Kerry/Edwards Still On Campaign Trail
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005It seems that John Kerry and John Edwards, the Democratic Presidential ticket in the 2004 Election, still think that they are out on the campaign trail.
WASHINGTON — Two Democrats who might seek the White House again in 2008 criticized President Bush for his response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, assailing the suspension of wage laws while urging a concerted effort to aid the poor.
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and former Sen. John Edwards spoke separately Monday on the government’s handling of the catastrophe and on the broader issue of poverty in the United States.
In a blistering critique, Kerry said former FEMA Director Michael Brown was to Hurricane Katrina “what Paul Bremer is to peace in Iraq; what George Tenet is to slam dunk intelligence … what George Bush is to ‘Mission Accomplished’ and ‘Wanted Dead or Alive.’ … The bottom line is simple: The ‘we’ll do whatever it takes’ administration doesn’t have what it takes to get the job done.”
Once again, instead of offering ideas or suggestions about how to improve the situation in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, Democrats can only spew rhetoric. It looks as if the Democrats are no longer just wishing for defeat in Iraq; now they’re also hoping for a catastrophe in the Gulf Region which was hit by Hurricane Katrina. It’s nothing but the politics for these people, regardless of the suffering.
“If the Great Depression brought forth Hoovervilles, these trailer towns may someday be known as Bushvilles,” Edwards told an audience at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington.
In the Democrats’ minds, somehow Bush is at fault for the poverty in New Orleans, a city which has a long history of poverty over many Presidential Administrations. None of the leftists seem to connect the mayor of New Orleans or the Governor of Louisiana to the economic condition of the areas they govern. Apparently the Federal Government is responsible for running New Orleans, according to liberal thinking, and the Mayor and Governor are just figureheads with no responsibility for their policies. I wonder if the Democrats have bothered to tell Ray Nagin and Kathleen Blanco that they are not really in charge.
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September 20th, 2005 at 2:30 pm
Blech
Today’s dose of NIF – News, Interesting & Funny … It’s a TJ-is-sick + Kerry-180 Tuesday