America’s desperate need to demonstrate its goodness

The odd dynamics of Bush’s over-eager response to the tsunami disaster are captured by Tony Blankley:

First, the White House, sounding like a reverse television salesman, said: “did we say $3 million, we meant $30 million … did we say $30 million, we meant $350 million … did we say $350 million, that’s only a down payment. That’s all that’s in the appropriated disaster relief fund. Congress will give us more, much more.”

Posted by Lawrence Auster at January 05, 2005 05:34 AM | Send