Subj : Re: Bush speaks To : Nick From : Finnigann Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 08:55:00 -=> Nick wrote to alt.tv.farscape <=- Ni> From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Ni> Mark Morrison wrote: > On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:24:35 GMT, "Steve Brooks" > 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. > Ni> I think that firing Brownie would go a long way toward helping his Ni> ratings over this. After all, he's the nimrod that hired him in the first place! .... "We're all swimming to the other side" - Pat Humphries --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.46 .