PrintJune 5, 2010
Big Government's Katrina
The mess in the Gulf of Mexico is not just Obama's Katrina. It is Big Government's Katrina.Thank goodness it happened on the Democrats' watch. When George W. Bush was president, the lackadaisical performance of the federal government could be set down to Republican disinterest in governance. Republicans don't care about people, either, so you'd expect that they would leave a bunch of African-Americans mouldering in the Superdome for days. But when a Democratic president dilly-dallies around as evil crude oil is gushing into the pristine environment, well, then it's time for intelligent and educated Americans to take another look. Something is obviously wrong with the system.Let me be the first to help out you New York Times readers and NPR listeners. The problem is not the competence of President Barack Obama, even though he is earnestly proving his critics' line that he is a political organizer and not a national leader. Yes, I know that no lesser person than Peggy Noonan has uttered...(Read Full Article)
