Truly Independent Investigation Is Needed

Today we hear that Bush is playing to conduct an investigation himself regarding the adequacy of the governmental response to the Katrina disaster.

This is just the obvious attempt to set out the most extreme position before negotiating an investigation commission that is favorable to Bush. Bush takes a ridiculous position and negotiates down to a favorable position. The media then dopely goes along with the notion that Bush compromised so the investigation must be fair.

We saw this strategy work with some success regarding the 9/11 commission and with great success regarding the commission investigating the Iraq War intelligence failures.

But make no mistake, BushCo is in full spin mode and are seeking to game the investigation early. %The only question is whether the Deomcrats will once again let Bush get away with a bogus investigation or will they insist on a legitimate one.