Republicanism itself, will help US in the Florida clean-up

[SoCalDem]

Here's why:


I heard a town official standing next to a woman who had lost everything...and TWICE I heard these words come out of his mouth...She cried, and told how she had lost EVERYTHING she owned..

The reporter then asked the town official how the town and state would be helping the people...

Without even giving her a hug or a look, he went on to say.....

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paraphrasing..


"..people need to take personal responbsibility...they should have at least THREE days' worth of emergency supplies... they need to be responsible for taking care of themselves for up to a week."..

I thought ..How special...

Did he expect that elderly woman to strap those supplies to her back??? She probably DID have enough supplies to care for herself, but it all was destroyed..

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This is the mindset that will do them in, come November.. The rank and file Republicans are just people.. People like we are.. They bleed when they are cut, they cry when they are hurt or sad.. These folks have "believed the hype", but now the rubber is on the road, and let's just see how eager the town officials/state officials are to actually offer the FREE help that these folks need.. Loans (low cost or otherwise) are just that..LOANS.. An 86 year old woman on a fixed income CANNOT afford ANY loans...low cost or otherwise..

The most devastated areas seemed to be older people in mobile or manufactured housing. These places were probably paid off decades ago.. The "rebuilding" process is hard enough for young healthy people, but for these people it will be all but impossible..

The year-rounders VOTE..They have been sold a bill of goods on the prescription thing, and there is NO WAY they can hold anyone BUT a BUSH to blame if they do not get the help they need now..

It's kind of ironic , really, when you consider that a mainstay of the Republican party is "self-reliance", yet when disaster hits, it's public help that is needed and given..

The republican mindset needs to be expanded a bit, to help them realize that there are all kinds of "disasters", and though theirs was weather-related, it is no MORE serious, than the woman who has been beaten by an evil husband...or a family whose Dad has lost his job..or an ill person with no insurance..

Disasters are personal...and they all require help.. It's not a bad thing to need help from others..and it's not a bad thing to offer it

[stevedeshazer]

1. Could not agree more

There have been posters here for two days in these forums trying to convince us that this somehow helps Bush, but I don't see how that's possible. Times like these are when people deserve to have the government step in to help.

I'll bet that poor woman paid plenty of taxes in her lifetime, and she ends up listening to some ideological fool tell her, "tough shit, lady, keep your own damn emergency supplies. The money's all gone."

[MikeG]

2. You're right - they aren't going to help them.

It's a photo op for the benefit of the rest of the country.