“But do you honestly think the left trashed Bush over Katrina w/out political motives?”
Many people on the left trashed Bush exactly for political motives. People slammed his appointees in FEMA, their lack of preparedness, the “Heck of a job” comment, the general disregard of a public service agency supposed to handle emergencies. Bush was responsible for the people he put into these offices, however indirectly.
Oh, and the photo ops - not the pictures themselves, but that after the pictures little was done to actually help the people. Bush wasn’t blamed for Katrina, not even for preventing it - but for the inadequate response of the federal agencies to it.
Now, Haiti? Rush has complained the the earthquake in Haiti is a political goldmine for Obama. Not that agencies of the Obama administration bungled the relief efforts - though that’s always harder when the relief is in a different country. Not that Obama did photo ops where he got his picture taken and did nothing. He basically stated that the Haiti earthquake, with its hundreds of thousands (probably) of dead and millions of victims, was a political opportunity for Obama and implied it was treated as such.
Never mind the dead and the dying, people, let’s focus on what is important : Obama’s approval ratings.
I don’t think it’s the same thing, not at all. Rush deserves criticism as much as any liberal would have if s/he had said the same thing. As I said in another comment, it is almost as heartless as Madeleine Albright’s answer that if the sanctions on Iraq had lead to the deaths of half a million children, the price would be worth it.
“But do you honestly think the left trashed Bush over Katrina w/out political motives?”
Many people on the left trashed Bush exactly for political motives. People slammed his appointees in FEMA, their lack of preparedness, the “Heck of a job” comment, the general disregard of a public service agency supposed to handle emergencies. Bush was responsible for the people he put into these offices, however indirectly.
Oh, and the photo ops - not the pictures themselves, but that after the pictures little was done to actually help the people. Bush wasn’t blamed for Katrina, not even for preventing it - but for the inadequate response of the federal agencies to it.
Now, Haiti? Rush has complained the the earthquake in Haiti is a political goldmine for Obama. Not that agencies of the Obama administration bungled the relief efforts - though that’s always harder when the relief is in a different country. Not that Obama did photo ops where he got his picture taken and did nothing. He basically stated that the Haiti earthquake, with its hundreds of thousands (probably) of dead and millions of victims, was a political opportunity for Obama and implied it was treated as such.
Never mind the dead and the dying, people, let’s focus on what is important : Obama’s approval ratings.
I don’t think it’s the same thing, not at all. Rush deserves criticism as much as any liberal would have if s/he had said the same thing. As I said in another comment, it is almost as heartless as Madeleine Albright’s answer that if the sanctions on Iraq had lead to the deaths of half a million children, the price would be worth it.