September 13, 2005

George Bush says he will take responsibility for the failures in New Orleans
by Liza Sabater

Bush Takes Responsibility for Blunders - Yahoo! News

"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government," Bush said at joint White House news conference with the president of Iraq.
"To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility," Bush said.

The president was asked whether people should be worried about the government's ability to handle another terrorist attack given failures in responding to Katrina.

"Are we capable of dealing with a severe attack? That's a very important question and it's in the national interest that we find out what went on so we can better respond," Bush replied.

He said he wanted to know both what went wrong and what went right.

As for blunders in the federal response, "I'm not going to defend the process going in," Bush said. "I am going to defend the people saving lives."

He praised relief workers at all levels. "I want people in America to understand how hard people worked to save lives down there," he said.

One question Mr. President, since you have the President of Iraq next to you :

-Would you take responsibility for that quagmire that is Iraq?

-Would you take responsibility for the torturing in Guatanamo Bay?

-Would you take responsibility for the passing of laws criminalizing abortion?

-Would you take responsibility for the environmental policies your administration have enacted and that have contributed to global warming?

So, how about if y'all add to the list of things he should take responsibility for?

Posted by Liza Sabater in Accountability, FEMA, George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina
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