The gall Sen. Landrieu to accused President Bush's as nothing but a photo-op.

This prompted me to send her the following email :

Ms. Landrieu,

I was watching This Week and saw you give George Stephanapoulos a helicopter tour of the devatation that Huricanne Katrina unleashed in the south. No doubt it was horrifying but I have to strongly disagree with you that President's Bush"s trip there was a photo-op. Now is not the time for partisanship. What you said during the helicopter tour really is inexcusable. It's a cheapshot and reeks of bitter partisanship and worse you're making a political hay out of this horrible disaster. It doesn't bode well for you to be threatening to literally punch someone in the face. That's not something we expect from our leaders especially from someone holding your office. It's not going to help your cause.

I respectfully suggest that next time you go on national TV, use it wisely. This is not the time for assigning blame. Now is the time for everyone to work together. If what I saw on TV is an indication of how you work in the Senate, all I can say is you're doing you're constituents a great disservice.

German T. Santiago
New York