USMC, thanks for posting! I was hoping to get your thoughts on this. Ok...here we go...
"This may be true, but I wouldn't be surprised if FDR's deficit spending created a debt that rivals Bush."
--But at least FDR did it to pull us out of the Depression.
"Are you talking about 9/11 or Katrina? At any rate, I would argue that Reconstruction was the worst federal response to a disaster. And the specific agency has little to do with the sitting President. That stuff carries through from one president to the next."
Katrina for sure! Ok...Reconstruction takes the cake! You win that one, but I wasn't thinking of Reconstruction in the same context as Katrina. However, I do hold Bush or any other president accountable for the performance of government agencies--at least in hind sight.
"Free market capitalism."
--Yes..and it's nasty downside.
"Monroe and War of 1812 when they burned the Whitehouse. I don't even know if this is true, but if this is the worst you can say about a President, then he's pretty good."
--Good point. And, I agree this in-and-of-itself is not such a bad thing. But, Bush wants us all to believe that he's such a basass and 'stay the course,' etc. While your colleagues are getting shot at for a questionable cause.
"I don't even know if this is true and don't really care to research it. All presidents have had corrupt administators (Grant, Harding, FDR, Nixon, etc.)-- perhaps Bush's just got caught."
--Come on man! You're willing to follow orders from and fight for someone who is corrupt? Don't you care about that? I care that you're getting shot at for something that might be about money instead of the protection of our country and rights.
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