Frank Rich Nails It Again

Or rather, Frank Rich’s quotes from Douglas Brinkley yesterday in his New York Times Op-Ed piece nails it. Brinkley wrote a book about the Katrina disaster called, “The Great Deluge”. Rich spoke with Brinkley last week. “I don’t think anybody’s getting the Bush strategy”, Brinkley told Rich. “The crucial point is that the inaction (in Iraq and New Orleans) is deliberate.” Brinkley said New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is an opportunist and that, “Out of the Katrina debacle, Bush is making political gains.” The objective, Brinkley says is to have “a smaller city, with a large portion of its former black population permanently dispersed.” “The last blue state in the Old South is turning into a red state,” Brinkley said. But Rich is not sure the strategy will work. “With no plan for salvaging either of the catastrophes on his watch, this president can no sooner recover his credibility by putting on an elaborate show of sermonizing and spin this week than Mr. Cruise (actor Tom Cruise) could levitate his image by jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch.” Yep, it’s true. Tom Cruise is still gay. And the Prez is still a fool who can’t say (or rather, shouldn't say) one sentence without getting a prompt from his earpiece. Those long pauses before an answer are becoming more obvious all the time. But unfortunately for him, George W. Bush doesn’t always feel he has to hear a reasonable response in his ear before answering questions. Last week he got so hot and bothered and flustered that he told the truth. The Prez was asked at last week’s press conference what Iraq had to do with the attack on the World Trade Center and he blurted out, “NOTHING!” Then Bush reverted to his lying nature, and without benefit of counsel or cues from his earpiece, he said, “Nobody has ever suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the attacks.” Of course the definition of a split second is the time it took after his silly pronouncement for examples to appear in the media showing who and how many times the Bush administration has said Saddam Hussein was behind the 9/11 attacks. But, never to be deterred by the truth, you can bet the rent the allegation will again appear during the Bush administration’s anniversary orgy coming up this September 11th. But then of course, that embarrassing tape of his saying nobody ever said Saddam ordered the attacks will also appear again. The president is a buffoon, but the sobering facts are that to date, 2628 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq. FOR NO REASON AND ACCOMPLISHING NOTHING!!