President Bush has asked that Americans not “play politics” at this moment of terrible national disaster. But asking hard questions of our nation’s leaders is exactly what democracy demands when the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina is widely viewed as “a national disgrace.”
布什总统要求美国人在可怕的全国性灾难降临之际切勿“弄权”。但政府对飓风卡特里娜的处理却被很多人称作“国家的耻辱”，在这样的情况下，质问我们的国家领袖恰恰是民主自身提出的要求。