Blaming Bush

Right. EVERYBODY knows that everything bad that happens under junior's watch is Clinton's fault, not the spoiled little frat boy's.

Meanwhile, back in reality-land, Bush was in office for 9 full months before he even carried out his FIRST cabinet level meeting on counter terrorism. Clinton did so every morning. But, as you said, it's not Booshie's fault.

Katrina is not the fault of little cheerleader boy Georgie, but the utter failure of the federal government to respond is. Can't push that one off on Clinton. Bush is the one who chose to strip away FEMA's cabinet level status, merge it with DHS, and privatize it.

The bottom line is that the POTUS is ultimately responsible for everything that happens in this country that isn't a direct act of God, bad or good. It may or may not be entirely his fault, but whatever happens short of acts of God ARE the president's ultimate responsibility. If he couldn't handle the responsibility, he should never have stolen the elections in the first place.

wrong, there are many other officials that have a roll in these things that have nothing to do with the president. and as for the stolen elections , when the elections were held, America spoke loud and clear and that is the bottom line.

While others might roll in these things, Cortney, Bush is responsible. He took the position, he is stuck with the responsibility.

i am just saying that other officials need to shoulder some of the blame.

I'll stop blaming Bush for the fiasco of Iraq when he accepts responsibility for the mess he and his cabinet made. How's that? Fair enough, right? Aren't Republicans about being responsible for themselves?

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ALWAYS BLAME CLINTON!

President Bush was given to our nation by GOD to led us thru these trobled times. The democtrats are to blame for the all the problems, not Bush, God Bless Him.

I am not sure if you are being serious or sarcastic.

Yeah, I agree with Cortney, it's kind of hard to tell.

" wrong, there are many other officials that have a roll in these things that have nothing to do with the president."

Because YOU say so? Sorry. Bush is responsible for far more of the problems in this country (and the world) that his bootlicking worshippers will every be able to admit, unfortunately.




"and as for the stolen elections , when the elections were held, America spoke loud and clear and that is the bottom line."

That's right. America voted for Gore. Thanks for reminding us.

Bush had done much to complain about (amnesty, farm welfare, medicare welfare etc etc) but Clinton does share some blame for the current terrorist mess and the state and local governements of LA share most of the blame for the Katrina mess. That is just a plain fact. Live it. Learn it. Love it.

I agree with the main premise of this article, and that is why I only blame bush for the horrific damage his actions have done to our economy, reputation in the world, and the state of near dictatorship the government has become. All the little details require much activity by minions, and so they too share some blame.

"Clinton does share some blame for the current terrorist mess"


We discussed the 9/11 Commission Report at great length in the mpr.org web forum when it was released. That report put FAR more blame on Bush for the terrorism mess than it did on Clinton. It was Clinton who warned Bush of OBL's plans which were ignored by the latter.

The current rise in Islamic radicalism has been fueld by Bush's treasonous war of imperialism in the Middle East. Clinton had nothing to do with that.

erratum = fueled

Bottom line is Bush is responsible for what happened during katrina. No ifs about it. While New Orleans drown for days hey played guitar, talked about Iraq and did absolutely nothing. Katrina was a natural disaster but what happened to New Orleans was man made. Under Bush they did the hurricane Pam exercise and fully knew what would happen and his response cut more finding to the city... No way around it he IS RESPONSIBLE.

"Under Bush they did the hurricane Pam exercise and fully knew what would happen and his response cut more finding to the city... No way around it he IS RESPONSIBLE. "

Disagree. Katrina proved that both local and Federal Government is inept. Do not rely on the Government to save you. You can only rely on yourself.

There is plenty of blame to go around for Katrina. The failure of Katrina is one reason why I do not buy into the 9/11 conspiracy that the US government did it (as proposed by Clark and John Knight).

The premise behind 9/11 conspiracy theory is that someone is in control, effective, and brilliant. What Katrina proves is that no one is control. There are too many events with uncontrollable factors. Bush is going along for the ride, holding on and hoping for the best.

"I do not buy into the 9/11 conspiracy that the US government did it"


Read The Pentagon Papers and think it over.

The last time the poverty rate went down was under Clinton. The poverty rate has only gotten worse under Bush.

Also there are now 47 million Americans with no Health Care Insurance at all, and under Clinton there were 35 million without Health Care Insurance.

As far as the poverty rate going up, many other things have to do with the poverty rate. Things happening all over the world make a difference in the rate of poverty. I know that thee are many people without health insurance (I am one of them), but I don't blame Bush. It is not his fault that I can't afford health insurance.

Ah yes!

The sacrifice for the war in Iraq I see.

I also do not have medical insurance. Yet, I, along with the taxpayers in this forum, have to pay taxes that go to Israel's imperialistic government which, strangely enough, pays medical insurance for its citizens.

Bush has had the opportunity to change that. He refused to do so. At least Clinton tried but was thwarted by Republicans.

Americans sacrifice while Israel and the wealthy Republican elitists rejoice.

My wife is without health insurance. I don't blame the bush administration one iota. Dear God, please don't let them socialize health care. I was recruited by West Point. When I went to Ft Belvior for my physical, I was there for nearly five hours and wasn't even close to finishing the physical. Lot's of waiting around. I figured if this is what free health care gets you, I am not interested. I left before finishing because I wanted no part of it. What I would like to see in health care reform is for individuals to be able to form groups like big companies have, thus allowing a more affordable rate for those of us who don't have good health care from work. Also, you need to reduce the overhead of being a doctor by capping non-economic (punitive) damages awarded by courts. That would decrease the amount docs must pay for liability insurance thus decreasing the price of the medical care.

you can't always blame someone else for everything that goes wrong. i agree with Brandon's comment about putting a capp on damages awarded to people when suing any part of the health care system. people will take advantage of things when they can and the courts are just one example. if you have nothing better to do or care about than checking my spelling erros, then I feel sorry for you. btw my name is spelled Cortney, it's not spelled wrong.

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I wonder if anyone has been experiencing the same problem as I have = for some reason, gather.com has disappeared from my PC screen repeatedly.

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anyways, for those who decry "socialized health care", bear in mind that it works quite well in Israel with your tax dollars paying for it

it can work just as easily in the USA


I have paid enough money over the years to support Zionist aggression and health care coverage for those who support imperialist aggression. {I do, however, acknowledge that many Israelis condemn Zionist aggression and imperialism}. Now it's time for people like me to get our money back!