Politico scrounges around for some Obama drama
January 21, 2009 10:52 am ET by Eric Boehlert
And bingo, Politico claims to have found some on the new White House website. Scoop!
Politico discovered that on "The Agenda" page, which listed 24 policy topics (i.e. defense, disabilities, health care, etc.), there was a subset of "Additional Issues," and within that subcategory was an entry for the topic of "Katrina," and buried under that heading came these two passing sentences:
President Obama swiftly responded to Hurricane Katrina. Citing the Bush Administration's "unconscionable ineptitude" in responding to Hurricane Katrina, then-Senator Obama introduced legislation requiring disaster planners to take into account the specific needs of low-income hurricane victims.
The Politico headline? "New White House site slams Bush," of course. [Emphasis added]
It does sound a bit like a broken record now, wouldn't you say? Day after day Politico just proves that they are reliving the 90's all over again with Dems in Office fake generated drama.
Sorry Eric and MK, this is a valid headline. You're biased if you think otherwise, as Obama on his WH.gov website clearly "slammed" Bush by not only writing of Bush's "unconscionable ineptitude" but the "broken promises" he made regarding fixing New Orleans after Katrina. I know you don't like any negative stories about Obama, especially around inauguration time, but tough. And I'm as loyal an Obama supporter as they come.
There is going to be negative stories (or "drama") involving Obama, so you better get used to it and us supporters have to deal with it (and realize that the positive stories far outweigh the negative ones). It's ok to point out when the negative stories are invalid, but this Politico article is very much valid.
My only problem is that the first sentence regarding the Katrina section is poorly written, and almost comes off as saying that Obama will "keep the broken promises" Bush made to fix katrina, when the writer of the site should've said something like: "Obama will repair the broken promises...". I'm just sayin'.
Here's the section: http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/additional
Hey MK, you don't seem to be able to handle objective criticism - I'm a democratic-leaning independent who has voted for every democratic president since 2000, when I became eligible. But that doesn't mean I believe everything they say and do. You seem to be the partisan hack here.
Eric wrongly has a problem with Politico's headline about Obama slamming Bush. Why is it wrong? Because the definition of slam is to "criticize harshly or attack verbally." Obama's website saying Bush's response to Katrina was full of "unconscionable ineptitude" and "broken promises" backs up that headline, no question. Case closed. Deal with it and move on.