I have been covering to some degree the terrible flooding in the Midwest and describing how the levees breaking, leading to the flooding of towns and cities in Wisconsin and Iowa, are a direct result of deliberate Republican neglect of America's infrastructure. Republicans prefer giving your tax money to Halliburton, Exxon and Blackwater than using that money to fix our roads, bridges and levees. This morning on NPR I heard as many as two dozen levees are in danger of breaking as flood waters flow downstream along the Mississippi. A huge chunk of the Midwest has been affected. These levees should have been maintained! This began as a natural disaster, but Republican neglect of the levees is responsible for the scale of the disaster...just like in New Orleans.

Democrats vote for funding to maintain our infrastructure. Republicans vote against that funding. That means, when Republicans are in control, our levees, roads and bridges decay, leading to disaster. But the dedication of Democrats and the neglect by Republicans goes deeper than that.

As the floodwaters rose in the Midwst, Barack Obama grabbed a shovel and helped:

Where was McCain? Where was Bush?

Well, let's remember what Bush and McCain were doing while New Orleans flooded (we all know, but let's keep reminding ourselves):

While Bush and McCain were eating cake, Al Gore, on his own initiative and at his own expense, was mounting an actual rescue operation, helping to airlift some 270 Katrina evacuees to safety:

At the same time and afterwards, Barack Obama was working hard in the Senate, trying to get aid to the victims and support the recovery.

After Katrina, while Bush was praising FEMA's failures during the Katrina disaster, Jimmy Carter was out there helping to physically rebuild New Orleans:

Republicans eat cake while Americans drown. Democrats grab shovels, organize evacuations (at their own expense), rebuild homes and fund recovery. Who do you want running our government when disaster hits?