"Robert “Bob” Herbert " is an American journalist op-ed columnist who wrote for The New York Times. His column was syndicated to other newspapers around the country. Herbert frequently writes on poverty, the Iraq war, racism and American political apathy towards race issues. He is now a fellow at Demos (U.S. think tank)/Demos.

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It's difficult to do justice to the problems ... in 700 words.

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Call it the trillion dollar war.

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It never occurred to me that anyone would buy into the notion that Mr. Bush and his supporters would actually do something about poverty and racism. Someone who believed that could probably be persuaded to make a bid on eBay to buy the Brooklyn Bridge.

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The fiasco in Iraq and the president's response to the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe were Mr. Bush's two most spectacular foul-ups.

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Mr. Bush's performance last week will rank as one of the worst ever during a dire national emergency.

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