Will the Bush Presidency be a Katrina Fatality

[KevinTheOmnivore]

I agree on the wasted capital he had (side note-- all of the talk about capital is really funny, since he had more capital than any president just about ever after 9/11, and squandered it) following 9/11.

However, I'll say it again, the men we look back on as our greatest and most dynamic presidents tended to be polarizing figures. Even FDR, who essentially built the 20th Century Democratic Majority, was despised by Republican intellectuals and elected officials. Often, Republicans in the House and Senate wouldn't even refer to him by name, they simply said "that man." (Imagine if they did that to W, we've seen how he reacts to folks who don't address hm properly?).

I just think that yes, you're right that he's polarizing, but so what? There were Republicans who thought he cooked up Pearl Harbor to push his agenda. Sound familiar?