Reply #16: Are we talking about what makes us feel good or what is effective for

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people in NO.

Sure, what Clark did today on AAR made AAR listeners happy. Dont forget two things:

-1/ AAR is a relatively small audience, and most of them already agreed with him. So, as much as I agree with Clark and am happy he did that, this is not leadership (though I am sure he would do the necessary if he was president).

2/ People in NO get nothing out of that. Hopefully, Kerry, Clark, and others are working in the background at getting help that can be useful for them. Talking on AAR will do nothing at all.

So, it depends what you are waiting from in a leader. If what we want is somebody who goes in selected audiences to say something that make you feel good, we already have Bush for that.

If you want somebody who will lead to find solutiona and fix problems, people like Kerry or Clark are what we need, but not because they say the words we want, just because they will do the right thing.

This said, I expect Kerry (and others) to very soon criticize Bush on his handling of this crisis. However, what he said today is only a very small part of the problem. The real problem is that they should have been ready and were not. For now, the urgency is make sure people still in NO get out of there ALIVE.