Lame excuses

Check out this total and unmistakable confirmation that Colin Powell is a tool and would say anything to cover the rear end of his employers:

He defended the Bush administration against complaints it took too long to comprehend the scale of the crisis or respond with money.

"We have nothing to be embarrassed about. Our response scaled up as the scope of the disaster scaled up," Powell said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Bull. The only way Bush wouldn't have comprehended that the tsunami deserved more than the $15 million he first proposed is if his only information about the disaster came from Fox News.

There is plenty to be embarrassed about. The first thing is that it took so long for Bush to even issue a statement about one of the greatest natural disasters in decades. The second is that it only did so because Clinton went public with a statement of condolence first. Thirdly is that the White House found it necessary to publically chastize Clinton for feeling the pain of others. Fourthly that its initial offering was less than half the cost of Bush's inauguration. And finally that Bush and his White House remain incapable of admitting a mistake.

I'm sure that Bush and his friends don't feel the slightest bit embarrassed. But I do.