Subj : Re: Bush speaks
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 03:46:04

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Mark Morrison wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:24:35 GMT, "Steve Brooks"
> <steveb@postmaster.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> I've tried really hard to avoid criticising GWB for his part in
>> the New Orleans situation. It would have felt like using a
>> terrible tragedy for political ends. More than a little grubby.
>> But this afternoon I heard a clip from his speech. The part where
>> he was equating this with the equally horrible but entirely
>> different 9/11 attacks. 
>> 
>> I have to say I'm shocked. Not by the self-serving spinning -
>> I've come to expect that from politicians on either side of the
>> political divide and the Atlantic.  In fact I'm finding it hard
>> to put into words just why I find this so distasteful. But to me
>> it feels like an abuse of all the victims of both events. I felt
>> dirty just listening to it. 
>> 
>> Of course, I'm always a bit more emotional when I've had a few
>> beers. 
> 
> I saw the same headline, and had a similar reaction.
> 
> Obviously, he's basically saying "Hey, remember the aftermath of
> 9/11, weren't they my glory days ?  Please ignore my current
> faliures." 
> 
> To add insult to injury, there's no way he can possibly argue he's
> acted either swiftly or effectively in the aftermath of Katrina.
> 

I think that firing Brownie would go a long way toward helping his 
ratings over this.

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