Moments ago, I saw a taped report in which President Bush stated that he believed that the results of, and not the response to, Hurricane Katrina, were unacceptable.
I'm sorry, Mr. President, but on this issue, I must respectfully disagree.
The results would not be unacceptable had the response not been unacceptable. The federal response, beyond FEMA's public bungling, appears to be adequate. But overall, had the National Guard been called and deployed in a manner befitting our nation, and had supplies been provided more quickly, your fine distinction between "response" and "results" would be more appropriate.
As of now, I believe the both the response and the results have been unacceptable. And it behooves us to act accordingly.
Mr. President, your thoughts are for the victims of this tragedy, and they are diverted from the many other challenges that face this nation. Let them not be further diverted by thoughts of political correctness, for it is clear to me that the State of Louisiana did not do what it had to do, and required the federal government to step in in its stead.
We cannot, in the final analysis, separate the act from the consequence. I trust that as a true Republican, you understand the need to hold people to the results of their acts, and will henceforth act with due regard to this fact.
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