The Bushists think they are the first people ever to think about security, just because they rebranded it "homeland security". Here's the money quote:
"Homeland security both as a policy matter and as a concept didn't exist prior to 9/11 and prior to . . . President Bush assuming office," said Frances Fragos Townsend, the White House homeland security adviser. "We believe that we had an obligation, regardless of who the next president is, Republican or Democrat, to leave them the benefit of our thinking."The Bushists didn't know about it because they resolutely refused to listen to all the warnings and briefings and policy documents to come out of the Clinton administration. The Bushists were singing lullabies to Duhbya all of summer 2001 so that he could get away and clear brush for the cameras. (And, please note, no one resigned from pangs of conscience.)
And, now, at this late date, they have the utter, arrogant, absurd gall to emphasize disaster preparedness! These people have been obviously full of shit since their very first step onto the public stage. It didn't take Katrina to tell a lonely few of us. Why did so few other people notice?
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