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Sancho Panza Name one what? Thing that was done? Thousands of things were done. They just had no time to evacuate the entire city after waiting so long to recognize the...

You and your ilk have been throwing a lot of spaghetti against the wall lately, but it looks like it's not sticking, as it looks like most of the American public is rejecting the shrill rhetoric that we have been seeing.

Here are the results of a ABC-Washington Post poll --

Poll: Bush Not Taking Brunt of Katrina Criticism Hurricane Preparedness Is Faulted; Fewer Blame Bush for Problems Analysis by GARY LANGER ABC News

Sept. 4, 2005 ÷ Americans are broadly critical of government preparedness in the Hurricane Katrina disaster ÷ but far fewer take George W. Bush personally to task for the problems, and public anger about the response is less widespread than some critics would suggest.

In an event that clearly has gripped the nation ÷ 91 percent of Americans are paying close attention ÷ hopefulness far outweighs discontent about the slow-starting rescue. And as in so many politically charged issues in this country, partisanship holds great sway in views of the president's performance.

The most critical views cross jurisdictions: Two-thirds in this ABC News-Washington Post poll say the federal government should have been better prepared to deal with a storm this size, and three-quarters say state and local governments in the affected areas likewise were insufficiently prepared.

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shelters, more do drivers? anything. If "thousands of things were done," they surely weren't effective in any meaningful sense. And that is without dreaming, as much as it is...

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