Republican Priorities

Dennis Hastert thinks that we should write off New Orleans. Presumably it's too expensive to rebuild...?

Hastert Says Rebuilding the Big Easy is Too Hard

Meanwhile, the RNC sent out this little email TODAY in response to the catastrophe:

Courtesy of Josh Marshall

I guess we know which side wins out in the oxymoronic war between "Compassion" and "Conservatism".

There's not enough money to save one of America's great cities. (Or its inhabitants apparently.)

But tax cuts for billionaires? Non-negotiable.

Republican priorities in stark juxtaposition.