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Saturday, September 1, 2007
Tancredo to New Orleans: F*ck you!
GOP presidential candidate Tom Tancredo continues to show that he's the epitome of compassion . The Hill reports that Tancredo has called for an end to federal aid to the Gulf Coast areas hit by Hurricane Katrina, and that the hurricane's survivors need to realize that ' the taxpayer gravy train [has] left the New Orleans station.'"The amount of money that has been wasted on these so-called 'recovery' efforts has been mind-boggling," said Tancredo, who is running a long-shot presidential campaign. "Enough is enough...." "At some point, state and local officials and individuals have got to step up to the plate and take some initiative.... The mentality that people can wait around indefinitely for the federal taxpayer to solve all their worldly problems has got to come to an end." The lawmaker criticized in particular the amount that has been wasted through fraud and abuse, estimated at $1 billion. "This whole fiasco has been a perfect storm of corruption and incompetence at all levels," he added. This magpie is tempted to agree with Tancredo on that last point, except that I'm certain the gentleman from Colorado doesn't think (as I definitely do) that the 'corruption and incompetence' emanates directly from the White House.
Labels: Big fat idiots , Hurricane Katrina , Incompetence , Tom Tancredo
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