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President Bush 's next FEMA director must be a qualified emergency response professional with the leadership experience to manage this disaster and future emergencies, |
President Bush has yet to give the American people a long-term, comprehensive strategy that will protect them from terrorist attacks, |
[Bush's critics say his response to the hurricane proves that he's not a leader.] Oblivious, in denial, dangerous, ... blame game. |
[Curiously, the Post didn't include a key portion of Pelosi's comments, in which she made clear why she thinks Bush is] oblivious ... What didn't go right? |
[Democrats challenged Bush's arguments on the Iraq mission.] The president went into Iraq under a false premise, without a plan, and has totally mismanaged our involvement, ... Now he is trying to justify his actions with a series of excuses. |
[He said it was part of] movement ... because it could have an impact on election time. |
[In the face of declining poll numbers for the president in the wake of the Katrina disaster and a growing dissatisfaction with the general direction of the country, the DeLay indictment put already defensive Republicans, who control the entire government, further back on their heels.] [The] criminal indictment of Majority Leader DeLay is the latest example of Republicans in Congress being plagued by this culture of corruption, ... This all extends to the White House as well. |
[NMA leaders noted with appreciation that both liberal and conservative leaders have strongly criticized the federal response.] The people of the Gulf Coast were struck by two disasters, ... first the Hurricane, and then the failure of the federal government in their time of great need. |
[That prompted some Democrats to call on House Speaker Dennis Hastert to] denounce ... unethical threats, ... The Republicans should allow baseball to remain as it is, an American pastime loved by millions, regardless of their political beliefs. |
A disgrace, |
a partnership with the people in the region to build new housing, revive farmland, repair infrastructure, construct schools -- to rebuild your communities, to rebuild your lives, to restore your economies. |
a strong advocate for an independent judiciary, particularly in response to recent threats to impeach judges for their judicial decisions and to strip federal courts of jurisdiction. |
A vote for real campaign finance reform will end the corrosive influence of special interest money, and level the playing field so that all Americans can participate and be heard, |
A vote that was supposed to take five minutes took more than nine times that long because the indicted Republican leader of the House of Representatives needed extra time to twist the arms necessary to pass a bill that is against the interests of the American people, against consumers, against taxpayers and against the environment, |