"One of the worst speeches of his life..."

the title of the nyt editorial is, fittingly, waiting for a leader... yes, i saw most of the speech excerpted on cnni both last night and this morning... if we are lucky and the american people decide to fully rouse themselves from their 5-year slumber, katrina might be the straw... my fingers are crossed... toes too...

George W. Bush gave one of the worst speeches of his life yesterday, especially given the level of national distress and the need for words of consolation and wisdom. In what seems to be a ritual in this administration, the president appeared a day later than he was needed. He then read an address of a quality more appropriate for an Arbor Day celebration: a long laundry list of pounds of ice, generators and blankets delivered to the stricken Gulf Coast. He advised the public that anybody who wanted to help should send cash, grinned, and promised that everything would work out in the end.

their closing comment says it all...

[T]he chances of leadership seem minimal.

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