Jasmyne Cannick: Katrina & President Bush's Moral Indifferences

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Those Black Christian pastors that urged their congregations to support President Bush because of his views on abortion and gay civil rights have got to be kicking themselves for their blind allegiance to his moral agenda. The world watched in shock and dismay, and that included Black pastors, the cavalier disregard that Bush showed for the Black poor in New Orleans. And that almost certainly includes many Black Christians in New Orleans that Bush has relentlessly courted, and were key to his trek back to the White House. Bush and right hand man Karl Rove also expect big things from them in 2006 and 2008. Louisiana is a key part of the Bible Belt South, and though New Orleans has a reputation as a liberal, free swinging oasis in the South, many of the cities Blacks, including the poorest of the poor, and devout Christians, are the ones that Bush and Rove consider key support allies. But what did they get for that support? Thousands of lives and homes lost, billions in lost income, and an utter disregard for their safety. The “their” being Black Christians.

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1. Amen.

They don't have anyone to blame but themselves. They discriminate against us, people who they see as less than human, and in return they receive the punishment they sought to dish out. It's called karma. You lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas, and I can only hope that sane black folks turn away from those who support bigots in droves. I'm not going to hold my breath, though.