The republican rebuttal: my commentary
(its all the same policies over and over again - vouchers to improve schools, tax cuts, the idea that republicans trust you and they trust govt, more drilling and fossil fuels, the fake dicotomy of us = strong military they = wimps). These policies are the exact policies that led us to this disaster. In addition he tried to coop the progressive agenda which led to 20th century benefits as conservative values -- this is the biggest and most amazing distortion of reality. It was not conservatives who wanted to give up slavery, it wasnt' conservatives that wanted people to have voting rights, civil rights, medicare, social security, equality, workplace safety, restricting child labor, exploitation of workers and working class, mass education, women's rights, balanced budgets, regulation, environmental regulations, wildlife protection, and so many other great protections and rights we have today. The claim that southern "conservatives" have been a part of achieving these great American ideals is absurd at best and a violent and distorted lie on the other. The idea that the republican governor of Louisiana would refer to the Katrina debacle as evidence for how government doesn't work when it was the republican adminstration that caused the entire problem in the first place and at the same time blame government for spending money to come to the aid of people in need when Louisiana has taken trillions in recovery money (I read that it is 2.3 trillion!) is again and absurdity of monumental proportions and such hypocracy that this comment itself shoud dismiss everything else the guy said.
I can’t believe he invoked govt. failure on Katrina to support his position!!!
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