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Initial Thoughts on the President’s Speech

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I just watched the president’s speech from New Orleans on the Katrina disaster and recovery efforts. On the whole, I think he delivered a good speech and showed that he recognized the scope of the task ahead. I hope later in the evening to update this post with more extended thoughts on the speech because I do have some concerns.

Importantly, the president wants all departments of the federal government to investigate what went wrong with the response to this disaster — at all levels. He wants to find out what went wrong so we can figure out how to better improve our reaction to future disasters of this magnitude. This is exactly the attitude the chief executive should take in response to the failures of the recovery in the immediate aftermath of the storm. And this stand is clear contradistinction to the attitude of many Democrats, notably the House Minority Leader, and their allies in the blogosphere and MSM. They want investigations to serve primarily to prove their pre-existing theories of their chief adversary’s incompetence.

Tonight the president laid out his plans for what needs to be done in the wake of this unprecedented catastrophe. Let’s hope that his adversaries address the merits of this proposal.

-Dan (AKA GayPatriotWest): GayPatriotWest@aol.com

UPDATE: While yours truly watched speech on Fox, PrismWarden took in the coverage on ABC and observed

There is nothing sweeter than seeing an ABC reporter interviewing black New Orleaneans, asking questions fully intended to draw out criticism of the president, only to be met with tirades against the state and local governments and warm, unanimous support of the president.

Over at Polipundit, Lorie Byrd, an up and coming Athena, noted the same thing. One evacuee “said that what the President said lifted her up and gave her hope.”

Comments

  2. The churlish Democratic “response” doesn’t bode-well. Can they be any more irrevalent to the National conversation, other than as speed-bumps. I’m not convinvced Harry Reid and Nacy Peglosi are even on the same planet as the rest of us.

    But watch, the same “…it’s all Bush’s fault”-er’s will be first in line for more Katrina-pork for their constituents…as if they were owed it by the Federal Treasury; which they forget is my pocket and your pocket. And their first priority will be to get their constituent back in their hovels. Heaven forbid that 200,00+ Democratic-voters decide to stay out of New Orleans forever and choose to live in Baton Rouge, Houston or Atlanta.

  4. #3: I agree, V. What a gyp! Only about 3 seconds with his shirt off! But as I said before, it’s a simple equation:

    Jason Statham = hottest guy on the face of the planet

    Oh, and finding that old thread reminded me: Still bitter about Anderson (and Shep! DAMN, I’ll never get over that one!)

  5. It looked like he was trying to mimic the loftiness of Reagan. And it just came out corny. His speechwriters should have written something that worked better with his easygoing personal style.