Posted on 09/17/2005 7:16:59 AM PDT by linkinpunk
I Will Rebuild With You, Mr. President
By Donna Brazile
On Thursday night President Bush spoke to the nation from my city. I am not a Republican. I did not vote for George W. Bush -- in fact, I worked pretty hard against him in 2000 and 2004. But on Thursday night, after watching him speak from the heart, I could not have been prouder of the president and the plan he outlined to empower those who lost everything and to rebuild the Gulf Coast...
I know, maybe better than anyone, that there are times when it seems that our nation is too divided ever to heal. There are times when we feel so different from each other that we can hardly believe that we are all part of the same family. But we are one nation. We are a family. And this is what we do. When the president asked us to pitch in Thursday night, he wasn't really asking us to do anything spectacular. He was asking us to be Americans, and to do what Americans always do...
Mr. President, I am ready for duty. I am ready to stir those old pots again. Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work.
The writer, a Democratic political consultant, managed Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Her father and sister were saved in the flood--she is grateful. This is a good first step by her and it deserves to be noticed.
"Governor BlankO is also playing nice too since her unaware live remarks about calling for help earlier have been played and read coast to coast."
Link to this, please?
When has kennedy given FEDERAL LAND away?
LOL!
''As all of us saw on television, there is also some deep, persistent poverty in this region as well. And that poverty has roots in a history of racial discrimination, which cut off generations from the opportunity of America. We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action."
There was no other purpose for Bush to say this except to justify giving away money in a manner that would otherwise not be justifiable.
Blacks all over the country now have a basis for demanding the same reparations that Bush wants to give blacks in New Orleans.
Well they say the DumRat PtB are the ones that are "divided" at this point. The last couple times i've heard Brazile speak she sounded like she belonged to the less lefty side of the party.
I don't see or hear her much so this could be a misconception. I'm usually pretty cynical.....
I am not much of a Donna Brazille fan, but at least she accepts a bribe gracefully.
Not sure on this one. Brazile neglected to help her own family evacuate from New Orleans. She has a mentally impaired sister in a group home that she did not see too, along with, I believe, her father, and other members of her family. She did not see to it that they were safe, despite the fact that she has adequate resources to do so. The rebuilding will directly benefit her own family. She certainly cannot look to Nagin, Blanco or Landrieu for assistance.
The type of response she deserves---Hey Donna. Thanks. But no help is needed. Your track record and judgement speaks for itself. If you have spare time for initiatives, we suggest you seek, find, and back another loser politician. Apply your best talents for the good of the country.
C'mon, peeples, she's blowin' in the wind for the benefit of the good but naive folk in the politically uneducated populace.
A rabid socialist consultant never changes her spits.
Leni
Too bad there are those who are unwilling to see the President a man of character and heart, doing the right thing without regard for the 'elites' on BOTH sides.
Shameless of you.
You didn't answer my questions.
As far as I'm concerned returning federal land to private ownership is a good thing.
Sad isn't it?
"When has Kennedy ever recommended ANYTHING..."
He recommended to Mary Jo to stay put, he will bring help right away!
The Democratic Party is on a feeding tube...already in a hospice.
Well, the money is going to be spent no matter what, even if Reagan or Coolidge was President.
IMO, Bush is not going to disburse the money the same-old big government way. There'll probably be lots of checks and balances, and less of it going to special interest groups and bureaucracies. This'll probably fit into Bush's "Ownership Society" vision.
I said probably because I'm skeptical of Bush too.
How is she with a hammer and can she find a hardhat that big?
Ms Brazile is looking to get in on the pork!
I distrust her so much - she "got out the vote" for Mary Landrieu in 2004 - and thought she had got out [sufficient] votes in Florida in 2000 - that I believe she was advising Gov Blank-o not to allow the feds in.
If Ms Brazile really loves NOLA then why was she complicit in allowing the corruption to cripple her neighbors?
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PS: I just heard Governor Ehrlich, R-MD, report that crybaby Broussard phoned him to thank him and the citizens of MD for saving the Parish of St Bernard.
They are all in SERIOUS CYA mode now!!!!
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