I agree panzed, the Bush response to Katrina was contrary to the Constitution & took us another giant step towards socialism. Bush has to take the hit for that but EQUAL CREDIT, if not more, goes to the leftist cannibals who forced Bush into a no-win situation. Bush’s initial reaction – one that he was mercilessly skewered for – was to put the states in charge of their own emergency, with the feds ready to assist with clean-up afterwards. Of course it turned out that Louisiana/New Orleans, RUN BY DEMOCRATS, was hopelessly unprepared and devoid of leadership, resulting in a catastrophe that Bush wasn’t prepared for. To deal with the barrage of misplaced (and politically motivated) attacks on his handling of things, he tried to throw mone