Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Oxymorons

I want Senator Rick Santorum, who thinks that people who "chose" to stay behind during Katrina should be fined, to tell that to hurricane survivor Charmaine Neville, who, after her home was destroyed by flood waters:
  • Used a school kitchen to feed hundreds of neighbors until supplies ran out a day later
  • Got raped by thugs
  • Watched the National Guard repeatedly fly over and wave to her but not rescue anyone
  • Wheeled and carried people to the dry French Quarter
  • Stole a bus to drive the old and infirm to safety
Then I want Santorum and Tom DeLay and Dennis Hastert and Michael Chertoff and Michael Brown and Condoleeza Rice and Barbara Bush and her guitar-strumming, golf-playing, Trent Lott-porch-sitting spawn to go down to New Orleans and start collecting corpses.

Maybe then I won't throw up every time I hear the phrase "compassionate conservatism."

1 Comments:

Having read all your posts, I'd say words---and eloquence---have not deserted you.

Cecilia

Posted by: Anonymous Anonymous at 9/07/2005 2:11 PM

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