"I take responsibility"

[kandrathe]

I don't get it - where's the spine?  It's a meaningless, empty statement, with nothing behind it (aka it has no spine).  Occhi has already said as much higher up in the thread.
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With regards to President Bush and Katrina, I think you are wrong. I see him involved now directly leading the relief effort after his appointed deputy had failed and resigned. I will be watching for his plan in his speech tonight in New orleans.

The spineless approach is to deflect blame until it either evaporates or sticks to someone else. I'm thinking of recent government investigations where the accused either obfuscated and evaded, or ignored the issue until it evaporated from public consciousness. In rare cases, like James Traficant, the perpetrator is convicted and jailed. But in most cases, like Hillary Clinton, they walk away mostly untainted.