Saturday, September 03, 2005
Assholes On Parade
Chrenkoff has 'em all in Hurricane exploitation - the quotes.
Here's my personal fave, a crowning example of the conditional compassion practised by the left, with a familiar refrain thrown in just to remind us that this particular brand of reasoning has deep cultural roots:
"The Republicans did not shirk from making political use of 9/11, and we should not shirk from reminding the country that Bush turned what should have been a mere problem into Ragnarok.
Conservatives may accuse us of lacking taste if we use this sad occasion to point out sadder facts of political life. Cable news pundits will try to pretend that now is not the time for partisan politics.
"If they say that, screw 'em.
"If the Bush-voters want Californians and New Yorkers and other blue staters to fork over dough, then they damn well had better take our words as well. Republican policies caused this catastrophe. Force them to hear that message -- again and again. That message is the price of the charity they now demand."
If such an attitude were a part of the rightwing mindset, would anything be done to help mostly Kerry-voting New Orleanians? Just more evidence of the cravenness of the American left, which thank God is not all that's left of America.
Hugh Hewitt: "I do not doubt that the full-throated attack on [the] president will continue over the long weekend. But perhaps it will grow just a bit less hate-filled, and the recovery effort a bit more energetic, if the center-right just refuses to return fire on a Labor Day weekend which occurs just as a very long labor comes into focus."
Here's my personal fave, a crowning example of the conditional compassion practised by the left, with a familiar refrain thrown in just to remind us that this particular brand of reasoning has deep cultural roots:
"The Republicans did not shirk from making political use of 9/11, and we should not shirk from reminding the country that Bush turned what should have been a mere problem into Ragnarok.
Conservatives may accuse us of lacking taste if we use this sad occasion to point out sadder facts of political life. Cable news pundits will try to pretend that now is not the time for partisan politics.
"If they say that, screw 'em.
"If the Bush-voters want Californians and New Yorkers and other blue staters to fork over dough, then they damn well had better take our words as well. Republican policies caused this catastrophe. Force them to hear that message -- again and again. That message is the price of the charity they now demand."
If such an attitude were a part of the rightwing mindset, would anything be done to help mostly Kerry-voting New Orleanians? Just more evidence of the cravenness of the American left, which thank God is not all that's left of America.
Hugh Hewitt: "I do not doubt that the full-throated attack on [the] president will continue over the long weekend. But perhaps it will grow just a bit less hate-filled, and the recovery effort a bit more energetic, if the center-right just refuses to return fire on a Labor Day weekend which occurs just as a very long labor comes into focus."
