In the wake of the 35W bridge collapse it didn't take long for the liberal nutroots to start playing the blame game. And it only took a day for democrat politician to join the fray. The Iraq War and of course the President are cited as the chief conspirators.It is sad that even before the recovery operation can be completed you have self serving individual capitalizing on this tragedy. The notion that the Iraq War is contributing to the decline of infrastructure is the worst fabrication yet.
How can a federal action be responsible for a state problem. True federal oversights and money factor into the maintenance of our highways and bridges, but the bulk of the responsibility rests with individual state government.
If this tragedy shows anything, it is the level of ineptitude that exists not just in federal bureaucracy but also on the state and local levels. Minnesota has a 2.1 billion dollar budget "surplus"! As most, not all, but most states do. Here in Indiana we are running a 600 million dollar surplus, yet residents of Aboite Township in Allen County just saw their property taxes increase 57% after a recent annexation into the City of Fort Wayne.
Are you telling me that the President of the United States is directly responsible for inspecting and repairing every piece of infrastructure in this country? If so I guess I have been calling the wrong person concerning the potholes on my drive to work. You'd think that is the case listening to the media and reading the comments from the left-o-sphere. Of course, I shouldn't be surprised they, after all, do believe that the government should handle everything.
It is just sad that an event that should bring this nation together are used as a partisan issue to divide. And using it further a political agenda is an absolute travesty. Unfortunately the current political climate we live in has no morality to prevent it.
