Post-Katrina anti-Bush propaganda

"I'm in a rather uncomfortable position of having to defend President Bush, who's being battered by partisan propaganda over Hurricane Katrina. The president was late reacting to the storm and his hand-picked leaders did not do the job, but I just can't sit here and let rank propaganda go unchallenged. On Sunday Bill Clinton said this to George Stephanopoulos: 'We know what works, and we had a program that was drastically reducing poverty and they got rid of it.' What is Mr. Clinton talking about? What program did Bush get rid of? Stephanopoulos sat there like a mummy, challenging nothing. Here are the facts: Black home ownership is up under President Bush; poverty spending is significantly higher; education spending for poor school districts is higher; and the poverty rate, which was 13.7% halfway through Clinton's tenure, is now 12.7%. Federal tax revenues will be higher this year than at any time during the Clinton administration. Why? Because business is booming. Capitalism is working, and the more money corporations and workers make, the more taxes roll in. As for President Bush, he owes me big. I want a pen."

Bill O'Reilly