You can also see Bush’s ethics at work when he didn’t fire Brown from FEMA. Bush allowed Brown the honorable way out by allowing him to resign. He also didn’t point out obvious flaws in the inaction of the Governor of LA and the Mayor of N.O. leading up to Katrina making landfall and shortly thereafter. The reactions of the President to Hurrican Katrina tells you volumes about the man.

The wording Bush used is great because he’s not taking the fall for anyone outside of the federal government.

“To the extent that the federal government didn’t fully do its job right, I take responsibility,” Bush told a White House news conference at which he openly questioned U.S. preparedness for another storm or a “severe attack.”

{emphasis mine}

There is a tremendously funny cartoon in today’s Orange County (California) Register editorial pages by Mike Shelton, the paper’s cartoonist. It depicts a typical (although not disrespectful) caricature of George Bush on one side, owning up for any federal shortcomings in the wake of Katrina while, on the other side, in clown suits and makeup, are Nagin and Blanco..

..very appropriate.

It is frustrating but sometimes thrilling being a Bush supporter. I’d like him to fight back. He’s been on the defensive for months and it’s the media that drives me nuts, not the Dems, who are ineffective. The MSM is sick of the Dems losing so the MSM is now leading. Let’s hope they lead the Dems over the cliff.

I do remember election night when I was convinced Bush had lost and it was all because he did not take my feedback about taking on the press.

I still want him to pick a fight with the media. The American people hate the media and the media doesn’t know how much. I’m sick of them patting them on the back for Katrina.

Nothing to say, but I’ll post anyway.

Much like Bush, I don’t have a thing to say at this moment. However, like Bush I’ll take a turn at the podium to speak my piece.

At a time like this the president needs to get in front of the American people, acknowledge that mistakes were made, and vow to fix them. Now is not the time to play partisan cards and focus the spotlight on the feds (ultra-liberals) or state and local government (neocons). Now is the time for a leader to stand up, take responsibility, and fix the situation.

Yes, Bush should have fired Brown. It would have garnered him points and respect by dismissing a proved incompetent head of an organization. As Brown denied Bush that opportunity, the next best thing to do would be what Bush did - stand up in front of the people, accept your share (or more) of the blame, and move on to correct things.

Yes, we understand. Bush, FEMA, Nagin, et. al., they all f’ed up. Let’s take a cue from Bush, stop pointing fingers and move on. The first step was to fix FEMA. With the resignation of Brown they are already on their way there. Let’s keep moving in that direction.

“Why did W accept responsibility?”

Who says he did?

A speech is just a speech.

Lol. What part of “I accept full responsibility” don’t you understand?

Paul, you’ve written quite a few words here today. Unfortunately for you, all those words do is prove that you don’t know what you’re talking about and that you are impervious to facts. You thought that the Governor of LA and the Mayor of NOLA were the President’s subordinates. I pointed out to you that federalism says they’re not. That should have been enough to get you to at least reconsider your position. But it obviously didn’t. You have your agenda and you will allow no inconvenient facts to get in your way. But it’s a stupid agenda that isn’t going anywhere.

Other bloggers, Paul’s bloviating here today across more than one post now might serve as an object lesson. He came here because I linked him as an example of the kind of unserious, obnoxious reaction that even doing a good thing inspires on the left. That’s how he found me. And he’s been here ever since, sucking up the air and trolling for hits. So here’s the lesson, which I’m having to learn one more time: Be careful who you link. It’s like inviting people over for dinner. Make sure you actually want the inevitable arguments that will ensue.

I need another ironskulled lefty to argue with like I need a hole in the head. But now I have one. And it’s pretty much my fault for putting out that shiny little link that attracted him.

You mention Bush following in the steps of Ronald Reagan. It seems that there might also be room for his following in the steps of Harry Truman and Jack Kennedy as well.

“A subordinate authority”

I also cited the supremecy clause and provided a link to a nice PCA article.

That’s how he found me. And he’s been here ever since, sucking up the air and trolling for hits.

I guess commenting is not something that you appreciate. I would have prefered a post v. post analysis, but I guess that might generate traffic to my site and expose your readers to my shocking lack of advertising.

Good luck with your enterprise.