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26. The GOP wants to paint this as Obama's Katrina

Fri Nov 2, 2012, 11:56 AM

Nov 2012

Just as they want to paint Benghazi as Obama's 911. And just as they are still looking for excuses to impeach Obama because Nixon was impeached and the attempt to get Clinton fizzled out.

I don't even think this is politics with them. It goes beyond the media's false equivalences. I think there's a kind of deep-seated guilt over the multiple Republican crimes, scandals, and failures over the past 40 years -- and instead of facing it honestly, they want to drag the Democrats down to their level.

So they really, really need to paint the displaced middle-class homeowners of Staten Island as being the same as the impoverished African-American community of New Orleans. It's all they have left.

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President Obama IS on top of the crisis, and Staten Island IS NOT the lower ninth ward! [View all] markpkessinger Nov 2012 OP

+ brazillion nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #1

eleventy gazillion! K8-EEE Nov 2012 #7

US Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano to travel to Staten Island, New York, on Friday, ... Tx4obama Nov 2012 #2

People who don't heed those warnings defacto7 Nov 2012 #3

Excellent post, markpkessinger. Suich Nov 2012 #4

Thank you, markpkessinger! So nice to have FACTS and REALITY of the crisis instead Cha Nov 2012 #5

Erin Burnett demands to know why FEMA hasn't stopped looting on Staten Island JPZenger Nov 2012 #6

Staten Island is home to many Firefighters. They of all EmeraldCityGrl Nov 2012 #8

Perhaps firefighters hang around to help during emergencies? lunatica Nov 2012 #16

And their families? Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2012 #20

Was there a story about firefighters' families not being evacuated? lunatica Nov 2012 #25

The families should have evacuated nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #24

They should have observed the mandatory evacuation orders EmeraldCityGrl Nov 2012 #27

From the tv coverage the day before Sandy, SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #9

Bingo. n/t ellisonz Nov 2012 #10

Missed a lot of this because I had no intenet until tonight because of this storm... TreasonousBastard Nov 2012 #11

+1 nt Live and Learn Nov 2012 #12

My intent was not to pass judgment markpkessinger Nov 2012 #13

Oh. Sorry. I wasn't referring to you... TreasonousBastard Nov 2012 #14

It's that passing judgement that pisses me off lunatica Nov 2012 #17

20 million evacuated? Hundreds of thousands evacuated? Where are you getting these numbers?? Squinch Nov 2012 #32

I'm obviously pulling them out of an imaginary hat... TreasonousBastard Nov 2012 #35

You said: Squinch Nov 2012 #36

So, howcum you ignore the part where I say... TreasonousBastard Nov 2012 #37

Kick dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #15

Staten Island elected Tea Party candidate Michael Grimm napkinz Nov 2012 #18

Also, the 9th Ward was underwater for more than month, intheflow Nov 2012 #19

Thank you -- very good additional points! n/t markpkessinger Nov 2012 #28

Relief trucks of food and water rolled into SI on the second day after the storm ended. Squinch Nov 2012 #33

+1000 Blueprogress Nov 2012 #21

Thanks for calling attention (albeit cast in a negative light) to my post of last Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #22

I just admire the heck outta you, Laura. Melinda Nov 2012 #31

You forgot to mention RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #23

I'm aware of that... markpkessinger Nov 2012 #29

The GOP wants to paint this as Obama's Katrina starroute Nov 2012 #26

Look, I don't want to get into a suffering game, but... CapnSteve Nov 2012 #30

It is relevant too that we are hearing nothing of the sort from the other neighborhoods in the area Squinch Nov 2012 #34