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9/9 Bush batting average calls for new coaches (think 0.333 is good?): http://tinyurl.com/a6a39 |
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tinyurl.com/a6a39 -> news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20050909/cm_usatoday/bushbattingaveragecallsfornewcoaches But in the O val Office, two strikeouts in three crucial at-bats is bringing boos fro m more than half the crowd, as national polls show. In baseball, hitting coaches share credit or blame for the batter's perfo rmance. Coaches in Bush's big at-bats: At the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, then-mayor Rudy Giuliani of Ne w York City quickly and wisely coached Bush on what the federal governme nt could and should do. We were comforted and united in efforts to avoid re-occurrences. On Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld repeatedly has miscoached Bush for three years on pre-invasion and post-invasion decisions. We are con fused and distressed over how and when to get out of this mess. Local leadership was lacking in Louisiana during Katrina, by both the gov ernor and New Orleans mayor. Michael Chertoff and FEMA Director Michael Brown co-coached Bush badl y We are angry and scared of what might happen in another major hurrica ne or a nuclear or biological attack. If Bush keeps his inept coaches on Iraq and Homeland Security, he may str ike out again at his next big at-bat. Presiden t Bush's shortcomings are not the product of the advice he receives, but his deficient judgment in getting us into the Iraq war and in surroundi ng himself with men based not on their expertise but on rewarding politi cal associates." Historians will j udge on the dispassionate analysis of records. |