Polling the spill: Majority say Bush Handled Katrina Better than Obama Handled Oil Spill

Public Policy Polling ^ | 08/28/2010

[Frank_2001]

YES! (since Jan.20, 2009;)

[rdl6989]

Bump!

[SuziQ]

Katrina was mostly a failure of the local goverments....the Feds could have done better....but....the local government's were the first responders and they either failed to prepare or respond...

I was watching "Witness: Katrina" last week, and several of the people who were interviewed at the time, and who had just been rescued from the flood by regular folks in boats, were angry at the failure of the Mayor and the Governor. NONE of them ever mentioned the Federal Govt. THAT was brought on by libs in the media trying to deflect criticism from their Democrat buds in office in Louisiana.

Another thing I noticed in that program was the police officers in boats who rescued people trapped in their homes, and those who were on dry ground waiting for the people who had been rescued. They were very helpful and kind to those people.

This was in direct contrast to the Frontline program that did nothing but focus on the deaths of several black men in the chaos after the storm, and convict the New Orleans Police Dept. They didn't give ANY credit to the vast majority of the police who were working in horrible conditions simply trying to assist those whose lives were ruined, not by natural forces, but by mistakes made by men, in designing, and maintaining the levees in New Orleans. Many of those police officers had lost everything, too, but they took their jobs seriously, and helped those who could not help themselves. It was a study in contrast, to be sure.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Let’s remember these numbers and shout them at every opportunity.