The Southern Republican Leadership Conference is taking place in New Orleans.
A line-up of leading Republican speakers took note of New Orleans' food, culture, and football team.
But not a single one mentioned Katrina.
At the scene of one of the biggest failures of their previous administration under George Bush and, amid the lingering ruins of the flood waters, they showed their true colors.
Liz Cheney showed her talent for getting it wrong: "Nothing makes people more convinced of the rightness of conservative causes than seeing the alternative in action," said Cheney, referring I suppose to anything Obama has done.
Personally, Liz, I think you might not want to talk like that at the scene of the greatest failure of your party's policies of rewarding your rich friends with plum jobs so they can deny help to the people. Remember "Heck of a Job, Brownie?"
Better not to speak of the past, or the facts, or what the city needs. Just stroke your fat cats, kill anything Obama tries to do, and blame everything on somebody else. What a recipe for success.
Ralph
I'm posting this comment from Mickey Nardo:
ReplyDeleteExcellent point! "Nothing makes people more convinced of the rightness of conservative causes than seeing the alternative in action," said Cheney, referring I suppose to anything Obama has done." I think that's what "conservative causes" actually means - attacking "anything Obama has done." Are there others?