McGraw and Hill Slam Bush on Katrina

This is awesome. Country stars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw (who are married) went ballistic when the subject of Katrina came up in a news conference at which they were promoting their upcoming Soul2Soul II Tour.

McGraw, who’s from Louisiana:

When you have people dying because they're poor and black or poor and white, or because of whatever they are — if that's a number on a political scale — then that is the most wrong thing. That erases everything that's great about our country…

There's no reason why someone can't go down there who's supposed to be the leader of the free world … and say, 'I'm giving you a job to do and I'm not leaving here until it's done. And you're held accountable, and you're held accountable, and you're held accountable.

'This is what I've given you to do, and if it's not done by the time I get back on my plane, then you're fired and someone else will be in your place.'

Hill, who’s from Mississippi responded to Bush’s visit to NOLA:

The president had actually spent the day in New Orleans, getting a close-up look at boarded-up buildings and mountains of debris, noting that the city still suffers "pain and agony."

Along the president's route, some frustrated residents held up signs in protest, one asking "Where's my government?" and another telling the president to "cut the red tape and help us."

Hill…echoed those sentiments. So overwhelmed, she uncharacteristically unleashed an epithet, calling the situation, "Bullshit."

"It is a huge, huge problem and it's embarrassing," she said.

Right on. I’m really beginning to like this trend of country singers who are bucking the (fairly recent) stereotype of being flag-wrapped shills who line up to perform at GOP conventions.

I see your Darryl Worley and Lee Ann Womack, and raise you Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, and The Dixie Chicks.