Will the Bush Presidency be a Katrina Fatality

[mburbank]

I thought that was an excellent article, especially the part about him being lucky to have such a strong country instead of us being lucky to have a strong leader. I think that is the greatest tragedy of Sept. 11. W had a moment most presidents never had. The country and the world had his back. Even people like me (even me, for God's sake) gave him at very least the benefit of the doubt and in most cases whole hearted support. Hell, comedians gave the guy, like, a years grace period, that's unprecedented! And look where he took us. We are so polarized now we may not see a moment of national (and international) unity like that again in my lifetime.

No matter how and where you apportion the blame, even if you think us nasty liberals 'wept' the whole situation out our 'vaginas' despite the fact we have never held less national power, W was still our leader at this critical junction in history. The ball was his to fumble, and I believe the long view of history will see him as a fumbler.