Disasters Bring Out The Worst In Democrats

Today, I am embarassed more than usual to be from the left coast. Particulary California.
Our Lt. Governor, Democrat John Garamendi went on an unbelievable rant on lefty blowhard Chris Matthew's "Hardball" show on MSNBC.
Mr. Garamendi was supposedly talking about the recent horrible wildfire situation here in the Golden State. But, somehow, Mr. Garamendi found a way to work in the war in the Iraq theatre in the War Against Islamofacsist Terror. The full rant is on the MSNBC website via Hugh Hewitt http://hughhewitt.com.
Mr. Matthews starts out by asking Mr. Garamendi if the federal government is doing all that it can to help California, as if it is the federal government's total responsibility. Mr. Garamendi starts out by saying it is doing all that it can and then launches a broadside against President Bush who will be coming to California Thursday to survey the damage himself.
If memory serves me right, the same people like Mr. Garamendi were the first blowhards to rail how slow President Bush was to respond and visit New Orleans. As if somehow, President Bush could have prevented the disaster of Hurricane Katrina with Superman-like powers.
But, that was not it for Mr. Garamendi.
Mr. Garamendi went on to agree with a very loaded question from Mr. Matthews that President Bush's visit was nothing more than a PR stunt. Probably not unlike Governor Arnold or maybe even a visit Mr. Garamendi may have made. Oh no, when a compassionate, liberal Democrat visits a disaster zone, it is to asses the damage and promise to hand out the goodies.
In the middle of that, Mr. Garamendi, in the most sarcastic tone, says that they will be "polite" when President Bush comes to visit. So big of him!
But, here is the topper and how Mr. Garamendi gets the war in the Iraq theatre in on a firestorm.
Mr. Garamendi said that if President Bush would bring home California National Guard troops, maybe they can help with the fire situation.
What Mr. Garamendi implies that the whole of the California National Guard is in Iraq. WRONG! At most there are only 2,500 out of a total of 20,000. The fact is that there are many National Guard soldiers helping in a multitude of roles.
What, is the National Guard nothing more than a super fire and police force in the eyes of Mr. Garamendi? I think so.
Another thing about this disaster. California is more than prepared and all the levers of government are working together. There are thousands of people at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium. But there are no riots, no rapes, no shooting, no mass murders as was reported during the bleak first 48 hours of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans. People of all groups and income levels are toughing it out.
But, this is not enough for the John Garamendi's of California. There is always a need for these political hacks to slam the president for the war in the Iraq theatre. They are perpetuating a myth about state's National Guard's are all in Iraq.
Thankfully, the voters of California did not reward this cretin with the governor's office. We have been making some bad mistakes the last several elections with the Gray Era and Governor Arnold running as a moderate conservative and governing like his drunkard inlaw, Sen. Teddy Kennedy (D-Mass.). But we did not hand the governor's office over to this schmuck.
For when Democrats are in charge during a disaster, they show why they should not be in charge of anything.