1) It's all the looter's fault (Bush's first response was that no looting was permitted, for any reason whatsoever).
2) It's all Mother Nature's Fault (Michael Chertoff said no one could foresee a levee break; who knew floods would follow hurricanes?; who knew New Orleans would flood, since headlines on Tuesday morning said everything was fine?).
3) It's all Louisiana's fault; either the governor failed, or the mayor failed, but they certainly failed.
Notice it's never about taking responsibility, getting the job done, or shouldering the burden. As Aaron Broussard said:
Nobody's coming to get us. Nobody's coming to get us. The secretary has promised. Everybody's promised. They've had press conferences. I'm sick of the press conferences. For God sakes, shut up and send us somebody.
Transcript here. Audio here.
His words should be the political epitaph for George W. Bush and the GOP.
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