President Dumb Ass

Well … it’s no great surprise, but once again President Bush is more than a day late and at least a couple of dollars short. In the wake of Katrina, it took two days of televised mayhem and wide spread panic for him to decide to leave Crawford and his five-week vacation.

It’s hard to comprehend that as the situation in Iraq continues to meltdown with no end in sight or even a strategy that points towards a way out, the President is cutting brush in Crawford. As men and women continue to make the ultimate sacrifice in a futile effort to bring, in the President’s words, democracy to the Middle East, the President is on daily two-hour bike rides around his ranch in Crawford. During the first days of this disaster, as the full scope of the damage to both life and property becomes clear, the President is doing who knows what … at his Ranch in Crawford.

Finally, after reports of thousands of deaths, widespread looting, and general misery, the President made the difficult decision to end his 5-week vacation – two days early. In these days of war overseas and disasters at home, it is clear that all American’s need to sacrifice in the face of these challenges. It is comforting to us all that leader joins us in that sacrifice by giving up the final two days of his vacation.

Then it gets even better … or worse I guess; his address to the nation last night was pathetic. Today’s New York Times Editorial calls the speech more suitable for Arbor Day. They called it the worst speech of his life. It even spanks him for ignoring the science on global warming. A real spanking from the paper of record.

My prediction - there will be political hell to pay for the Federal Government’s complete and utter lack of preparedness. In this post September 11th world, with all the money that has been sloshed on Homeland Security, we can’t event get water and MRE’s to effected areas, 10’s of thousands of refugees are without food or shelter, and bodies float down the street of New Orleans.