The 2008 presidential field at-a-glance

[UGAalum94]

I really didn't think I was calling you nuts as much as the position that Bush was single handedly responsible for the items of Skylarks list, but I apologize.

I don't really think Skylark is nuts either, but the list is.

And I think the suggestion that Bush serve another terms was either made in jest or reflects that SECDomination is nuts.

I don't deny that executive power could have been used better than Bush used it. But of the items on her list, with the original exception of foreign policy, most don't seem to me to be fundamentally issues that the executive controls, and the ones that were were not particularly better run pre-Bush, as near as I can tell.

I don't believe that had a hurricane like Katrina hit New Orleans during Clinton's term or had Gore been in office when it hit that the damage to New Orleans would have been significantly less and while I don't dispute the FEMA response was pathetic, I don't think it has been the critical factor in recovery.

But I sure hope I'm wrong. I'd love to look forward to years of no natural disasters, no government bureaucracy, economic prosperity and excellent health care for all as soon as Clinton or Obama is elected. I can, right?


ETA: In hindsight, Nittanyalum, I can see that I quoted you earlier when largely I'm still responding to Skylark's post. Read that post, and I think you'll see what I found over the top although I acknowledge that I overstated at first in my response to her, but you can see when the edit was made too.