What’s Wrong with This Picture?

by Tula Connell, Feb 20, 2009

Behold, the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year 2008 award.

For those outside the United States, this is the image of our nation:

U.S. Economy in Crisis: Following eviction, Detective Robert Kole must ensure residents have moved out of their home in Cleveland, Ohio, 26 March 2008.

Eight years of the Bush administration and the United States is not projecting the strength of democracy but the power of greed. The broken remains of a family’s life, with the potential physical violence implied by the gun is outdone by the violence visited on families, communities and our nation, by the avarice of Wall Street and the complicity of Bush administration hucksters. Over at the Campaign for America’s Future, Terrance Heath calls this image “class war photography.”

In their attempt to block President Obama’s economic recovery package, Republicans in Congress tried hard to continue the failed policies of their regime, pushing for tax cuts for the wealthy rather than relief for working families hard hit by job loss, foreclosure and health-related debt.

House Minority Leader John Boehner even threw a tantrum in the House, ripping up the bill and tearing up as spoiled children are wont to do when they don’t get their way.

But none of the Republican antics worked. And the image above shows why.

This is a cross-post from the Firedoglake blog.

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