Shrub's got at least one supporter who's sticking with him--corrupt boxing promoter Don King:
On Fox News, Neil Cavuto turned to the boxing promoter Don King, a longtime supporter of Mr. Bush who held an American flag across his chest as he praised the president. The Fox News caption read, “Don King: Stop blaming Pres. Bush for Katrina.”
And, proving that the business of America is...selling...well:
For advertisers, the anniversary provided an emergency relief version of product placement: credit placement.
On “Today,” Procter & Gamble moved in seamlessly with panning shots of ruined houses and debris-filled streets. A woman holding a child described the devastation in her flooded house, saying, “Everything smells like mold.”
Cut to cheerful young people in red T-shirts collecting laundry beneath large banners for Tide detergent. In a voiceover, a woman softly said, “In times of crisis, it seems like everybody wants to do their part,” and explained that Tide had dispatched a Clean Start team to “wash nearly 10,000 loads of laundry for free.”
State Farm ran a commercial that also blended into the retrospectives on the morning news programs. It featured sad-faced survivors recorded in grainy film recalling their insurance agents’ benevolence.
“Without Cheryl, we would have been on the street,” a middle-age woman said, tears streaking down her cheeks as the company theme, “Like a good neighbor,” swelled in the background.
More like good grief than good neighbor.
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