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Originally Posted by nittanyalum
I'm sorry, but you are glossing over the real influence the Executive branch has over bureaucratic functioning and policy by continuing to tag it with "exclusive control." No one has said anything about "exclusive control" but you. But as AGDee said, the responsibility ultimately lies on the top dog. Or as I like to say, "A fish stinks at the head."
And you REALLY have to let this protestation about Katrina go. Did you miss this entire part of the awful, detestable ordeal? http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1361404.shtml |
I got the idea from the post I was originally responding too that Skylark laid it all on Bush. It was that idea I responded to.
Do you think Bush should have sent the aid without the governor of Louisiana asking for it? Do you think he knew stuff that they didn't know at the state and local level or just that he was obligated to act in a way that the mayor and the governor weren't? Can you point to a hurricane or any natural disaster for which the federal government sent in aid without being asked before the event occurred? I think it's grossly unfair to pretend that the only (or even the main) government failure with Katrina occurred at the level of the Federal executive.