"Back-to-back hurricanes have reshaped the geography of the Gulf Coast and the contours of George W. Bush's presidency," USA Today reports.
"Bush was elected in 2000 as a 'compassionate conservative' who promised a 'humble' foreign policy. After the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, he made fighting terrorism his main mission, launching wars in Afghanistan and then Iraq."
"Now, in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- to the consternation of many in his Republican base -- he is outlining one of the most ambitious domestic goals of any modern president. It is akin to FDR's New Deal, a response to the Depression, and the anti-poverty projects of LBJ's Great Society."
Posted by Joshua Claybourn at September 28, 2005 11:25 AM
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You're calling this a flip flop and not even mentionning the even more obvious flip flop on energy conservation?
Posted by: Balta at September 28, 2005 12:38 PM | permalink
Even before the hurricanes, Bush was one of the biggest spenders of all time, easily in LBJ territory already. And it is grossly dishonest for U.S.A. Today to suggest otherwise.
Bush's Katrina relief proposals may be similar in kind or in style to the New Deal, but I doubt they will be of the same magnitude (in inflation-adjusted dollars).