If It Had Been An Election Year, Lives Would Have Been Saved

As Katrina Made Landfall, Bush Celebrated McCain's 69th Birthday

As the GOP's frenzied reaction to Gustav unfolds, just think about how many lives might have been saved if Hurricane Katrina had hit New Orleans during an election year.

We all know what happened with Katrina: as the storm battered the Gulf Coast, the most important thing on John McCain's mind was celebrating his 69th birthday with George W. Bush.

And as they shared cake together, the most damaging hurricane ever to hit the United States wreaked havoc on the nation.

Nearly two thousand confirmed dead. Hundreds more missing. A city destroyed. Nearly $100 billion in damages.

And John McCain and George W. Bush did nothing to help. Nothing at all.

But they got their cake.

If It Had Been An Election Year, Lives Would Have Been Saved

As Katrina Made Landfall, Bush Celebrated McCain's 69th Birthday

As the GOP's frenzied reaction to Gustav unfolds, just think about how many lives might have been saved if Hurricane Katrina had hit New Orleans during an election year.

We all know what happened with Katrina: as the storm battered the Gulf Coast, the most important thing on John McCain's mind was celebrating his 69th birthday with George W. Bush.

And as they shared cake together, the most damaging hurricane ever to hit the United States wreaked havoc on the nation.

Nearly two thousand confirmed dead. Hundreds more missing. A city destroyed. Nearly $100 billion in damages.

And John McCain and George W. Bush did nothing to help. Nothing at all.

But they got their cake.