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Time: Bush Aides Virtually Admit They Blew It

By Last Night in Little Rock, Section Huricanes Katrina and Rita
Posted on Sun Sep 11, 2005 at 05:56:30 PM EST
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by Last Night in Little Rock

Time.com posted this evening has several articles about Katrina, as a disaster for the victims, the people of the United States, and for the Bush Administration, with one aide virtually admitting that they really blew it:

• Cover Story: 4 Places Where the System Broke Down, a TIME investigation shows how confusion, incompetence and, ironically, a fear of making mistakes hobbled the government at all levels.

• Living Too Much in the Bubble? A bungled initial response to Katrina exposed the perils of a rigid, insular White House. Inside Bush's plan to show he isn't isolated.

• For Bush, The Storm After the Storm. The President's approval rating is slipping, even among Republicans.

• Like Baghdad on the Bayou. Iraq-war correspondent Brian Bennett joins an Air Force Katrina rescue team over New Orleans

And nearly a dozen other articles and a photo gallery.

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    Time: Bush Aides Virtually Admit They Blew It | 6 comments (6 topical)
    Re: Time: Bush Aides Virtually Admit They Blew It (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:41 PM EST
    Each time I grow hopeful that maybe this time Bush and his buddies will have gone too far and the public won't let them off. Yet they manage to keep coming back around. If ever I prayed that finally this is really it....................

    Re: Time: Bush Aides Virtually Admit They Blew It (none / 0) (#2)
    by Repack Rider on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:41 PM EST
    Interesting that the article doesn't seem to mention how the factors of corruption and incompetence played into the White House failures.

    Re: Time: Bush Aides Virtually Admit They Blew It (none / 0) (#3)
    by desertswine on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:41 PM EST
    Yeah, I heard someone say that our system of government is a "lootocracy."

    Re: Time: Bush Aides Virtually Admit They Blew It (none / 0) (#4)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:41 PM EST
    Interesting that the article doesn't seem to mention how the factors of corruption and incompetence played into the White House failures.
    That's "freedom" and "moral clarity." Oldspeak double-plus-ungood thoughtcrime!

    Re: Time: Bush Aides Virtually Admit They Blew It (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:41 PM EST
    I don't know what you guys are talking about. It was ALL the local authorities' fault. Remember? Geez. I'll see that you get that memo.

    Re: Time: Bush Aides Virtually Admit They Blew It (none / 0) (#6)
    by Edger on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:42 PM EST
    Hey... they didn't "blow" anything... No one expected the levies to fail......... right???

    Time: Bush Aides Virtually Admit They Blew It | 6 comments (6 topical)