What Would Bush Have Done?
I know Obama is far from perfect, but this response makes me proud of my President again.
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He’d just gotten off the phone with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to talk about rescue and relief efforts after the Haitian earthquake. A larger meeting in the Situation Room is scheduled for 7:15 pm EST.This is why we voted for him. Also seeing on Twitter that Michelle Obama is going to be cutting a PSA today, asking people to help. And the Red Cross texting for donations campaign raised $1 million* in the last 24 hours. Makes me proud to be an American. (* Updates now saying between $2-3 million)
“I expect a full report at 7:15,” the president told his team, according to NSS chief of staff Denis McDonough. “I want to know why it is we’re doing what we are -- and why it is we’re not doing more.”
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Labels: President Obama, World politics
posted by Libby Spencer at 10:40 AM
4 Comments:
Even some of the gooniest of right wing goons are offended by Limbaugh's cynical denial that we need to do anything for Haiti. We remain a country with a big heart, even though a very short memory goes with it.
If some of those big hearts were to learn how much of a part the US has played in impoverishing Haiti and keeping it poor and oppressed, they might not forget all about this in a few months.
They don't want to learn that stuff though because then they would have to refine their POV. Sad really.
I thought the texting campaign was a stroke of brilliance.
It raised a ton of money for sure Rocky.
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