September 2, 2005
Commentary - Presidential Leadership
:President Bush remarked during the 2000 campaign that natural disasters our “a time to test your mettle.â€? During what Bush, himself, calls “one of the worst natural disasters in our country’s history,â€? it is clear we have a President without much “mettle.â€? Wednesday, he delivered what the New York Times called “one of the worst speeches of his life.â€? I listened in disbelief as he listed the supplies that are being sent to Louisiana and Mississippi and the people he has put in charge of different aspects of the mission. I was surprised when he took the time to explain what a MRE was. And I was absolutely disappointed in his inability to show any sympathy or empathy. For a man that prides himself on being a discipline of Christ, there wasn’t even a prayer for the victims and their family.
Bush has been here before. It took him twenty-minutes of listening to a children’s book and hours of circling the Earth before responding to the 9/11 disaster. And maybe waiting to return to Washington for two days after the Hurricane Katrina struck (and fitting in a speech praising efforts in Iraq while people were dying in the south) was beneficial for him. Perhaps he can rebound and respond well. After all, the Federal Government is mobilizing the largest response effort in our nation’s history.
But I am not very certain in his leadership/emotional abilities. Thursday, in an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, she pushed him to show some sympathy. He was asked what he would say to those that do not believe the relief is getting to them fast enough. It was a softball question with an answer readily available of how he understands their frustration and pain and is working as hard as he can to provide full relief. He got incredulous. He said that people have to understand these things take time and that they need to wait. The man just simply lacks any sympathy or empathy (or at least can’t show it). And this fatal flaw of the President shows he lacks the mettle to be the leader and President that this nation needs.
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