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It doesn't sound like a plan when he is looking to brainstorm about the subject. What is his plan for New Orleans?
First off, he's not required to have a plan for New Orleans. New Orleans should have a plan for New Orleans. McCain is required to have a plan for disaster relief anywhere at a national level. The only plan he needs to have is how/when to call out the military to assist and to make sure that they do so.
What I mean is that he is trying to portray himself to be "Johnny on the spot" if he were President when that isn't the case. He has been running for a year. He has been speaking plenty about Iraq and Iran but Katrina did more damage in this country than those two countries could ever hope to do. Mother nature is a more imminent threat that terrorism.
I am sure the 3000 corpses from ground zero might beg to diiffer with your assessment. They didn't really have an evacuation plan in the event of a plane crashing into the building whereas New Orleans was warned for days.
It's been three years since Katrina. Now, that he has the nomination locked up he wants to look like he is on point.
He is on point. It's his job to make sure FEMA response and national response to natural disaster is at an acceptable level. You didn't think an Arizona senator had much obligation to go rebuild New Orleans before, did you?
It's phony to me. It reminds me of the whole Texas primary/Hagee endorsement charade.
True, in that it is being blown up and spun into something it's not rather than debating the man on issues. :bravo: You've managed to keep it down in the mud where democrats campaign best.
It's an illusion. That's what I mean by playing politics. He is misrepresenting himself. He waited until it was safe to blast Bush. That's not leadership IMO. It smacks of lip service.
Wasn't his place to blast anyone before, though he did speak against the president and the Republican party on many occasions in the past. You conveniently forget the reputation the man has had his entire career. Instead, you want to scream "it's fake, it's an illuuuuusion" because to approach the real issues honestly is the political death of the liberal messiah.
Well, three years after the hurricane and McCain found rubble for a photo op. People needed help or else the legislation he voted down wouldn't have been put up to a vote.
The legislation that got put before him included "wasteful, pork barrel spending" with projects that did not go through congress for normal review. I like that. I like that he didn't let pork projects go ride the Katrina pity party. He has also stated that he is always willing to reform legislation that holds up help being delivered to Katrina.