Unbelievable

Malkin's got a nauseating MoveOn.org memo alerting the press that Katrina evacuees will be demonstrating in front of the White House to demand Bush acknowledge that he is responsible for every bad thing that has ever happened. Presumably MoveOn in flying these people in, organizing them, and choosing their talking points.

What are they thinking? Rhetorical question. They are thinking about how much they can use these people's suffering to hurt Bush.

Consider, if you will, that American citizens have already freely donated half a billion dollars to the victims of Katrina. That line workers from as far away as Canada have been working non-stop and are almost ready to turn the power on in Mississippi. That the Coast Guard was rescuing people off rooftops before the rain stopped and the Navy wasn't far behind. That the Superdome was nearly evacuated by Thursday afternoon, about 72 hours after the levy break. That a million refugees are being rapidly absorbed by the rest of the country.

And all these people can do is complain? I don't blame them. When you are having the crisis, you want help yesterday. Of course. I would too. But MoveOn is endangering the future welfare of these people.

Mark Steyn relates this story:

I got an e-mail over the weekend from a US Army surgeon just back in Afghanistan after his wedding. Changing planes in Kuwait for the final leg to Bagram and confronted by yet another charity box for Katrina relief, he decided that this time he'd pass. "I'd had it up to here," he wrote, "with the passivity, the whining, and the when-are-they-going-to-do-something blame game."

So far, I have fought this feeling by reminding myself that most of the carping is coming from the talking heads and crazed Bush haters, not the actual victims. Now MoveOn is using the victims with no regard for the consequences.

The people busting their tails on the Gulf Coast right now are too busy to note the Democratic talking point that no one was helping the victims, but when they have time to turn on the TV or pick up a newspaper, they won't be happy to discover that their heroic efforts have been dismissed.

And when the time comes for Congress to vote the money for rebuilding New Orleans or aiding the victims with any of the numerous things they're going to need help with, it would be better for them if they weren't seem as a bunch of finger-pointing whiners who could, apparently get a master's degree, like protester Michelle Augillard, but yet, weren't smart enough to get out of the path of a Cat 5 hurricane.

I guess I shouldn't be shocked at the Democrats trying to rip apart a country that spontaneously came together in the wake of disaster, but I am.

Update: Jim Geraghty nails a whining leftist to the wall:

To save you guys now, I — and a lot of other Americans — will pitch in. We are witnessing the biggest mobilization of civilian and military rescue and relief crews in history. But I have a sneaking suspicion you’re going to want the rest of us to pay for the rebuilding of your city. (In the near future, we’re going to have to have a little chat about the wisdom of building below sea level, directly next to large bodies of water.) And if you’re going to come to the rest of us hat in hand, demanding the rest of us clean up after your poor judgment, I’d appreciate a little less “you failed us” and a little more “we’ve learned our lesson.” (via Ace of Spades)