More Katrina victim bashing

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Wednesday January 03, 2007 · 11:11 AM PST

2007/01/03 · 11:11

I don't know how many more examples we need to put to bed the "compassionate conservative" myth once and for all. I mean, conservatives couldn't even let Gerald Ford be put to rest before they questioned his courage and decency. But let's revisit one of the greatest tragedies in American history - and one of the right wing's worst moments: Hurricane Katrina.

The usual suspects were out in full force as disaster struck. First, Glenn Beck called Katrina's victims "scumbags", adding, "I didn't think I could hate victims faster than the 9-11 victims." Then, trying to out-asshole Beck, Bill O'Reilly referred to the "poor in New Orleans" of being "drug-addicted" and "thugs".

More than a year has passed and, yet again, the right is returning to a familiar punching bag. As cited by First Draft, we read Townhall columnist Mike S. Adams saying, in an article about the Ben Harper song "Black Rain" (which touches on Katrina), "I suspected that the failure of so many people to take heed of the oft-repeated hurricane warnings had something to do with the proliferation of mind altering drugs in the Big Easy."

I suggest reading the rest of the article. Sure, it's an angering read, but it's worth the effort to gain an insight into the mind of people like Adams and his "compassionate conservative" peers. These are classless people. These are vile people. These are heartless people. Sugarcoat it all they want under a decaying veneer of faith-based platitudes, but these are not compassionate people. Nor, coincidentally, are they conservative. But the sooner we realize the true depths of their character, the better.

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