New Orleans should be the patriotism issue in the midterm elections.

The New Orleans response should be the patriotism issue of the 2006 midterms, much like patriotism/national defense was the main issue in the 2002 midterms roughly a year after 9/11. This is a hugely populist issue with broad appeal which no one will stand against. We should take anybody who says, "they were warned to evacuate" like Chertoff or Brown, and some of the things Trent "my summer home on the coast was destroyed" Lott's been saying, to the woodshed. This event has been a very good test of whether politicians want to help the people of America or wants to defend the Bush administrations obvious incompetence. And we should grade that test with a big red pen.

And, Mr. Politician, I don't care what party you're from, but if your first concern is not the welfare of the American people, we're gonna throw you out on your ass.