Although, Hurricane downgraded to a recombined Super Storm Sandy didn't quite unleash as much damage as was anticipated onto the US as some had projected, it was a pretty large storm covering almost 1000 miles. So close to the 2012 elections, some political analysts assumed this was going to make or break Obama's chances for reelection. Still, the reality may not be quite as important as how the media portrays it all to the American People. Okay so, let's discuss the Internet news and their attempts to rewrite current history shall we?
There was an article in the political news on All Voices on October 29 2012 by Prairie Dog Press titled; "Hurricane Sandy: Opportunity for Obama to show steady leadership," which applauded Obama's leadership during Super Storm Sandy, obviously purposefully giving credit for political gain just one-week before the election. The article reminded us of the statements by Obama prior to the storm;
"Anything they need, we will be there," Obama said. "And we are going to cut through red tape. We are not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules. We want to make sure that we are anticipating and leaning forward."
Still, really this goes without saying, as that is FEMA's exact charter. That's how it works and how and why it was created. The fact that Obama said it shouldn't give any credit to him personally, and FEMA doesn't need his okay on anything, that's how they do it, they are not beholden to rules or regulations and may bypass them at will, as would be the case during a Martial Law event with the military.
This political article further went out of its way to compare President Bush's handling of Katrina to this storm. Seriously, there is no comparison. This Hurricane Super Storm Sandy was estimated at $20 Billion in property damage, Hurricane Katrina $100s of Billions.
Now then, if you will recall President Bush warned the people along the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans 3-days in advance, unprecedented pre-warning. Further President Bush did handle things well. It was a huge storm and local officials allowed 1800 buses in New Orleans to drown which could have taken people out before the storm. It was the media that crucified Bush, not the actual performance of Brown at FEMA.
Lastly, I doubt Obama did much at all during all of this, he skated and the media let him - he looked like he didn't know what he was doing during all the media made events on the Storm I saw, his words wrung hollow - it's like he was disengaged, or I don't know maybe over-Prozac'ed that day (my opinion).
What we have now are political operatives attempting to make President Obama look good, when he didn't do anything. This is another example of a Pro-Obama piece trying to show he's a good leader - he's not. Not only that, it's largely PR and no actual name was attached to it; Prairie Dog isn't a name, it's an Internet Handle.
The article also stated that President Obama said before the storm: "If the public is not following instructions, we could get fatalities that could have been avoided," said Obama, as reported on CNN, after he declared a State of Emergency in nine states."
Really, declaring a State of Emergency in 9-states, and then telling people that if they didn't follow the warnings we "could get fatalities, that could have been avoided," how is that strong leadership? That's just obvious, so obvious in fact that every local jurisdiction emergency response person said the same thing in their local media alerts. Nothing Obama did in this Super Storm event was Presidential or anything a third grader couldn't have said or done. Obama didn't do anything but sit in the "situation room" at the White House and read urgent memos and watch CNN. That's not leadership, that's being a spectator. I am not impressed.
What bothers me is the attempts by the Obama Campaign to make it look like Obama was actually doing something and providing superstar leadership. We have political pundits participating in propaganda at the podiums and in the press. There is no honor in propping up a myth onto the American People. Please consider all this and think on it.
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