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The Taiwanese President took the blame for the slow aid response after the typhoon, why didn't Bush..?

..do the same for Katrina victims?

The Taiwanese President immediately stood up like a MAN when asked about the slow response time after the typhoon. He said (paraphrasing) that he is the President and takes full blame for the incident.

So, why couldn't "W" man up about Katrina like this guy did?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Having lived on Taiwan, typhoons aren't all that uncommon but in America re; katrina, there was no precedent to predict how damaging she would be. ergo, you simply cannot blame Mr. Bush for mother nature's raw fury!

  • spanky
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    This is a typical Democratic reaction to anything, you should be asking why the mayor of New Orleans didn't use the 300 school buses he had to move those people out or why didn't the Governor do anything, they both sat on their hands while people died and blamed the federal government. FEMA did move too slow but to sit here and blame it all on Bush is ridiculous.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hindsight is 20/20. Like one person said, he is gone, forget about it.

    For your sake we hope Barry does everything perfect and does not need advisers or help. You probably think that the PResident acts on his own. Grow up.

    Oh, by the way, have you ever been to Taiwan? It is about the size of Illinois, coincidence? ANd they have fistfights in the Parliament there. NOw that is a country to emulate.

  • Todd A
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Ok smart guy why would you send help to people who were going to shoot at you anyways.They got the warning and did not heed it.Owell get over it! Besides that was in 05.I thought you libbys are the party of new ideas.

    How this for a new idea? Don't dwell on the past.

    btw how is that new health care working for ya?

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  • 1 decade ago

    President Bush has been out of office for nearly 8 months. Get over it. The Governments failures are Obama's and Obama's alone

  • 1 decade ago

    Are you saying the when something goes wrong in the country, it's the current president's fault, such as the unemployment rate?

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