Posted on 09/06/2005 7:09:45 PM PDT by Miss Marple
These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Well, these ARE the times that try men's souls, aren't they? We have an ongoing war, a natural disaster uneclipsed in our nation's history, and a virulent press and opposition party determined to use the deaths of our fellow citizens for political gain. Our Commander-in-Chief is under attack by the low-class liberals and one would think that conservatives, who pride themselves on reason, and the GOP in general, who owe the man some loyalty for leading them to 3 victories in three succesive elections, would stand beside the man who has had more stuff thrown at him during his term in office than any other president in history.
One would think that, wouldn't you? I mean I, a novice in politics, simply assumed that one is loyal to the leader of the party. Ha! What do I, a Midwest housewife, know about the tides and fortunes in Washington, D.C? Apparently, not much.
I have spent three days fuming over an ever-increasing list of Republicans, conservative commentators, and general right-wing weasels who are either too cowardly to stand up for President Bush and his administration or they are determined to gain political advantage at the expense of the man to whom they owe so much.
I listened to Newt Gingrich pontificate about how President Bush was too slow out of the gate, and he should have as his goal opening New Orleans by Mardi Gras of 2006. That's 6 months, maximum. Thanks Newt...criticize the President unjustly and then set a lofty and unattainable goal. What an assinine comment and a cheap shot.
Bobby Jindal, supposed "rising star" in the Louisiana GOP, cannot bring himself to say one critical word about anyone but FEMA. NOT ONE WORD about that loser governor, or the psychotic mayor, or the criminals! No, all FEMA all the time. Jindal is not ready for the national stage, and may he find himself rerduced to dogcatcher of the parish where the locals raise pit bulls.
Laura Ingraham...sorry for your recent problems, but snipiing criticism and whining is NOT helpful.
Charles Krauthammer...get a book and READ the Constitution and the FEMA organizational rules and regulations. Please try to understand how the National Guard works before complaining that the President was too slow to get the Guard there.
Ted Stevens, Susan Collins....maybe there would have been more money to swirl down into the cesspool of levee funding if we hadn't given so much pork to YOUR states, so put a sock in it!
I will tell everyone on Free Republic what makes me the angriest: all of these people KNOW how FEMA is supposed to work, and how the National Guard is run by the governors, and I am certain by now they ALL know that the mayor and governor failed in their duties. Do they say one thing about this? Nope, just hand-wringing and mumbling about how FEMA and the Guard wre slow, and how we need to get Congressional investigations, and Krauthammer even said the second trip to LA was because the first one had gone badly, even though a whole bunch of us on Free Republic knew that the President said he would return the day he made the first trip.
These aren't the only conservatives I have heard with this cowardly Kowtowing to the media, There are plenty more.
Well, here is my reponse to these worthless sashweights that have been dragging the president down: NOT ONE DIME OR VOTE WILL YOU GET FROM ME. I will not support you, vote for you, buy your books, listen to your programs, or give you the time of day if I run into you at an airport. I MIGHT give you a piece of my mind.
You are low-class opportunists and I refuse to give you any support whatsoever. You cannot be loyal to a good and decent guy who is doing his best to help the victims of this disaster. You are sunshine soldiers, who shrink in the service of your country. You are ignorant and lazy at best; venal and shabby patriots, you are, who throw the President over the side rather than standing up to your cocktail party buddies.
The president has more character in his heart than all of you put together. You are nothing. I am done with you all.
I don't often do vanities, but I have HAD IT!!
all weather patriot bttt
BRAVO!! GREAT RANT!!!
I heard today that John Kyl (R) of Arizona is another Senator itching for hearings...I have tried to tell myself that it is because he KNOWS that Bush will be shown to have done all he could...within the law (which God forbid the left would allow him to break).
Rush and Tony Snow...didn't let us down...and O'Reilly did a 180 tonight and started blaming the mayor and governor instead of Bush...but I don't trust him...so don't take him OFF the list yet.
Consider their a$$e$ properly ripped.
You're absolutely correct. I'll note that Limbaugh is defending the President and noting the flooded school buses. To take the view that the federal government failed here is to absolutely deny the responsibility of the local and state governments. Only communists want a federal government that can render immediate aid in a disaster such as this.
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!
Know nothings with "opinions" are as useless, if not moreso than Nagin, Blanco and the Democratic Machine in LA.!
This post is for YOU!
Boo Hoo Hoo.
Don't worry, though. Hillary has called for a "Katrina" commission. That should take care of everything just like the 911 commission did. I respectfully suggest that the first members appointed be the Governor of Louisiana, Senator Landrieaux, and Mayor Nagin. Only then can we get to the bottom of this.
Thanks for saying what I'm thinking. The blame starts with the locals and if they want to blame FEMA for acting within their charter, well we don't need Republicans hopping on the bandwagon.
I, too, was surprised to listen to Jindal this morning. I honestly thought he was a Democrat! Goes to show he's scared about going against the stream.
This would be the perfect opportunity to blow LA politics - the graft and corruption - wide open.
Good going, Jane. Hugh Hewitt has been solid as far as I can tell too....didn't listen to Limbaugh today, and won't be able to tomorrow....
The blame IMO falls straight at the feet of the Officials of Louisiana .. ESPECIALLY Gov. Blanco
I am STILL speechless with regard to the news the NOPD is taking a trip to Las Vegas because of the stress they are under
I still remember the images of the NYPD and Fire Department Crews a week after the terrible attack of 9/11 .. standing side by side in a bucket brigade trying to dig and search for the dead in the WTC
Not Once did any of them complain and need a vacation to Party their butts off
As for the Nit Wits up in Congress and their investigations???
How about we collect our dead before you farts start with your Grandstanding and speeches
Amen! God bless President Bush. He has a loyal base of true conservatives and anything the others say now that is wrong will hurt them someday because we don't forget.
What a great rant and I agree with you completly.
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