Sad Day for Democrats

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President Bush declared the region a disaster area before the storm even hit.  Because of this action, relief forces and supplies were in place to be deployed before the storm even hit.  The problem is the magnitude of the disaster made it impossible to bring in supplies to New Orleans by ground.   Because of this order there were Coast Guard units deployed to the area in advance instead of having to spend 8 hours moving in after the storm moved out.  Once the weather cleared, Search and Rescue operations began instead of waiting 12 horus for the choppers to arrive and refuel. This saved lives.

I agree though, that he should start providing post-disaster leadership.  I expect to see him on TV handing out supplies at the Astrodome tomorrow.

[ATFFL]

Because he has failed to respond in a quick and forceful manner. He didn't cancel his other appearances and spent the day after playing guitar:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050830/480/capm10208301856

And there are thousands and thousands of people in LA and MS who still are stranded without any help.

It is hard to respond in a quick and forceful manner when you have already put all the emergency response mechanisms into action before the disaster hits.