Bush: “It’s Gonna Cost Whatever It Costs”

Hurricane Katrina shows yet again the poor leadership and incompetent management Americans have witnessed from the Bush administration since Dubya entered the White House. Excluding the disaster of Dubya becoming our "leader", there have been 3 major disasters for this country since Dubya became our "leader": 9/11, Iraq, and Hurricane Katrina. All of them have led to mismanagement and poor oversight of relief funds.

9/11 Funds
Despite multiple reports warning the federal government of lax oversight, the $5 billion effort to help small businesses recover from the Sept. 11 attacks was so loosely managed that it handed out millions in low-interest loans to undeserving businesses, including a tanning salon in Louisville, Kentucky, and a Colorado Quiznos sandwich shop.

$8.8 Billion Missing In Iraq
An audit by the Special Inspector General for Iraqi Reconstruction found that the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), under the leadership of L. Paul Bremer, cannot account for nearly $9 billion of U.S. taxpayers' money.

And now Hurricane Katrina is going down the same road...
Reporter: What will it cost?

Bush: Well, it's gonna cost whatever it costs, and we're gonna be wise about the money we spend. I mean, you’re ask– I, I, I — we haven’t totaled up all the bridges… and highways.

Yep, ol' Dubya just screams "fiscal conservative". A real penny pincher. A guy who knows what he's spending and why. The presidency of George W. Bush has been one of misleadership, poor management, and fiscal irresponsibility.

One more time:

"it's gonna cost whatever it costs"

Billions of our tax dollars are "missing" already. That means the Bush administration is either incompetent or is just using these events to raid the treasury. Given those choices I'd like to believe Bush is incompetent but I can't do that. The Bush administration has employed cronyism, deception, no bid contracts and outright thievery to raid the treasury. Believe it.

Right wing pundits like Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Coulter, etc. pounded the table and shrieked about the looting of grocery stores in New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. They cheered when a shoot on sight order for looters was put in place. But the silence from the right will be deafening as Bush uses Katrina as another excuse to loot the U.S. Treasury.

"it's gonna cost whatever it costs"

Let those words ring in your ear for the rest of the day. Then take your wife (the one who is not to good with the credit cards) to the mall, hand her your wallet, and tell her to go buy herself a new outfit for the cocktail party you'll be attending next week. Ask her how much she thinks it will cost. Then feel a sense of regret and sickening panic when she answers...

"it's gonna cost whatever it costs"