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Obama’s Katrina

by Jeffrey Lord

November 2, 2012, 12:00 AM

Gas lines that extend for hours.

Dumpster diving.

People starving — in New York City.

Sean Hannity pegged it exactly.

Two words: Obama’s Katrina.

This weekend in the Northeastern United States is a snapshot of liberalism at work. As tragic as it is, combined with Benghazi it appears at exactly the right moment — when Americans are ready to vote.

The Society of Beggars, as predicted in this space back in 2008, has arrived.

Jeffrey Lord

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Jeffrey Lord, a contributing editor to The American Spectator, is a former aide to Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp. An author and former CNN commentator, he writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com. His new book, Swamp Wars: Donald Trump and The New American Populism vs. The Old Order, is now out from Bombardier Books.

Obama’s Katrina

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