In the midst of it all, conservative mouthpieces desperately cling to their trickled down and trickled out message that the rich and influential must be ferried to safety first if we are to survive this storm.
Ravage the middle class; shelter the privileged few. Despite what they say, that’s clearly what they intend to do. That’s what they’ve been doing. And it will never be enough.
Of course, no sly sleight of hand – no matter how deft – could make Hurricane Isaac disappear. In a timing that was indeed eerie, if not flat out prophetic, Isaac made landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi gulfcoasts just as Republicans unveiled their plan to further wreak havoc on the struggling masses.
Will Americans pay heed to that nagging feeling in their guts that tell them the Republicans’ overly confident, slickly-packaged message of hope, is in actuality layered with lies and just as wanting as our troubled economy?
As Democrats face their share of challenges this week with rainy weather in Charlotte, NC, the irony of Isaac arriving on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, targeting the same vulnerable Gulf Coast states, shouldn’t be lost.
It was as if an awesome all knowing force – infinitely more intelligent, powerful and justified than the robber baron brotherhood – was speaking. But, the looming question remains: Was anybody listening?
Kevin McKinney
(Wildwood Leader, September 6, 2012)
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