Comparisons do not apply
Some say the gulf oil spill is “Obama’s Katrina”.
I fail to see the comparison. With Katrina, Bush tried to help incompetent local authorities for 3 or 4 days before finally deciding they were worthless. He then moved the federal bureaucracies in amazing ways to help the region. Eliminating all suffering was impossible, and the media stuck him with the suffering that was largely caused by nature and Democratic local incompetence. But at every step of the way, both in 9/11 and with Katrina I got the impression Bush was trying to help people and that his actions weren’t driven by personal political need.
With this oil spill, Obama flips that on its head. He has taken weeks to start to act. And the action only came when he sensed political risk. He has been incompetent and the full shine of bureaucratic negligence and inefficiency can be seen. The media does ding him, but mainly for not ripping on BP more. And even now he focuses on extracting money (new BP government slush fund) and political opportunity (lets pass Cap and Trade) from the disaster – not ending it.
I didn’t care for President Bush very much. He spent too much. And he expanded government too much. But I never doubted, ever, that he was President to all of us. And I was impressed with his 9/11 and Katrina responses.
Obama… well, he is pretty much the opposite. I don’t think he’s got America’s back – other than to put a knife in it.
So I can answer the question some folks associate with President Bush… “Miss me yet?”. Yes, I do.