Because They Deserved It
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plays the most despicable card of all, and you can find it, in all its vile glory, at The Huffington Post:
"As Hurricane Katrina dismantles Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, it’s worth recalling the central role that Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour played in derailing the Kyoto Protocol and kiboshing President Bush’s iron-clad campaign promise to regulate CO2."
So, really, in Robert F. Kennedy's gruesomely sheltered and blindingly self-righteous world view, everybody in the panhandle just got what was coming to them . . . because we didn't sign Kyoto (that worthless piece of environmentalism hogwash), dontchya know. I wonder if he penned his poisonous little screed during a cross-country trip on his private jet, belching the kind of carbon emissions that half the population of Mississippi can only dream about . . .
This is the money quote: "In 1998, Republican icon Pat Robertson warned that hurricanes were likely to hit communities that offended God. Perhaps it was Barbour’s memo that caused Katrina, at the last moment, to spare New Orleans and save its worst flailings for the Mississippi coast."
Pardon my language, but what a pompous, f*cking a**hole. Not even tragedy can keep the modern left from rising up like a zombified carcass and clawing for whatever cheap political points it can grasp.
Comments
oh he's a piece of work, isn't he? another worthless limousine liberal...
Posted by: libertarian observer | August 31, 2005 8:00 AM
I never had any respect for Robert Kennedy, and this just reinforces the idea that he is nothing more than a pompous windbag. I agree, it was a comment that was beyond low...
Posted by: Phillip | August 31, 2005 11:44 AM
Did a Kennedy just lecture me about how it's the Republican's fault for drowning deaths?
Surreal...
Why isn't anyone asking the question: Did eight years of "saving the wetlands" from 1993-2001 have anything to do with this situation?
Posted by: The Real Scott | August 31, 2005 10:34 PM
My journey from gaylefty to homorighty began when I realized I could not often tell the difference between the ravings of liberals like Kennedy and theocons like Pat Roberts.
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My sentiments, exactly. The raving theocons are pretty marginalized within the conservative party, while the raving Kennedy's are front and center. Big difference.
Posted by: EssEm | September 1, 2005 8:00 AM
here's a good one I saw on Samizdata; a bit of a variation on the old bumpersticker:
"Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than global warming."
tee hee
Posted by: libertarian observer | September 1, 2005 8:07 AM
I think I hear JFK turning over in his grave, muttering something about "beating the hell out of that bastard nephew of mine".
Posted by: Chuck | September 1, 2005 8:09 AM
Hmmm, let's think about this: I'm pretty sure the force of JFK spinning in his grave caused some environmental damage... maybe the Kennedy's are trying to keep us from knowing the truth about the real cause of the hurricane?
Hey, coming up with whacky "grave-twirling JFK that caused the hurricane" and "George W. Bush and Haley Barbour caused the hurricane" theories is fun!
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Posted by: The Real Scott | September 1, 2005 3:39 PM
What do you expect from a bead-fingering, idol/fish-worshipper...logic?
Posted by: Ted | September 3, 2005 3:41 AM