McCaskill In Full Retreat

The Washington Times is reporting that Claire McKaskill, the Democratic Missouri candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Jim Talent, is in full retreat mode for her comments last week. Here's what she originally said:
"George Bush let people die on rooftops in New Orleans because they were poor and because they were black," she told a group of Democratic state legislators last week.
Now let's show how she's in full retreat mode:
But Mrs. McCaskill told KMOX radio in Missouri the statement's context as reported by Pub Def Weekly is "not exactly correct." She said she was acknowledging the sentiment of many Americans, and national tragedies are the time when people need government the most. She characterized the Bush response to Katrina as "gross incompetence that turned tragic because so many of the people in New Orleans didn't have the resources to help themselves."

Mrs. McCaskill didn't explain what context would put her comments into a favorable light, probably because there isn't any context in which they'd be viewed in a favorable light. To say that she was just "acknowledging the sentiment of many Americans" is a total copout. That's one dog that won't hunt in them thar woods.

Rush said today that he doesn't take her candidacy seriously and that he'd be surprised if it were a tight race. Considering his political instincts and his ties to Missouri, his statements carry alot of credibility with me.



Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:34 PM

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