It's the incompetence stupid!

I have always suspected that the incompetence of George W. Bush and his cohorts would bring them down before their evil political philosophy. We saw that seeds of that before Katrina as even those on the right began to understand that Rumsfeld's Pentagon had done just about everything they could have done that was wrong. Bush's support and support for the war was in free fall. Then comes Katrina, not a sneak terrorist attack but a natural disaster that gave several days warning. Bush himself had a "my pet goat" moment and all but ignored the situation for two days. The totally inadequate response of the Federal Government in the disaster effort has even the right upset and asking questions. As I mentioned this morning even one of the leaders of the Bush rally squad, Jonah Goldberg, was asking questions. Over at Preemtive Karma Kevin points us to this piece in The New York Daily News where Newt Gingrich wonders about the implications of the poor relief effort.

"I think it puts into question all of the Homeland Security and Northern Command planning for the last four years, because if we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?" said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

One of the major reason Bush defeated Kerry was the feeling that he would be better able to keep us safe. Well, it would appear he couldn't keep US citizens any safer than he could keep the Iraqi citizens. Incompetent is the only word that can describe FEMA and it's boss, The Department of Homeland Security.