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Originally Posted by kellychaos
I think that he's been so far removed from the lower class (not only in political office but his whole life) that he simply does not know how to empathize with them and this comes off as uncaring. And I'm sure that the lower class is likewise unable to identify with him. This is something that is unfortunate but I honestly don't see this as something that can be resolved quickly it at all.
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See, this is what gets me though. One thing it was said you could never take away from Bush was that he is great at apealing to Joe Sixpack. In political jargon, he works great in small groups. So explain to me what happened. Why is it that he just couldn't say the right things at the right time here..?
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Historically, isn't hurricane relief something that the states preferred to take care of themselves until federal relief was absolutely necessary? True that this level of destruction is beyond normal, but wasn't FEMA, although unqualified, following the normal path in federal efforts? It seems that it took the enormity of this disaster to point of the flaws in state to federal communication as well as the failure in the state's own planning.
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I think a lot of the timeline stuff for Katrina is still a bit jumbled, and unfortunately, has already been partisanized. I have heard reports that Bush twice asked Gov. Blanco to federal the situation, and take over. She says this never happened, and that she asked for more troops all along. The Bush team also had concerns over the image that might be conveyed if a Republican president came in and federalized a democratic state and a democratic city, what kind of PR nightmares that might entail, etc.