Some History Cannot Be Rewritten

Right wingers are always trying to re-write history. For example, Ann Coulter actually took the position in one of her books that Senator McCarthy really was a good man who fell victim to outrageous liberal propaganda. And for the past three years, BushCo has repeatedly tried to rewrite history with regard to why we invaded Iraq -- so far, we've been given over two dozen reasons for the Iraq invasion.

Randy Kuhl (Republican-NY) gives us the latest example of a GOP attempt at a history re-write. He made this comment during a recent debate in support of his position that our current GOP-controlled government has really gone out of its way to help people:

"You can see that when, in fact, this government needs to react, like it did with Katrina with immediate appropriations to help out people who were dying."

Of course, the crowd responded to Kuhl's assertion with laughter. You can watch the video of it here.

The reason I find Kuhl's comment so funny is that history will probably look back on the Katrina Debacle as the beginning of the end of the Reagan "Government Is The Enemy" Revolution. I know I reacted to Katrina with (1) horror at what I was seeing, and (2) shock that something like the Katrina Aftermath could occur in the United States, the greatest country in the world; and I have no doubt that most Americans had a similar reaction.

And that's why comments like the one made by Rep. Kuhl will always be received with laughter.

And, by the way, this is great.