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stevietheman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:20 PM
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NYT op-ed trounces Bush's belated response to the hurricane
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/opinion/01thu1.html

The op-ed is entitled "Waiting for a Leader". Snap!

"George W. Bush gave one of the worst speeches of his life yesterday, especially given the level of national distress and the need for words of consolation and wisdom. In what seems to be a ritual in this administration, the president appeared a day later than he was needed. He then read an address of a quality more appropriate for an Arbor Day celebration: a long laundry list of pounds of ice, generators and blankets delivered to the stricken Gulf Coast. He advised the public that anybody who wanted to help should send cash, grinned, and promised that everything would work out in the end."

The tide is turning faster, folks.
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faithnotgreed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:21 PM
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1. thank you for posting this
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:25 PM
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2. Here is another thread on this already on the Greatest Page.
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despairing optimist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:27 PM
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3. The old gray whore can still turn a trick every now and then
When the Manchester Union-Leader lays into Bush, why should any other paper be shy?
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carpediem Donating Member (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:28 PM
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4. we need a leader ... after hearing his speech it is clear it isn't him
my husband hadn't heard the speech and i said "man did he screw up - it was a laundry list of what they are going to bring, nothing inspiring" glad to see the NYT is writing about this lack of leadership.
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:30 PM
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5. Excellent - said everything that needed saying in less than 500 words
Well done, considering that it's Steno Judy's alma mater.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:32 PM
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6. It was as feeble a speech as his comments about Peter Jennings.
All he did was describe stuff without using any compound sentences.

Really terrible.
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:39 PM
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9. Compound sentences?
George hasn't mastered verb-subject agreement yet.
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Wizard777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:33 PM
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7. CNN and NBC have been mentioning Bush's delayed response.
There are more important things to deal with right now. I just hope this doesn't go the same way as the Senators that swore that Bush would be held accountable if no WMD's were found in Iraq. Much like the people in NO. We're still waiting.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:36 PM
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8. Fantastic KICK!!!!!
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Pithy Cherub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 10:50 PM
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10. bush has outsourced being president ,
so we could become a third world country too...

NYT nailed that one...
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