

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick wrote:

> John Iwaniszek wrote:
> 
>> Nick wrote:
>> 
>>> Graham Thurlwell wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On the 2 Sep 2005, Nick <nickSPAMMENOT@snurcher.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> <snip>
>>>> 
>>>>>> Nagin for President!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think that whatever happens he will be negatively associated
>>>>> with this disaster.  Unfortunately, his political career is
>>>>> probably over.  
>>>> 
>>>> What's he done wrong, or does competence in office not count
>>>> over there anymore? 
>>> 
>>> He hasn't done anything wrong.  People just seem to associate bad
>>> things that occur, like natural disasters, to politicians in
>>> power at the time.
>>> 
>> 
>> No one is blaming the hurricane on Bush.  It's his personal
>> response, and the policies that weakened the federal government's
>> ability to marshall an effective emergency mitigation and
>> management. 
> 
> Oh, I'm sure some whacko out there is blaming it on Bush.
> Just not us.
> 

(I am.)

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Jim

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