Quote: r3x29yz4a said: how many people died due to Clinton's negligence in an emergency?
I'm fairly certain there were hurricanes during the Clinton administration. I am also fairly certain that people died in same. I similarly certain that, at the time, the policies and procedures in place were similar to those in place under Bush. However, under Clinton, there was not a huge rush to assign blame for those deaths to the presidency directly.
I could also point out that there is a school of thought that says Clinton's negligence in hunting Bin Laden (who was planning 9/11 long before Bush took office) allowed him to put in place his attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. However, that that discussion has been done to death on another thread.
More importantly, however, even though Bush took responsibility for the failures of his administration, in a "buck stops here" show of contrition, that is still a long cry from saying that Bush was negligent or that his alleged negligence is directly responsible for those deaths.
Again, the go over the same ground we are now going over and over on multiple threads, if you say Bush's negligence contributed to the deaths you need to also admit that the negligence of other federal, state and local officials, including your beloved Clinton, also contributed to those deaths.
