Wow. Just when you think maybe the hate-mongers of the deranged left have hit rock bottom, they go and sink even lower. Via Right Wing News:
"This President is never gonna do the right thing. I think somewhere deep down inside him he takes a lot of joy about losing people, if he thinks they vote Democrat or if he thinks they're poor, or if he thinks they're in a blue state, whatever his reasons are not to rescue those people..." -- Air America's Randi Rhodes
You have to wonder, do these people really believe this garbage? Read Rhodes' comment again. President Bush isn't just wrong in his policy positions. He wants some of his fellow Americans to die. We've taken a look at several left-wing blogs the last couple of days, and it's just all "Bush-is-evil" hatred and bile. People are dying in New Orleans, it's Bush's fault. The hurricane itself? Bush's fault. A shortage of food and water? Bush's fault.
It sort of reminds us of Fred Phelps or David Duke. They have an irrational hatred burning in their guts, and all rational thought is consumed by the flames. The hatred of Rhodes, Kos, and the like isn't racial of course, but it's hatred just the same. The only other alternative is that they're dishonest, calculating demagogues. We've heard a total of maybe five or ten minutes of Rhandi Rhodes; she doesn't sound particularly smart or insightful, but she could fit into either category.
But reading The Daily Kos and some similar sites, we get the impression they mostly fit into the latter category. They know what they're saying most of the time is nonsense, but it appeals to the unthinking minions who frequent their sites. It's all about stirring up the passions in service to the cause, and honesty is a non-issue. And these are some of the same folks who paint themselves as the champions of compassion, tolerance, non-judgmentalism, and all that.
Updates: Chrenkoff has a good roundup of caring, compassionate, non-judgmental commentary. The Anchoress has a good roundup of what has been done in the 100 hours following the hurricane, and reacts to the hatred coming from the left:
. . . Do you not see what is wrong with thinking this way, at this time? Do you not understand that while people are dying, or being threatened with violence, when they have lost their homes, their schools, their families, their memories, their whole pasts - then it is perhaps a time for silence, and for a bit of prayer, and for regretting where we have all fallen short, and then it is time to simply open the heart, open the heart, and try to do what you can to help? Just help, without the harangue?
But…perhaps a heart shrivelled by unrelenting hate cannot be opened. How grievous that is to contemplate.
And more from Michelle Malkin and Patrick Ruffini.
This woman is insane. Like you said, I wonder if any liberals actually agree with or believe what
she's saying.
Comment by Nick J. — September 1, 2005 @ 5:06 pm September 1, 2005
This whole thing is so ridiculous!! I'm watching Dateline NBC and the guy says, "I think the question that everyone is asking is 'What took so long?'" Um, no, actually I'm asking, "WHAT the HECK did you want President Bush to do!?!" Was he supposed to come to New Orleans the day before Katrina hit, and reinforce the levees himself? Was he supposed to come and force people to leave the city so they would be safe? Was he supposed to come the day after it hit when it was impossible to travel because of the flooding? And the whole "We're black, and everybody hates us" thing!! And on TV, they never show ANY of the white people in the crowds, it's always the black people, and it gives the impression that the ONLY people affected by the hurricane are the poor blacks, and THAT's why President Bush didn't do anything. It's a load of crap.
Comment by Lilly — September 2, 2005 @ 6:57 pm September 2, 2005
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I honestly don't think that liberals, by and large, believe that Bush caused the Hurricane (yes I am a liberal). I don't think people were wondering what has taken Bush so long to get to New Orleans; I think they want to know why it took so long for food and water, life's basic necessities, to reach these people. There was a lack of organization and it seems there was way too much talk and not enough action. Put yourself in the place of those victims, they don't care that Bush is holding a press conference about them; they want water, food and maybe something softer than concrete to sleep on. Also, if you've watched the news enough you would have seen white people being affected by this tragedy, so your claim that "they never show ANY of the white people in the crowds" is false. Black people are not "the ONLY people affected by the hurricane", I agree, but they do seem to be the majority.
Comment by Jess — September 2, 2005 @ 8:37 pm September 2, 2005
President Bush had his press secretary provide us with a new phrase, “Blame Game.”
It was introduced at a press conference where it was repeated eight times.
In order to ensure that ‘No Child Is Left Behind’ (unlike the thousands of children left behind to drown in the Gulf Coast) here is a word game you can play with your children so that they can know and use the phrase.
First of all the purpose of the exercise is to ensure that children and you, as an adult, are able to repeat the phrase when it is needed.
As part of our Homeland Defense it should be repeated eight times whenever anyone says something like this, ‘Undersecretary of FEMA Michael D. Brown is apparently an incompetent whose inadequate preparations led to the needless death of thousands of Americans, the destruction of several towns and the loss of one American city.’
As soon as you hear something like that you should say, ‘Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game.’
Children should look at the ground and shuffle their feet.
Responsible bureaucrats would also like us all to practice this other word game.
When anyone says, ‘Michael D. Brown should be fired.’, you respond, ‘Why would I do that for?’
For full effect repeat, ‘Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game, Blame Game.’
Hopefully these instructions will be available soon on FEMA for kids :
http://www.fema.gov/kids/index.htm
Comment by cranston36 — September 8, 2005 @ 1:15 pm September 8, 2005