Jim Baker,
Actually, no I was not defending any Republican adminstration. Contrary to what you wrote in your previous post, I never made that argument. What I did do is disprove your claims of incompetence concerning the Coast Guard, National Guard, and other emergency responders.
In regards to your changing position on what exactly is your ‘argument’; I never stated that BP shouldn’t pay for the cost of the cleanup. If that is your argument with my opinion (as you stated in your previous post), then you are actually agreeing with me.
The issued being debated here is the difference in media coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. I pointed out earlier that the reason Bush waited four days to respond to Katrina and President Obama responded immediately is philosphy. Republicans have stated time and time again that government should not be part of the solution and are in fact the problem. The rescue efforts after Katrina demonstrate that.
Additionally, if you don’t actually believe that I am “expouding on a concept”, why did you state that you have an argument with my opinion in your last post?
Finally, I asked you in a previous post what more you would have the federal government do to contain the spill. You chose not to answer; why?
