Obama\u2019s approval rating is sinking faster than the Titanic.\u00a0 The economy has slowed to a crawl, probably headed toward a double dip recession.\u00a0 Libya has descended into
\nchaos and anarchy.\u00a0 Egypt, formerly our best ally in the Arab world, appears to be edging toward war with Israel.\u00a0 Iran is lurching toward a nuclear weapon,
\nwhile promising to exterminate Israel.\u00a0 In summary, the Anointed One has botched nearly everything.<\/p>\n
So when Hurricane Irene came on the scene, the White House was delirious at a fresh chance for Obama to look Presidential.\u00a0 Remember Rahm Emanuel pointing out that you can\u2019t waste a good crisis?\u00a0 What could be better?\u00a0 Here was a chance for Obama to show the world how much better he is at handling these things than the ever pathetic George Bush.\u00a0\u00a0 So the Anointed One cut his Martha\u2019s Vineyard vacation short by about seven hours and went on a desperate search for a compelling photo op.\u00a0 It The problem was that Obama had nothing to say and nothing to do.\u00a0 Obama probably believed the main stream media myth that Bush dropped the ball with regard to Katrina.\u00a0 That is factually incorrect.\u00a0 Bush made a declaration of emergency early on and authorized FEMA to pre-position supplies.\u00a0 His prompt action allowed Air National Guard Units from around the country to converge on New Orleans in record time, and they conducted the greatest search and rescue operation in world history.\u00a0 The Air National Guard helicopters literally flew out to sea and followed Katrina on shore.\u00a0 They were rescuing people before Shepard Smith got done telling the Hurricane Irene became the storm that never was; in some cases, the news coverage bordered on being humorous.\u00a0 There were all these live shots of news reporters standing outside, in the middle of the storm, often surrounded by civilians who didn\u2019t even bother to wear rain gear.\u00a0 In one case, a Weather Channel reporter interviewed a girl, about ten years old, wearing shorts and a tee shirt, who said she just came down to see the big waves.\u00a0\u00a0 He was outfitted head to toe in expensive storm gear that looked like it was designed to survive an arctic expedition. Even the pictures of the raging waters failed to impress. Anyone, who has visited Point Reyes in Northern To make things worse, everyone is gearing up for the 10th<\/sup> anniversary of 9-11.\u00a0 As a result, people are being reminded of what happened and how George W. Bush responded.\u00a0\u00a0 National Geographic ran an hour-long interview with President Bush, and it was stunning.\u00a0 The contrast in leadership ability between Bush and Obama could not be starker.\u00a0 There is going to be a lot of 9-11coverage.\u00a0 It is going to provide a visible reminder of the kind of leadership George W. Bush provided during those <\/p>\n TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Obama\u2019s approval rating is sinking faster than the Titanic.\u00a0 The economy has slowed to a crawl, probably headed toward a double dip recession.\u00a0 Libya has descended into chaos and anarchy.\u00a0 Egypt, formerly our best ally in the Arab world, appears … Continue reading
\nstarted with a shot of him \u201ctaking command\u201d at FEMA headquarters.\u00a0 The picture is remarkably similar to the situation room picture taken during the Osama bin Laden raid.\u00a0 Obama looked uninvited, irrelevant and perplexed.\u00a0 Then he gave a rambling
\nmonolog lecturing everyone about how this is a really big hurricane and people
\nshould expect high winds and water.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 A hurricane can bring high winds and water?\u00a0 We are so<\/em> lucky to have someone as brilliant as Obama point that out! \u00a0In the meantime, Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Christie and Governor Cuomo were showing real leadership.\u00a0 They may have made mistakes, but no one had any doubt as to who was in charge.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t Obama.<\/p>\n
\nworld that New Orleans had dodged a bullet.\u00a0 Thousands of lives were saved as a result of his leadership.\u00a0 There is little else that Bush could have done under the circumstances.\u00a0 FEMA was never intended to be a substitute for local first responders.\u00a0 The problem was that Katrina was a Category 5 storm that downgraded to a Category 3, not a Category 2 that downgraded to a Category 1.\u00a0 In addition, Bush had to deal with an incompetent Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, and an inept Governor of Louisiana, Kathleen Blanco.\u00a0 Neither of them showed an ounce of leadership.\u00a0 Bush had to prod both of them to do the things that Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Christie, Governor Cuomo and all the other state and local officials did
\ninstinctively during Irene.\u00a0 Did you ever notice that no one discusses the \u201cfailed\u201d emergency response in Mississippi during Katrina, even though that is where the brunt of the storm actually hit?\u00a0 That is because the Governor of Mississippi was Haley Barbour, and he was on top of it.\u00a0 It\u2019s too bad the main stream media failed to
\nnotice.<\/p>\n
\nCalifornia, has seen waves a lot more impressive than those.<\/p>\n
\ntrying times.\u00a0 Nothing could be more damaging to Obama.<\/p>\n