OUR PRESIDENT: AN AMERICAN SHAME AND FAILURE
By Jerome Cleary
Who does not remember the old adage: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? Most relationships, whether they be business, friendship or romantic, are truly tested during an emergency or crisis.
It is during that time you see exactly how your counterpart reacts and rises to the occasion. In our president's case, we see that when we counted on him the most last week, he failed miserably over and over again. As a country we have been standing behind our president the past several years as he took us in to a war in Iraq that many in our country did not approve of. But when common sense was needed to get citizens in our country out of a dangerous area in a timely manner, our president was not there.
Where do we go from here when we depended on our country's leader to save us from the shame and humiliation of his failure? Thousands of lives are lost because of President Bush's cowardice, inaction and ineptness.
When Hurricane Katrina was upgraded to a category level 5 and was going to hit New Orleans, there was supposed to be a massive evacuation but where was President Bush? He was on vacation, and then at a photo-op in San Diego, and political fundraisers nearby.
Now it is estimated that approximately 10,000 people may be dead or missing from this horrific hurricane. His acts demonstrate a total abandonment of the American people.
When a crisis or catastrophic event happens in our country, we are supposed to be a world power. We have now had to come to grips with the fact that President Bush is the worst president in the entire history of our nation. Sending food, buses and rescuing people is not rocket science.
President Bush is the kind of president that waits until he confers over and over again with his cronies hoping to make the right and perfect decision. No one would have blamed him for any kind of attempts of rescue immediately after the hurricane hit.
And when President Bush finally arrived on the scene four days later, he told the overpaid FEMA executives, "You're doing a heck of a job," while thousands unnecessarily continued to die. I would like to ask the families of the victims if they would agree with that statement.
President Bush did zero the first four days after the hurricane hit. When all these victims needed were simple things to survive — food, water, rafts, medical kits and flashlights. Nothing Bush does now can make up for the total abandonment of people struggling to stay alive during that time. And we are stuck with his blundering leadership for three more painful years.
Jerome Cleary is n actor, writer and a comic at The World Famous Comedy Store-www.freecomedytickets.com and can be reached at: jeromeclearytalk@aol.com
Who does not remember the old adage: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? Most relationships, whether they be business, friendship or romantic, are truly tested during an emergency or crisis.
It is during that time you see exactly how your counterpart reacts and rises to the occasion. In our president's case, we see that when we counted on him the most last week, he failed miserably over and over again. As a country we have been standing behind our president the past several years as he took us in to a war in Iraq that many in our country did not approve of. But when common sense was needed to get citizens in our country out of a dangerous area in a timely manner, our president was not there.
Where do we go from here when we depended on our country's leader to save us from the shame and humiliation of his failure? Thousands of lives are lost because of President Bush's cowardice, inaction and ineptness.
When Hurricane Katrina was upgraded to a category level 5 and was going to hit New Orleans, there was supposed to be a massive evacuation but where was President Bush? He was on vacation, and then at a photo-op in San Diego, and political fundraisers nearby.
Now it is estimated that approximately 10,000 people may be dead or missing from this horrific hurricane. His acts demonstrate a total abandonment of the American people.
When a crisis or catastrophic event happens in our country, we are supposed to be a world power. We have now had to come to grips with the fact that President Bush is the worst president in the entire history of our nation. Sending food, buses and rescuing people is not rocket science.
President Bush is the kind of president that waits until he confers over and over again with his cronies hoping to make the right and perfect decision. No one would have blamed him for any kind of attempts of rescue immediately after the hurricane hit.
And when President Bush finally arrived on the scene four days later, he told the overpaid FEMA executives, "You're doing a heck of a job," while thousands unnecessarily continued to die. I would like to ask the families of the victims if they would agree with that statement.
President Bush did zero the first four days after the hurricane hit. When all these victims needed were simple things to survive — food, water, rafts, medical kits and flashlights. Nothing Bush does now can make up for the total abandonment of people struggling to stay alive during that time. And we are stuck with his blundering leadership for three more painful years.
Jerome Cleary is n actor, writer and a comic at The World Famous Comedy Store-www.freecomedytickets.com and can be reached at: jeromeclearytalk@aol.com
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