The conservatives have taught us by example, and Lakoff illumniated the fact that if something is repeated often enough, it becomes "common sense" to many people.
We need 5 Katrina talking points which we can all say, with almost the same words, again and again in all conversations regarding it. Let me put forward some ideas and you can help me hone them.
[1] This is what happens when you have a federal government run by people who do not believe in the federal government
[2] No matter what actions local and state officials took, that does not absolve President Bush of being AWOL 5 days into the emergency
[3] The inneptitude was colorblind
[4] Bush quit one vacation on the spot to save one white braindead woman, but did not even say anything about Katrina publicly until 3 days after the storm hit
[5] This is not a game. This is about responsibility for disatrous ineptitude that cost American lives
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[6] The Bush Administration wanted to send the National Guard in to force-feed Terri Schiavo, but refused to do the same for 100,000 dying Americans
[7] Whatever mistakes local officials made that doesn't excuse FEMA from turning help away.
[8] In response to "now is not the time" -- accountability is 24/7
(will prune the list once more comments come in)
I will update and change this list if I get some good responses.
please, share your ideas and recommend if you like this idea (and if you don't think i did a good job, post a better diary!)