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Bob Herbert Quotes

«History will not be kind to the chicanery that passes for governing in the Bush II administration.»
Author: Bob Herbert
«it never occurred to me that anyone would buy into the notion that Mr. Bush and his supporters would actually do something about poverty and racism. Someone who believed that could probably be persuaded to make a bid on eBay to buy the Brooklyn Bridge.»
Author: Bob Herbert
«[Bush's priority is redistributing money from the bottom up, Herbert says. It's a harsh criticism, but some of the facts support Herbert's claim.] One of the first things the president did in the aftermath of Katrina was to poke his finger in the eyes of struggling workers by suspending the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act, ... This is one more way of taking money from the working poor and handing it to the wealthy. A construction laborer in New Orleans who would ordinarily be paid about $9 an hour, the prevailing wage in the city, can now be paid less. So much for the president's commitment to fighting poverty.»
Author: Bob Herbert
«Mr. Bush's performance last week will rank as one of the worst ever during a dire national emergency.»
Author: Bob Herbert
«The fiasco in Iraq and the president's response to the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe were Mr. Bush's two most spectacular foul-ups.»
Author: Bob Herbert
«Call it the trillion dollar war.»
Author: Bob Herbert
«It's difficult to do justice to the problems ... in 700 words.»
Author: Bob Herbert