There'll be a wave of Clueless Old Liberal (C.O.L.) complaints about the "Bush Deficits" in the near future. What had been a shrinking deficit in the last few months, partly thanks to increased revenue collections for the U.S. government will of course all be out the window with the emergency spending on Katrina recovery.
As the estimates keep going higher, we're going to hear and read more and more about how F.O.B.'s (Friends of Bush) are getting rewarded with fat contracts for New Orleans clean up, levee repairs and upgrades, and more rebuilding and recovery efforts. Haliburton and other companies with ties to George W. Bush are going to get some of those contracts, and the howling will not cease.
Of course, if these companies don't bid on the work, and it never gets done, then it's all Bush's fault. If they do bid, and win the bid, then they are getting political favors from Bush.
And either way the money that is spent will add to deficits that will lead to another endless round of Bush bashing.
I'm sure that some of us (BakerStreet, Ted, Dr.Guy, Little Whip, Drmiler and a host of others) know in advance that these screams are coming. Perhaps getting out in front of them now will help soften the blow when it comes. Perhaps not. Either way, be ready for the articles from the C.O.L.'s as they are surely coming....
