Obama shows folly of "compassionate conservatism"
Tags: No TagsHere's some of the "liberal"-style racial pandering from Bush's Katrina speech:
We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action… let us rise above the legacy of inequality. …there should be many new businesses, including minority-owned businesses, along those streets. …loans and loan guarantees for small businesses, including minority-owned enterprises…
Rushing in to take advantage, "Obama says Democrats must hold White House accountable":
"In the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, I think it's important that we don't just assume that George Bush is lying when he says he's finally been awakened to the fact that there is poverty and racism in our midst," said Obama, D-Ill. "It's tempting to do so, especially when he decides to put Karl Rove in charge of reconstruction."
…Obama said Democrats shared responsibility for failing to make a larger issue of poverty in the United States. But he said it was the opposition party's duty to hold the White House accountable for fixing problems exposed by Hurricane Katrina…
Since Bush didn't point it out, let's recall that Democrats have been supposedly trying to help poor people for six decades, to little effect. And, of course, New Orleans isn't exactly a Republican stronghold. So, yeah, the Dems might share some small amount of responsibility.
