Apparently, even the ultra-conservative Washington Times doesn’t think our dear leader deserves any more accountability-free moments. Thank God there are actually some conservatives who put sanity, or compassion for their fellow humans above party loyalty. But there do not appear to be many. Most seem to take any criticism of Bush as always political and never righteous, even when people are dying for him to act.
Washington Times, Today's Editorial: Time to Crack Heads
Troops are finally moving into New Orleans in realistic numbers, and it's past time. What took the government so long? The thin veneer separating civilization and chaos, which we earlier worried might collapse in the absence of swift action, has collapsed.
Rotting bodies float free above submerged streets and crying children haven't eaten in days. Their parents plead from rooftops for rescue, and survivors of the flood line the freeways by the thousands, stumbling in the sweltering heat with no food, no water and no place to go. If this is not hell, it is close to it.
We expected to see, many hours ago, the president we saw standing atop the ruin of the World Trade Center, rallying a dazed country to action. We're pleased he finally caught a ride home from his vacation, but he risks losing the one trait his critics have never dented: His ability to lead, and be seen leading.
The list of things he has promised is a good list, but there is no time to dally, whether by land, sea or air. We should have delivered them yesterday. Americans are dying.
Via Americablog
Katrina Bush
