Newsday’s Paul Vitello reports that in a speech President George W. Bush gave to a group of factory workers at Bay Shore, Long Island, the crowd rose to give the President an enthusiastic standing ovation. Bush wove their stories seamlessly into the fabric of his re-election campaign. He engaged in self-deprecating humour that even a detractor might find charming; the crowd loved him.
Only problem is: the Hispanic workers who had gathered to hear him speak, hadn’t understood a word Bush spoke, as they spoke no English. Rather, Bushies’ address to the workers – titled “Strengthening America’s Economy” – was little more than an hour-long infomercial for White House tax cuts. Not that tax cuts would make much difference to workers earning only $6 an hour, as was the case with the cheering crowd in Bay Shore.
