Maureen Dowd, "What Price Life?": Blame It on Bush

In her latest New York Times op-ed entitled "What Price Life" (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/opinion/dowd-what-price-life.html?_r=1&hp), Maureen Dowd scolds those Republicans who would cut the budget of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Again referring to Dick Cheney's new memoir (see: http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.com/2011/08/maureen-dowds-darth-vader-vents-crazy.html), in which Cheney criticizes Louisiana Governor Blanco for failing to request timely federal assistance, Dowd concludes:

"The awful hypocrisy is this: As we saw when they spent trillions trying to impose democracy on Iraq and Afghanistan, W. and Cheney believe in big government, in a strong, centralized executive power. But with Katrina, they chose not to use it."

Notwithstanding her recent criticism of Obama's aloof, effete, incompetence, she now reprises what is fast becoming the theme of Obama's 2012 campaign: Blame it on Bush.

Sorry, Maureen, but Obama promised to fix the economy. Ordinarily, you break something in a store, it's yours. Here, Obama didn't fix the economy - he made it worse - and it's his.

Obama also had us believe that he would bring US troops home. Instead, he escalated the war in Afghanistan. Sorry, Maureen, but once again, he didn't fix the situation - he made it worse - and it's his.

Time to forget Bush and 70-year-old Dick Cheney, who are long gone from the scene. Problems with cutting FEMA's budget? Speak to the new boss, whose response to Irene was to cut short his vacation in Martha's Vineyard.