Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says that Hurricane Katrina was "the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans."
 
Democratic response: silence.
 
A few years ago, Rep. Richard Baker, a now-retired Republican, said this: "We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did."
 
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "insensitive"; Rahm Emanuel: "extraordinarily insensitive"; Rep. Elijah Cummings: "unconscionable"; DNC blog: "culturally insensitive"; INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence: "intensely hateful."