A perfect storm? Katrina could lead to a political transformation, but we'll have to fight for the right kind of transformation. Great--this is just the fight we want.(Hurricane Katrina)
American Prospect, The, October, 2005 by Tomasky, Michael
> IS HURRICANE KATRINA A TRANSFORMATIVE POLITICAL moment? Is this finally the time when Americans appraise the failure of the Bush administration--that is, the failure of modern conservatism--and say, "Enough"? Can liberals seize the opportunity those failures represent to make a case for a different society, in which repeated warnings about the dangers facing a great city are mocked with budget cuts, in which citizens don't go days without water and food--a society in which mutual and shared obligations are taken seriously? With the initial shock having faded, these are ...
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