MSNBC: Father & daughter photo is Trump's Katrina moment

[Miles Archer]

It's being discussed right now on Stephanie Ruhle's show.

I'm not sure I agree with that... it is "A" Katrina moment, but perhaps not "THE" moment for a bastard who's had MANY, going back to his mocking a disabled reporter.

I CAN see a "fact check" video which juxtaposes a crossed-arms and petulant Trump saying he's doing "a lot better than Obama," mixed with actual facts about how Obama's administration handled the situation.

ONE THING IS FOR SURE...we CANNOT shy away from Trump's record in office. It's going to have to be in the mix. YES, we have to speak directly to voters, with an agenda that will matter to them. We also have to make it a balancing act.

We'll see what comes out of the debates tonight.

[underpants]

1. I agree. They have no clue how this is playing

I’ve posted that several times here. W and Tge Repubs has the bottom drop out on them after Katrina. I’m sorry this is all happening but then what could we possibly expect?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. That photo, along with the little boy who washed up dead on the Turkish beach....

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To show the cruelty of turning one's back on the suffering of others, yearning to live and breathe free.

We must continue to oppose this cruel man in the White House however we can with our voices, presence, our vote!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. His name was Alan Kurdi.

[gordianot]

3. It is not just a Trump moment but an American moment.

Unlike the burning girl in Vietnam there is no return.

[Miles Archer]

6. You're right...

...it seems that we have somehow achieved a higher tolerance level to shock in the Trump years. I can't imagine that photo during any other presidency...but, as many pundits have said in recent days, Trump commits all of his atrocities in plain sight. He does it, without remorse, and if there's blowback, he simply lies, and the media story then becomes covering his objections and grievances and denials, rather than the actual act he's committed.

The photo and the story that goes along with it IS getting coverage...I'm just not seeing the level of outrage I'd expect.

[bdamomma]

14. oh yes

the rest of world will remember us as the "ugly Americans" if we don't get this POS out, he will drag all of us down.

Impeach the bastard huh? we cannot wait until Nov. 2020.

[gordianot]

17. Images count impeach him now.

This makes me furious no justice in America.

[Funtatlaguy]

4. Trumps base is MUCH more loyal than Bush base.

[Miles Archer]

7. I'm not sure how I'd define Bush's base...I'm not fully convinced he had one.

Yes, there were people who saw the photos of him clearing brush at the pig farm and took it as proof that he was a low-down, ornery, mean, rootin' tootin' cowboy.

There seemed to be more of a cult fascination with Cheney being "Darth Vader" than Bush being "John Wayne."

But in the bigger picture, I think he was embraced as more of a useful idiot. His "base"...in the big picture...seemed to be more in love with Republicans in power than they were in Bush himself.

Trump, on the other hand...yes, that's a "cult of personality." An inexplicable one, but a genuine cult.

[bdamomma]

19. you wonder

if tRump said drink this, they would do it or do something worse.

[bdamomma]

18. cause they are stealing

from us and giving to their donor friends. Follow the money.

[TruckFump]

5. It won't bother the Trumpistas

They care about fetuses...not dead brown babies.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. It's much worse than a Katrina Moment.

A Katrina Moment is the manifestation of gross incompetence and unqualified cronies running the show.

Don't get me wrong--that's all in play here. But here you have the added factor of simple malicious evil at play that supercharges it.

[StarfishSaver]

13. You are exactly right

Katrina was "the manifestation of gross incompetence and unqualified cronies running the show."

The intentional cruelty and viciousness of this so far off the scale, it's hard to describe or compare it to anything that came before in our recent history.

[Miles Archer]

15. Simply malicious evil, apathy, and Stephen Miller doing a happy dance

It's all there, folks.

[bdamomma]

20. you said right there

Stephen Miller do you know that he doesn't put his signature on anything??? He's not too guilty huh???

[kozar]

9. There are no "moments"

During a Repub presidency, if people die, It is God's will for whatever reason.
During our Presidencies, it is our person's fault.
Surely we have learned this by now.


Koz

[StarfishSaver]

12. Perhaps - EXCEPT

At least Bush evidenced SOME interest in the plight of the Katrina victims, notwithstanding his administration's lackluster response.

[StarfishSaver]

16. Joy Reid: "The cruelty is the point"

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