Quote Originally Posted by mike jones
I would not consider myself a Bush supporter, but I definitely DO NOT think you can place any blame on him for this disaster. When a Cat. 5 hurricane alters its course and destroys an entire city in a matter of hours, I don't think anybody can be blamed for that.

However, I think this would be a wonderful opportunity for the government to look like heroes by stepping up in a time of extreme crisis and HELP THESE PEOPLE. I believe Bush was on vacation when the hurricane hit the US, and I have not heard much from him or about him during this disaster. In the upcoming weeks and months, I think Bush could come out of this as a real hero if the US government can find a way to help these survivors.

We can't change Bush's foreign policy, and we can't change what has already happened. But what we can try and change now is that there are now a few million more homeless people in this country. It doesn't look good for the gov't at all when troops aren't being brought into the South right now because the gov't is worried about people sitting on the roofs of their flooded houses firing at national guard troops and helicopters with handguns.

Bush is the face of the government and the face of the nation. If we can find a way as a country to get food, water, and shelter to these people, Bush is gonna look good. And if we can find a way to restore these peoples' lives (they have no money, homes, or jobs now,) well Bush is going to look really good. But if we start seeing corpses floating through flood water, Bush is going to look reeeeaaally bad.

I completely agree with you. Right now, our top priority is to help these people out, in any way possible. Right now, it is total anarchy. Policemen are being shot in the heads, people are shooting at the national guards, helicopters, it's just awful.

This thread was not an attack on Bush for 'causing' this disaster. Any MORON can see that one person cannot cause a hurricane. Please read carefully before you spout out your crap at me. Just because you do not agree, does not mean i'm wrong. I'm simply stating, that had Bush been more concerned on OUR OWN economy, rather than attacking a country which posed no threat to us, the city would not be in as bad as a condition as it is now. I sat on my couch watching every news channel that covered this disaster. I sat there and watched as thousands of poor blacks filed into the Superdome because they could not afford to get out of the city. Yes, ok, our government's first priority is to protect us. But by invading Iraq, they weren't protecting anyone, but their bank account. The fact is, Iraq has consumed all of us for 4 years now. Had we not invaded Iraq, our government could've spent our money on better things, like helping the poor. Granted, no one is perfect. You can't expect the president to fix everything, what does it look like when the main problem now, is getting thousands of poor people out of the city? That's not even ALL the poor people in the city, think about how many poor people, like the ones in New Orleans, are in our country.

Again, any IDIOT can see that Bush didn't cause this hurricane, but he did contribute the post-hurricane situation by not paying enough attention to his own people, and paying TOO much attention to a country which posed no threat .