I smell a Medal of Freedumb!
elucidator
Professor Emeritus, Necromancy
Miskatonic University
Because Republicans are only about smaller government when it’s those sissy liberal Democrat programs and they can fire up their base about it while they’re out of power.
As a conservative, I wish I could answer your questions. I keep asking my family, all Bushies, these questions and all I get is a blank stare and quick change of subject.
I saw this coming when he was governor and I tried to educate and warn my fellow conservatives, but he was not only re-elected governor, but then ran for and won the presidency! I wish I could even say it was because of his charisma, because at least that would be a reason! But the man can’t even make a speech, even a prepared one, without every other sound coming out of his mouth being a dorky “ehhhhh”. I can’t stand to even listen to him.
After 11 years I still can’t explain him and his “success”.
You know, I’d so love to be a fly on the wall in Kennebunkport sometimes. George HW has been keeping scrupulously silent on his real opinions of George W’s presidency, aside from some noncommittal, very mild attaboys when he’s been directly confronted with the question by the press. But W’s style is so incredibly different from Poppy’s that I simply can’t believe that ol’ 41 is actually sanguine about the way Junior’s been handling things the last five years. I’d pay good money to listen to a clandestinely taped rant on George W’s diplomacy/administrative/leadership skills from Daddy…
So, I assume this means he’ll be revising and updating his resume, then? It seems an appropriate thing to do at a time like this.
Sheesh! Hurricanes are not uncommon things. Florida got hit by at least 3 of them last year. Did this guy honestly think he wouldn’t have to deal with one during his tenure? They’re nasty, brutal, and they tend to do large amounts of property damage and leave people dead. That’s the main reason I don’t like the things. Surely it should have occurred to him to prepare just a little? :rolleyes:
CJ
The quote I heard on the news this morning was that he planned to return to DC, play with his dog, give his wife a hug, and perhaps eat a good Mexican meal.
I am SO FRUSTRATED that I can’t slap people over the radio.
Daniel
Well, ya know, after 12 days of nothing but yak yak yak about people trapped in their homes, having to leave their pets behind to die, being separated from their families, and being without food, a FEMA director just needs to get back to the simple things.
Slapping him would be simple.
Daniel
A good Mexican meal, in D.C? This guy just can’t buy a clue.
Hey, Ophelia is gonna hit the middle of South Carolina then track up the Eastern Seaboard. Maybe his house will flood out with the resulting tropical depression.
Could’ve been worse. He could’ve said he was gonna go get some gumbo.
Too bad he didn’t rent his house to Walter Mathau while he was gone. (Ned Beatty would of course play Brown in the forthcoming movie.)
Maybe he will divert some of the relief convoy on its way up from Mexico as part of his oversight duties concerning Ophelia. 
Oversight duties concerning Ophelia? Sheesh! What does it take to stop the rot?
Well, at least Ophelia shouldn’t be bad.
Oh, sure, you say that now. With the luck the Bush Administration is having lately, Ophelia will increase to a Category 752 hurricane, with winds of eight zillion miles an hour, that scour the earth’s crust all the way off the mantle and cause trillions of cubic kilometers of magma to engulf the Eastern Seaboard.
Hey, whatever it takes for
Brown to get a good meal. The pork gravey train must continue.
And it will all be Clinton’s fault.
There are good Mexican places here in DC. And I know good Mexican food, I’m from California.
Will hijack for good Mexican…
Send links or addresses, I know of a few in the 'burbs, but none in town.
Lauriol Plaza is probably the most well known. 18th and R, NW. I really like their chiles rellenos. There are a few small places in Adams Morgan, although I confess to not knowing their names. A friend of mine says Rosa Mexicano, near the MCI Center, is super fantastic - but, quite frankly, I don’t trust her judgement when it comes to Mexican food and I haven’t personally been there. I remember Guapo’s being pretty good, but I was fairly buzzed and hungry so I can’t vouch for that. I’ve heard good things about Alero, but I haven’t been there myself.
But, yeah, Lauriol Plaza is very good. I mean, it’s not as good as what you’re going to get at top places in California or Arizona, but it definitely beats Don Pablo’s. 
Yeah, if by “sad” you mean incredibly fucking scary. This is the guy with his hand on the button.