re: #6 DaddyG

The American public has been electing people based on image for several cycles now. We are reaping what we sew.

Sooner or later Obama is going to get the Katrina treatment (slammed for something that wasn’t his fault and not within the federal jurisdiction) because the public doesn’t know what a Union of states or a representative demoracy really is. When politicians (or their image creators) claim to be the solution to all of our problems they will eventually get blamed for all of our problems.

A little more personal responsibility would be refreshing on tha part of all American citizens and those we support.

I don’t agree with that at all. Not that I want to argue about Katrina, but the safety of Americans IS the concern of our government, whether from natural disaster or say maybe a terrorist attack.

If someone exploded a bomb in New Orleans and the Bush response was the same, would that have been acceptable?

Bush spent 487 days at Camp David. I believe that marks more vacation time than any president before him.