Ghoulish Democrats exploit tragedy

Hugh Hewitt:

Families are still huddled near the bridge but already Congressional Democrats are blasting the Bush Administration for failing to spend enough money on infrastructure. This is as indecent as it is stupid.

One briefing today declared there are 77,000 bridges in the same classification as the 35W. The problem is obviously the inspection process, not the expenditure --an inability to focus on and find those structures close to catastrophic collapse. The bridge was in fact undergoing a $9 million maintenance program, with many workers on the span when disaster struck. Would $9 million have been enough to repair whatever flaw it was that brought the bridge down? No one can know, but there certainly was enough money allocated to the 35W to at least inspect t it adequately, which clearly was not done....

I think it must be the ambulance chaser inbreeding that leads Democrats to bring their business card to the scene of accidents. It is really unethical and unseemly. The investigation has not really begun, but I suspect one area of focus will be engineering and metal fatigue.