[TheRealThing]

I agree with some of the things you say. Especially with the idea that it will take all of us. I blame a lot of that on Florida for not shutting down until after Spring Break. There is no telling how many lives will be lost because of that. On the other hand without direct federal guidance then that is what you get.

I can't agree with the BOLDED against Andy Beshear. I watch the guy everyday, and I have never seen a politician be less partisan. He does have things to complain about from several administrations federal and state, past and present, but he stays away from it even when reporters are trying to bait him into saying something negative.

I can't believe you refuse to hold the Trump administration accountable at all. It was reported yesterday that the administration didn't begin ordering face masks and other PPE until mid- March. If true, that falls squarely on the shoulders of this administration. The US government no matter who is in charge should have seen this coming, and started preparing before March.

Impeachment was a distraction for us, and the media, but the administration should have been focused on the job of protecting the American people. None of the people who are responsible for the failings at this point, including the President, had any responsibility in the Impeachment proceedings, so they should have been doing their jobs.

Yeah, me too. I heard Beshear say he couldn't get supplies because he was competing with the federal government. That's like trying to buy fire insurance after the house burns down. He did not directly implicate the President, but only a goof would deny the underlying intent. It is the fed's responsibility to back up the states which need help, but it is each individual state's responsibility to sovereignly govern self sufficiently. And in that sense every serving governor bears responsibility. This fact is as true in the retroactive sense, as it is the present sense and the future sense. As the keys to the White House were handed to MR Trump, the warehouses which housed the national backup stockpile were nonetheless, empty. You may want to go on with this argument, I for one am not because the fact is not only evidenced by recent events, it is long established law. The US Chamber of Commerce says these kinds of things are an inherency associated with global enterprise, and we should get on with free trade. Last I heard, which was like this past weekend, the Dems are all about free trade. So, this caught us all by surprise despite myriad examples of people on cited video making their warnings that this day would come. What I can't believe is how anyone could try to hang sole responsibility around the neck of this President. We the people have a right and a reasonable expectation that preparedness would be an ongoing surety. Should we not?

But I have just pointed out the obvious in this situation, if I were you and I wanted to blame somebody, I'd look to China's recklessness. Federal guidelines have been issued. But as in the case of emergency medical stores, governors responsible for oversight in that case are endued with power by their own constituents and the US Constitution to exercise their own judgment. They chose to fund other things, and some have chosen not to do state wide lockdowns. The next legal step some would argue, would be to declare marshall law. I'd love to see your reaction to that.