Jun 30, 2008  GOP launches racist attack on Katrina victims  The
Livingston County Republican Party is taking up the racists
remarks of its hero Rush Limbaugh and launching a thinly-veiled
racist attack on the Hurricane Katrina victims with a letter
writing campaign.  The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus
published a letter to the editor from Howell Republican Tom
Worley that basically accused the victims of Hurricane Katrina
of being looters, thieves and whiners, as compared to the
victims of the current flooding in the Midwest, specifically
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who are non-complaining, salt-of-the-earth
people. The not-so-subtle point the Livingston County GOP and
Limbaugh are trying to make is people in the Midwest are white
and the backbone of America versus the people in New Orleans who
are black and criminals. The political debate in Livingston
County has taken a decidedly ugly turn since Allan Filip took
over as chair of the party almost two years ago, and this is
just one more example.  While the f