The Limbaugh Plan
This post is another that has been delayed during my ten day hiatus from blogging. I meant to upload this last week.
After Hurricane Katrina and the resulting promise of billions in federal aid, Limbaugh had to field a lot of rants from outraged callers who felt, among other things, that Bush had betrayed Conservatives. At least one woman caller was downright nasty, citing the looting as a good reason not to give one dime to the recovery. Limbaugh, in his mock Liberal voice, said we had to “understand” her anger. As a way of assuaging public opinion, Limbaugh took it upon himself to propose the Limbaugh Plan for New Orleans. While defending the necessity of spending money to rebuild New Orleans, the plan was simply another Republican attempt to justify increased spending while refusing to raise taxes.
I found the above picture to be strikingly ironic, in a way. Suddenly, Republicans are talking about their New Deal. They are engaged in major Nation Building efforts around the world that would have appalled them during the Clinton years. And somehow, they have to justify these 180 degree shifts in terms of the Conservative ideology that catapulted them to power in the last decade. It can’t be justified, and it may well be their downfall.
Maybe if we put our “collective” heads together, we can come up with a good caption for this picture? What do you think?
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So what kind of a plan is Limbaugh actually proposing? Looks to me like he’s saying, “See, up here is the north, and if we can just move people this-a-way, then they’ll be out of New Orleans”
Comment by Dawn — Wednesday, 28 September 2005 @ 3:06 pm
Limbaugh has a detailed list of programs he would cut to pay for the reconstruction…which is more than I can say for the President. However, I don’t expect any cuts in spending from Congress or the President. Cutting spending isn’t what Governments do; people don’t get reelected by cutting spending.
I was thinking of a caption similar to yours, Dawn. Maybe something like, “See, if we just bulldoze all of this right here and sweep it into the river, we could build a beautiful Navy base where we could train more killer dolphins.”
Comment by Matthew — Wednesday, 28 September 2005 @ 3:22 pm
Ooh, I like yours, Matt. I was also thinking about having him point out how New Orleans (as the letters clearly indicate on the map) is all black.
Comment by Dawn — Wednesday, 28 September 2005 @ 3:31 pm
Dawn, I think you hit that right on.
Comment by Mel B. — Wednesday, 28 September 2005 @ 5:42 pm