Taken from Eleanor Clift's Newsweek column (Sept. 10, 2005)...
'Bill Clinton understands the impact of a disaster. His inability to cope with an influx of Cuban refugees in 1980 contributed to his defeat as governor. He recovered and came back to win again. Clinton, who toured the Houston Astrodome with former president Bush, must have been aghast when Barbara Bush mused how many of the people being housed “were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.” We’ve gone from compassionate conservatism to Marie Antoinette. As much as the Bushes disparaged Clinton over the years, they want him nearby as a human shield to show they’re capable of reaching out beyond the narrow confines of class and partisan politics. The irony of a Republican president now looking to the credibility of the last Democrat in the White House to maintain his standing reveals the extent to which Bush has fallen politically.'
I especially appreciate his comparison of Barbara Bush and Marie Antoinette. Everyone used to refer to this woman as America's mother when Bush 41 was in office. I have always said this woman was a complete tin-plated bitch putting on a facade based on an experience I had with her during Bush 41's vice-presidency. Everyone always told me how sweet and nice she seemed.
Feeling a bit vindicated now.
By the way, I am curious about something?
Why are the NOLA police confiscating guns from everyone else in the city while allowing the rich to have armed guards on their houses? Many of those guns being confiscated are for personal protection from the armed gangs traveling the city and are legally registered and constitutionally allowed. Since when did possessions become more important than people?
Oh wait... I forgot. Emperor Bush is in office. My bad.
2000 years later we still talk about how Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. (Historically Nero was supposed to have played a lyre while Rome burned but the quote was always fiddle.) Do you think in 2000 years they'll talk about how Emperor Bush played golf while NOLA drowned?
Would have have rushed home immediately if they would have removed the feeding tube from someone in the Superdome?
