From CNS:
It took the worst natural and man-made disaster in American history -- Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaches that inundated New Orleans with water in 2005 -- to expose previously hidden levels of poverty in the richest country in the world, a Catholic bishop said Sept. 25.
Citing the Rev. James Forbes, the retired rector of Riverside Church in New York City, Bishop Sullivan said "Lady Katrina" was "a prophetess who revealed to us the two Americas, the haves and the have-nots, the white America and the America of color.
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John McCain voted with George W. Bush 90% of the time during the past eight years. While the survivors of Katrina Suffered - McCain ate cake with Bush.
McCain wants to continue the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy at a time when many Americans on main street are barely able to buy groceries or gasoline. While many Katrina survivors still live in FEMA trailers to this day, McCain is unable to even remember that he owns seven luxury homes in three time zones.
Catholics know the reality of the injustices and poverty in our country brought on by the policies of Bush and McCain and will no longer be fooled by the rhetoric that brings little or no results and only more pain and suffering for working Americans.
Americans are not interested in witty tales of the past and mooseburgers. Americans are looking for change and are hopeful as they look to the future and an Obama Presidency that restores the honor and dignity of our great country and lifts up the most vulnerable and gives them a chance instead of giving it all to the wealthy.
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