Friend of small business?
Those of you who might be harboring any delusions as to how friendly our current president is to small business should take a lesson from his visit to Seattle yesterday. Bushieboy paid a visit to the home of a wealthy supporter for a $5,000 a plate fundraising dinner.
Citing security precautions, the Secret Service banned all flights in and out of Lake Union and Lake Washington. Fine. But Kenmore Air is the primary connection from Seattle to the San Juan Islands, Victoria and Vancouver, not to mention hunters, fishermen and backpackers in the remote wilderness of the Pacific Northwest.
So Kenmore Air lost a full day of business because Bushieboy thought he needed even more money than he already has to wage his mudslinging smear campaign against John Kerry. Kenmore Air lost about $75,000. Bush raised about $2.5 million. You'd think that a compassionate conservative would somehow see to it that Kenmore Air was reimbursed for their losses. You'd be wrong.
The Republican National Committee, awash in campaign contributions, noted that it was the Secret Service that issued the order to close down the airspace. Therefore, according to their twisted reasoning, it is the Secret Service's responsibility to compensate business losses. That means you and me, Bucko.
So far, Kenmore Air has received no compensation. But if they do, it will come at taxpayer expense. Does this make it clear to you Bush supporters which side your loserboy is on? Probably not. There are none so blind as those who will not see.
I wonder if there were any Bush supporters out there in the wilderness that Bush would love to eliminate. I wonder if they panicked when their transportation didn't show up as scheduled. I wonder if they will figure out who was to blame.
I guess we shouldn't expect too much of the mentally impaired. Even though one of them almost got elected president.
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