Let's correct that sentence

[redbird]

Bush has said "The response was unacceptable." From me, or certainly from anyone in or of New Orleans, that would be a reasonable and even calm statement.

From the man to whom FEMA, the Army, and the National Guard report, the man who told the Canadian relief team not to come south, it should be "Our response was unacceptable," or "My response was unacceptable."

Furthermore, several people recently have observed that they miss Richard Nixon. It's time for Bush to emulate Nixon, and write a letter, addressed to Condoleeza Rice. That letter should read "I resign the office of President of the United States, effective immediately."

Yes, Cheney is on vacation, or maybe in a hospital. Yes, Dennis Hastert might be a bad president. Nonetheless, Bush should take responsibility, resign, and get out of the way so there's some chance of a competent person taking over.

No, I don't believe he'll do it. If he were the sort of man to do that, he wouldn't have wasted time while the waters rose in New Orleans. He wouldn't have appointed an incompetent to run FEMA: if you know you need to delegate--and no president, however competent, can run everything--you delegate to people who can do the job.

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[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, yes, and also yes.

Dammit.

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Yes. Completely.

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

I hit rage overload when I saw that statement.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

you delegate to people who can do the job.
As with everything you say here, that's clearly a "duh."

I'm so glad that our current President has, finally, made it okay for the entire government (especially at high levels) to avoid the news media. This was obviously a major problem that has lasted for far too long. /sarcasm

I doubt that Bush will resign any time soon. He clearly doesn't see himself as incompetent or even as doing a flawed job--much less capable of admitting in public. (Anyone know what it took for him to disengage from his previous enterprises? I've already forgotten any details I might have known.) I suspect that the only hope of resignation might originate with his Dad, somehow.

[beginning.livejournal.com]

At least Hastert has kinda-somewhat-sorta spoken up. That's better than the other two.

[elynne.livejournal.com]

you delegate to people who can do the job.

Or, in ShrubCo's case, you delegate to people who you owe money to, and who have plans already in place to gouge as much money as possible out of the situation.

so. much. rage.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly.

And we call that kleptocracy.

But the competence part? What do we call rule-by-people-who-exceed-the-Peter-Principle?

[redbird]

I suspect it lacks a name because of its instability.

[zsero.livejournal.com]

And did he have reason before this happened to think that the people he delegated to would screw up?

[redbird]

If he took even a cursory look at the FEMA head's resume, yes. And delegating properly means knowing something about the people you choose to head something that important.