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Home Front: Economy
Bush takes responsibility for federal response to Katrina
2005-09-14
WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he takes responsibility for the federal government not doing its job in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina hitting the US Gulf Coast.
Wonder if Gov. Blanco has the stones to do this.
“Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government,” Bush said at a press conference in a rare admission of fault. “And to the extent that the federal government didn’t fully do its job right, I take responsibility.”

Bush added that while he will not “defend the process going in” to the disaster area, he would “defend the people who are on the front line of saving lives”.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  I agree that this mornings coverage on ABC and in the Chicago papers (I assume elsewhere) overstates what GWB said in his reply to the reporters question.
Whats up next?
"Mr President, Don't you think you owe the American public and apology for killing all those black people?"
Posted by: Capsu78   2005-09-14 11:44  

#3  CA - the MSM will do this anyway. Watched ABC coverage and they basically said Bush took responsibility for everything which went wrong which he clearly didn't.

I think the american people understand the truth.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-09-14 08:39  

#2  I think the public like me understands it's his job to take the blame, he is the boss. That puts him head and shoulders above all the hacks who are trying to shed their due share of the blame.

Bush knows something the Dems and MSM have totally overlooked. You can't fix things while you are looking for people to blame. "The buck stops here", it certainly does. There is more understanding and class in GWB's little finger than in all of the MSM and Democrats who are trying to get us to focus on a diversion into the blame game.

Message to the MSM and Dems. How about actually rolling up your sleeves and geting your asses to work. If you can't, get out of the road for people who can. Oh yea and STFU too.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-09-14 01:20  

#1  Bad form, the MSM will twist this to focusing exclusively on Bush.
Posted by: Captain America   2005-09-14 00:55  

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