Saturday, September 3, 2005
Jesse Jackson: Bush Ignored Black Flood Victims
Rev. Jesse Jackson accused the Bush administration on Friday of not acting faster to rescue New Orleans' beleaguered flood victims because they were largely black, poor and Democrat.
"Many black people feel that their race, their property conditions and their voting patterns have been a factor in the response," Jackson told the New York Times after meeting with Louisiana officials.
"I'm not saying that myself," he quickly added, but then said: "What's self-evident is that you have many poor people without a way out."
Rev. Jackson said cities like New Orleans had been dismissed by the White House because the president received few votes there.
Leading House Democrat Charlie Rangel echoed Jackson's demagoguery, telling the Times that Bush should have recognized the flood danger to New Orleans.
"I assume the president's going to say he got bad intelligence," Rangel said sarcastically.
"I think that wherever you see poverty, whether it's in the white rural community or the black urban community, you see that the resources have been sucked up into the war and tax cuts for the rich," he added.
Rev. Jesse Jackson accused the Bush administration on Friday of not acting faster to rescue New Orleans' beleaguered flood victims because they were largely black, poor and Democrat.
"Many black people feel that their race, their property conditions and their voting patterns have been a factor in the response," Jackson told the New York Times after meeting with Louisiana officials.
"I'm not saying that myself," he quickly added, but then said: "What's self-evident is that you have many poor people without a way out."
Rev. Jackson said cities like New Orleans had been dismissed by the White House because the president received few votes there.
Leading House Democrat Charlie Rangel echoed Jackson's demagoguery, telling the Times that Bush should have recognized the flood danger to New Orleans.
"I assume the president's going to say he got bad intelligence," Rangel said sarcastically.
"I think that wherever you see poverty, whether it's in the white rural community or the black urban community, you see that the resources have been sucked up into the war and tax cuts for the rich," he added.
