At the same time, in the end, Democrats and Republicans *are* just people, and where they're similar is more important than where they are different.
It shouldn't be a partisan issue; a Democrat could have put a political ally in charge of an important department. The key isn't "a REPUBLICAN did it!" It should be "Someone did this. That person should be held responsible for the choice."
The thing that upsets me is not so much that George W. Bush is doing things a good Republican - say, a Bob Dole - might do. It's that he's doing things that a bad person would do, and he's being praised to heaven for doing it.
That he's a Republican doesn't matter... not in this case. It shouldn't be partisan. It should be about responsibility, pure and simple. It won't spin out that way, but spin is spin and facts are facts. It's vitally important that the relevant facts be put forward: Bush and Brown both sat on their ass as the water rose and people died. It sounds like there's an awfully big blame pie for a lot of people, Democrats and Republicans to be served a heaping slice of it... and everyone who deserves it should get it.
Regardless, it's important for folks to understand that Democrats would howl for the head of John Kerry, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, or any other prominent Democrat who did the same thing.
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It shouldn't be a partisan issue; a Democrat could have put a political ally in charge of an important department. The key isn't "a REPUBLICAN did it!" It should be "Someone did this. That person should be held responsible for the choice."
The thing that upsets me is not so much that George W. Bush is doing things a good Republican - say, a Bob Dole - might do. It's that he's doing things that a bad person would do, and he's being praised to heaven for doing it.
That he's a Republican doesn't matter... not in this case. It shouldn't be partisan. It should be about responsibility, pure and simple. It won't spin out that way, but spin is spin and facts are facts. It's vitally important that the relevant facts be put forward: Bush and Brown both sat on their ass as the water rose and people died. It sounds like there's an awfully big blame pie for a lot of people, Democrats and Republicans to be served a heaping slice of it... and everyone who deserves it should get it.
Regardless, it's important for folks to understand that Democrats would howl for the head of John Kerry, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, or any other prominent Democrat who did the same thing.