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Posted by David on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 10:05 AM.
Bush: 'I take responsibility'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush took responsibility on Tuesday for failures in the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government, and to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do it's job right, I take responsibility," Bush said. "I want to know what went right and what went wrong."
Savannah, on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 12:15 PM:
Whatever! Smoke and mirrors. Is he going to take responsibility for Iraq now too? Is he going to take responsibility for the 9/11 intelligence/procedural failures? Is he going to take responsibility for Valerie Plame? For the economy? And after those grand rhetorical flourishes, is he going to actually do anything, like repudiate the far-right ideology that led to each and every one of these catastrophes, bring the troops home, cooperate with the UN, and start acting in the public interest? This statement of responsibility means nothing to me. It's a calculated effort to tug on forgiving liberal heartstrings and use them to tie our own hands. Here's something we can learn from conservatives: never drop the bite. Keep shaking that bloody leg in your jaws. Don't matter a damn what words its owner is screaming. Use them only as opportunity for further attack.
Laura Z, on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 2:30 PM:
More to the point, is he going to take responsibility for plaid polyester and Spandex? I mean, really, let's focus on what's important here. Seriously though, I think he is just doing all this to save face. I don't think he really means it or will change his nespotic behavior.