I hope you understand this, I didn't say he was both a bad person and lacked wisdom. I said he lacked one of the two or both. You said you disagreed with his comment. Tell me why you disagree with his him? In addition, tell me why he would have made such a comment? It certainly wasn't because he is both good and wise.
Poppycock. He handled Katrina with a strength and foresight that no President has ever had. Where do you get your information..........the NY TIMES?
By observation, I saw that he did not handle the disaster caused by the hurricane well. I expect better leadership. He should have realized that the Louisiana effort was being mismanaged and made it clear to the public that he knew that many people were in a desperate situation. He should have made it public knowledge that he was awaiting the go ahead from the Governor in order to help those that were in desperate situation. He's the president and couldn't have been on television acting presidential and being a leader but he didn't. He could have eliminated most if not all of the false criticism he received. However, he failed to use the power of his office and was therefore initially labeled as the cause of the problem. Please read Charles Krauthammer's article concerning this.
I only disagree with him IF he meant what most people assume we meant.........that is that the Minutemen were vigilantes. When asked about the minutemen he said that we do not approve of vigilanteism (I asked before, but did you actually hear the question and his response, or are you going on your 'impression' here too?).
And his statement is actually true. We are a nation of laws, and the laws are no longer protected by posses in the wild west, but by law enforcement officers. What the President's statement meant in and of itself, was absolutely correct, and I assume you don't disagree with that.
The implication was that, however, in the context of the question, that the minutement were vigilantes (but they have proven to be no such thing). If he meant that he didn't approve of the whole minuteman project, then I disagree with him. If he meant that he only disagreed with the minutement project IF they become vigilantes, then I do not disagree.
But to say he is neither wise nor good because he made a statement .......and has said nothing further about it since, possibly since he has found out, like the rest of us, that the minutemen are doing just what they were supposed to be doing, and not what many of us feared they would do (i.e. take the law into their own hands, and become vigilantes).......is extreme, at the very least. At any rate, your concluding that he was either unwise, or a bad person because he said it, is preposterous, and merits no more discussion.
As for Krauthammer's column, I completely disagree with it, because it is based on what appeared to be, and not what was. I don't know if Charles has since found out all that the President was doing behind the scenes before the hurricane, but if he has, he knows his premise was wrong.
The only fault of President Bush is that he is the polar opposite of his predecessor, who did nothing for real, and everything for show.......and he wasn't out front crying crocodile tears. He was behind the scenes, making calls to an intransigent Governor and Mayor, and declaring a disaster emergency before it occurred. He continued to do his job as President, all the while monitoring the situation, and even returning to DC (when he could have done the same things from Texas.........you probably believe he was 'on vacation' in August too, don't you?).
The problem is, that you wanted him to act like xlinton. I'm thankful that he's not, and didn't.
You wanted him to avoid the 'controversy' by putting on a show. I'm well enough informed to know that the 'controversy' was entirely leftist created, and media flamed, and perpetuated even by a handful of conservative talking heads, who were ill informed of the facts.
And now we have heard how the people of NO feel (find the ABC interviews and listen to them)........and they agree with me.
Look, John....... you are free to find fault with the President if you wish, but you really should try to research a bit more before you draw conclusions. Check out the timeline of the Hurricane, and see what he did, and how quick the response was relative to other hurricanes. Try to grasp the enormity of this storm and its damage, and understand how very small the loss of life was, relative to that. The reason there were so few deaths was because of the very thing you deny. The President acted in an unprecedented and rapid manner, FEMA was ready to go (and stopped from helping in the case of LA), and the US military went in and saved thousands upon thousands of lives.
It was a remarkable and unprecedented rescue effort, and history will completely exhonerate President Bush............even if Charles Krauthammer, bright as he is, just wanted him to put on more of a show.