One of the criticisms of the Democratic Party is that they offer nothing but attacks on Bush. At least that's the script that the media is pushing.
The problem lately it that it's not just Democrats who are criticizing Bush. Just look what a Conservative Republican candidate for the Senate told Dana Milbank of The Washington Post.
On the Iraq war: "It didn't work. . . . We didn't prepare for the peace." On the response to Hurricane Katrina: "A monumental failure of government."
At first the candidate didn't want to be identified, but since Milbank's article mentioned that Senate Leader Bill Frist walked by during the luncheon with reporters, it was inevitable his identity would be unveiled.
The candidate was Lt. Gov. Michael Steele of Maryland, fighting an uphill battle to win an open Senate seat in Maryland. Because of that some wondered if the comments weren't intentional, to give him some credibility with Democratic voters in Maryland, who outnumber Republicans.
Whether or not there was a political calculation to the comments, one should look at what Steele said and consider that perhaps EVERYTHING the Democrats have been saying for the past six years has been correct. Bush is a disconnected, uncaring and incompetent President. It just took Hurricane Katrina for people to open their eyes, according to Steele.
"In 2001, we were attacked and the president is on the ground, on a mound with his arm around the fireman, symbol of America," he said, between bites of hanger steak and risotto. "In Katrina, the president is at 30,000 feet in an airplane looking down at people dying, living on a bridge. And that disconnect, I think, sums up, for me at least, the frustration that Americans feel."
But for anyone following the news, none of this should come as a surprise. As Rolling Stone reported, a panel of historians voted Bush the worst American president. So now that pretty much everyone now admits Bush is a failure, can we stop with the "all Democrats do is attack Bush."
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