While Senator Graham is right to demand relief aid for his flood-ravaged constituents in South Carolina he was wrong to oppose the same type of relief for fellow Americans who suffered from flooding outside the boundaries of his state in 2013.
Graham’s self serving position on disaster relief underscores much of what it deficient in conservative ideology. Conservatives, like Graham only recognize a national problem if it affects them personally. If another part of the country is ravaged by a storm, he lacks empathy and says “sorry, you’re on your own.” However, when the flooding is in his own backyard, he is the first to scream and holler for help, because the problem is too big to be handled locally.
Maybe this will be a learning experience for the Senator, and he will start to acknowledge that federal disaster aid has a role in helping flood victims everywhere. Or maybe the next time another part of the country is under water, he will go back to doing what Republican Senators do best. He will deny funding, because his own house is high and dry, and for a conservative Senator, apparently that is all that matters.
I was being ironical. I'm not a Republican with a Republican mind!
Though, while we are here, some people had an objection to the Sandy bill not so much because of the money for relief, but because a lot of pork provisions were being larded onto it.
I love how he tried saying he didn't remember voting that way, much less why he voted that way. You'd think when a grandstanding politician gets on a roll with using human lives to score political points, they'd at least remember why.
I know, I know. He's lying. It's just an example of a politician digging the hole deeper and deeper, having screwed himself either way, starting with his original vote against Sandy relief.
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Date: 2015-10-07 02:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-07 06:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-07 06:26 pm (UTC)I don't understand the problem. :D
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Date: 2015-10-07 11:43 pm (UTC)While Senator Graham is right to demand relief aid for his flood-ravaged constituents in South Carolina he was wrong to oppose the same type of relief for fellow Americans who suffered from flooding outside the boundaries of his state in 2013.
Graham’s self serving position on disaster relief underscores much of what it deficient in conservative ideology. Conservatives, like Graham only recognize a national problem if it affects them personally. If another part of the country is ravaged by a storm, he lacks empathy and says “sorry, you’re on your own.” However, when the flooding is in his own backyard, he is the first to scream and holler for help, because the problem is too big to be handled locally.
Maybe this will be a learning experience for the Senator, and he will start to acknowledge that federal disaster aid has a role in helping flood victims everywhere. Or maybe the next time another part of the country is under water, he will go back to doing what Republican Senators do best. He will deny funding, because his own house is high and dry, and for a conservative Senator, apparently that is all that matters.
Does this help?
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Date: 2015-10-08 01:41 am (UTC)Though, while we are here, some people had an objection to the Sandy bill not so much because of the money for relief, but because a lot of pork provisions were being larded onto it.
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Date: 2015-10-09 04:03 pm (UTC)"...but because a lot of pork provisions were being larded onto it."
I didn't know that, about the pork. And:
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Date: 2015-10-08 01:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-10-07 11:00 pm (UTC)I know, I know. He's lying. It's just an example of a politician digging the hole deeper and deeper, having screwed himself either way, starting with his original vote against Sandy relief.
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Date: 2015-10-08 06:14 am (UTC)