GIANT TSUNAMI STRIKES & BUSH GOES AWOL FOR THREE DAYS
Commentary by Ralph Nader
When the Iraq-obsessed Bush finally emerged from his ranch in Crawford, Texas, the assistance sum was upped to $35 million (little Spain is giving $68 million). Bush, bristling before public criticism of his belated mini-start, did what he usually does. He hid behind the American people. “We’re a very generous, kind-hearted nation,” he declared. It is not the American peoples’ generosity we’re worried about, Mr. Bush, it is your failed leadership to take the helm of the world’s relief effort. Great humanitarian missions are historic opportunities to bring the best out of our country and its people as they rush to the aid of the innocents. The victims—both residents and tourists—came from 40 countries.
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