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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
As far as the President, you're kind of nuts if you think that the President has the kind of power to single handedly addressed the issues listed in Skylark's post, exception of foreign policy, which I agree Bush has been especially bad at.
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I never said he "single handedly" addressed the issues, and hey, sister, I didn't call you names. If you re-read my post, my point is that saying that the Executive Branch has "nothing" to do with those things is patently incorrect. By structure, the appointments made from the Executive Branch into the bureaucratic branch absolutely have an impact on every area of policy.
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But global warming and hurricane Katrina? No. Were his FEMA appointments an issue, no doubt, were they the single most important element? No.
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But do his appointments and then their appointments within the EPA and FEMA shape and have an impact on US policy and progression toward or away from solutions or changes? YES.
I have no idea what this is in reference to, I'm assuming you're responding to someone else.
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I don't deny President shape congressional policy, but to suggest that Bush is responsible for some of the crap on the list is ridiculous.
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Then my suggestion is that you are misinformed.