Ten years ago next week, angry liberals were threatening to instantly impeach, if not physically harm, President Bush for failing to reverse the 145 mph winds and relieve the catastrophic damage wreaked by Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Bush has taken heat from those same libs down to this afternoon.
Meanwhile, over this past weekend and down to this afternoon, there were three events of note:
- In the biggest national War on Cops story since Dallas, a black 23-year-old career criminal in Milwaukee threatened a cop, was shot to death, and by that act sparked the latest Black Lives Matter-inspired riot, protest and carnival of massive property destruction.
- Eleven thousand Louisiana residents were made homeless by record rains.
- A carefree President Obama, on holiday, ran around a remote Massachusetts resort in short pants, playing golf, chatting happily with The New York Times about his favorite music.
In contrast to the ugly threats liberals unleashed against the Republican Mr. Bush, no idle liberal reporter has bothered to solicit Mr. Obama’s perspective on the two national tragedies dominating the news.
What would it matter?
Could he make any observation that would nudge the needle, that would be significant?
In 2005, liberals presumed Mr. Bush could make a difference.
In 2016, did liberals presume Mr. Obama could not?
