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Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Heads will roll

From Josh Marshall:

DC Republicans fishing for someone to call for Nagin’s resignation.

Well, they’ve got to be fishing in some very slimy waters, and my sources tell me that the streets of DC are hip-deep in ‘em.  Of course, there are two plausible grounds for Nagin’s resignation:  one, he has not shown sufficient deference and gratitude to the President, as mayors, governors, and praetors must do at all times.  Two, he continues to use the word “man” in ordinary conversation, and such ghetto slang frightens the President’s base.

I’ve got one more outrage to get to before I turn in for the night, so let me take this opportunity to say the obvious.  The Bush Administration’s failure to provide adequate relief for victims of Katrina is a political issue through and through.  Timorous Democrats, please take note.  Bush/Cheney based their entire 2004 campaign, at least the official version, on the premise that they and they alone could protect Americans from terrorist attacks, and they slandered your ticket accordingly.  (The unofficial version of the campaign, you’ll recall, involved the Swift Boat Vets—see “very slimy waters,” above.) Cheney gave the speech time and again:  electing Kerry meant certain, fiery death.  Remember those wolves gathering in the forest?  The extra wolves they didn’t use in The Day After Tomorrow?  Well, it turns out that the Bush crew can’t protect you from wolves.  It can’t even get pallets of food, water, and medicine to sick, starving people in New Orleans.  It can’t plan for a disaster that everyone, everyone in “disaster management” anticipated.  It can’t even answer the goddamn phone when Capt. Nora Tyson, commander of the U.S.S. Bataan, is calling to offer aid, medical services, and fresh water to the hurricane victims.  (And check out the date on that military press release in the hyperlink!  August 29.)

I remember the Republican National Convention.  I bet you do, too.  And I remember Ahnuld saying:

If you believe that government should be accountable to the people, not the people to the government, then you are a Republican.

Don’t forget it for an instant:  they ran on this.  Security, defense, accountability.  That’s what Democrats have to say and say and say again in the coming weeks.  Otherwise, this crew of criminals and incompetents will start calling for “accountability” in the form of Ray Nagin’s head on a platter.

Posted by Michael on 09/06 at 07:32 PM
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