Message: I Care About the Black Folks

Frank Rich, as always, pens the perfect column in the NYT. His comparison of the parting of the curtain exposing the Wizard of Oz to that of George Bush is brillant, as is the rest of the piece.

"The worst storm in our history proved perfect for exposing this president because in one big blast it illuminated all his failings: the rampant cronyism, the empty sloganeering of "compassionate conservatism," the lack of concern for the "underprivileged" his mother condescended to at the Astrodome, the reckless lack of planning for all government operations except tax cuts, the use of spin and photo-ops to camouflage failure and to substitute for action."