Newt blames the “failure of citizenship”
Pardon my frustration here, but I cannot let this pass. This week, over 18 months after Katrina, leaders in a certain political party are still blaming everyone but themselves for the gigantic failings that Katrina exposed. The sound-bite below was recorded at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) circus of Conservatives throwing red meat (or is it chum?) to other Conservatives.
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Though it’s true to character for Newt, I still find these comments offensive and strong evidence of the complete failure of his humanity, civility and, yes, patriotism…to cast such aspersions on fellow Americans devastated by the greatest natural disaster this country has ever experienced is bordering on demagoguery. His comments are not only a self-serving slap to the face of a community in which he would find few constituents, but it’s also a huge insult to all those, regardless of political affiliation, who have strived for the last 18 months to help those he labels “failures”. Both he and his audience, which no doubt lapped up every word in a sycophantic stupor, are guilty of shameless, divisive race and class warfare that is hard to stomach.