What a difference an election year makes

Bush lands in Texas as Galvestonians urged to leave
www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/16/hurricane.ike/index.html

When Katrina destroyed New Orleans, where was Bush and FEMA? Oh, that's right - Bush was at McCain's fundraiser and couldn't be bothered. But now that it's an election year and a much less severe hurricane hit Texas, they can't find enough cameras to jump in front of, to show how the federal government is ready to jump in and help.

Emergency disaster relief, which Texas most certainly should be getting, should be deployed based on the magnitude of the disaster. The Republican viewpoint that federal relief should be withheld or scaled back if it's not an election year, or it effects a state with a Democratic governor, should not have a place in America.