New York Times’ columnist Bob Herbert‘s scathing criticism of the way Bush and his cronies danced in a completely disgusting display of theocracy while American soldiers died in Iraq, is right on the money.
Even as President Bush was taking the oath of office and delivering his Inaugural Address beneath the clear, cold skies of Washington, the news wires were churning out stories about the tragic mayhem in Iraq. There is no end in sight to the carnage, which was unleashed nearly two years ago by President Bush’s decision to launch this wholly unnecessary war, one of the worst presidential decisions in American history.
President Bush and his equally tone-deaf supporters spent the past few days partying hard while Americans, Iraqis and others continued to suffer and die in the Iraq conflagration. Nothing was too good for the princes and princesses of the new American plutocracy. Tens of millions of dollars were spent on fireworks, cocktail receptions, gala dinners and sumptuous balls.
Bob Herbert: Bush Dances While American Soldiers Die
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Yawn… typical NYT reporting. Private citizens bore the costs:
The Presidential Inaugural Committee has said putting on the inaugural events would cost about $40 million, which is being raised from private donors — more than half of them corporations that gave as much as $250,000 each — as well as sales of tickets and merchandise.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/20/bush.inauguration/
NYT reporting compares unfavorably to our most egregious examples of commercial advertising. They need to be recycled.