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May 19, 2007
Clinton blasts Katrina response; MSM and leftysphere don't notice
This morning, Hillary Clinton let go what sounds like a pretty withering blast at the American response to Katrina, and makes it sound like it will be a central tenet in her 2008 platform.
As of tonight, AP had picked up the story, but neither CNN nor MSNBC had even mentioned it either on the front page or in their politics sections. Although the "Wild boar runs loose in City Park" link on CNN at first seemed like it might have something to do with Hillary, alas it was a week-old story about pigs.
Equally unsurprising is the fact that the unrelenting First Draft is the only lefty-blog I read that mentions the story. The usually obsessed-with-every-minute-detail-of-the-primaries MyDD, AmericaBlog, DailyKOS, and Firedoglake are all responding with a unanimous "Katrina who?" Apparently major policy speeches aren't as much fun as polling data. Either that or a 10-point plan for fixing the rebuilding effort doesn't merit "major policy" status.
So, ya know, fuck the lefty blogosphere. Again. But keep an eye on Hillary. I want to know if she makes the same speech anywhere other than Dillard. Tell 'em in Iowa and California and Wisconsin and New York and I might start to believe you, baby.
Posted by ray at May 19, 2007 10:45 PM | Permalink
Categories: [katrina | politics ]
Comments
Well, I posted something, but I'm a little to the left of Guevara.
As Saintseester commented: if Hillary makes it a campaign issue, it will become a campaign issue.
Posted by: ashley at May 19, 2007 11:10 PM
The Chicago Tribune covered it.
Posted by: Souldrift at May 20, 2007 9:55 AM
Thanks, Souldrift.
I'm with ya, Ashley. But as Clio said, she needs to put her money where her mouth is. She's got lots of time left in the Senate term to try to implement her platform in legislation, and she needs to make the same speech in places where the topic won't be "playing to the crowd" before I believe that she's sincere.
Posted by: Ray at May 20, 2007 10:49 AM
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