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| Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle |
When George W. Bush was asked what Americans could do to help, after Katrina swept through, he said, "Contribute to the Red Cross."
This is, of course, the Republican response. Government is BAD. Don't even think about using the government. Use the private sector. This notion was articulated by Ronald Reagan's famous quip, "The nine scariest words in the English language: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
So what we rely on are the churches and charity. That way we owe nothing to our fellow citizens. What is required of us is nothing. What we give is only what we want to give. Painless charity.
Mr. Romney today is organizing a charity relief for victims of Sandy. This shows how big hearted he is. Heaven forbid he should mention the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the job, helping, restoring, responding. We Republicans don't believe in government. We believe in charity.
At least, that's what today's Mitt is saying.
Oh for goodness sake Mad Dog, what's wrong with you--who needs FEMA when you can have a loving church lady show up with a nice hot casserole for dinner! You're devastated by the storm-no worries-you'll get by with a "little" help from your friends...
ReplyDelete(Excellent cartoons!)
Maud
Chris Christie seems to be coming around on the FEMA / Big Government thing. Wonder why?
ReplyDeleteMad Dog,
ReplyDeleteMaybe the answer to Christie's epiphany is blowin in the wind..
FYI-Most of the current issue of Time is devoted to Lincoln, thought you'd be interested.
Maud
Maud,
ReplyDeleteI'll look Time up.
I wish Jon Stewart or the Democratic National Committee could find a clip of Mr. Romney answering the question in a primary debate whether emergency management should be returned to the states: "Absolutely. Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. And if you can go even further and send it back tot he private sector, that's even better."
Can you imagine Waste Management trying to clean up after Sandy?
--Mad Dog