WTF BO?

I was reading the Des Moines Register yesterday, and low and behold, I discovered that Barack Obama canceled a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids because "it wouldn't be appropriate to campaign there at this time." You know what would appropriate? Helping out during a natural disaster.
I'm sorry, but being a PR major, I have to throw in that it wouldn't even be genius for him to have come just to help fill sandbags - it would have been elementary at best. So the fact that he decided "Oh, because I can't come and persuade you all to vote for me, I'm just going to let you keep getting on to living without drinking water and power..." It's ridiculous. And dumb, and appalling out of a presidential candidate to have canceled an appearance in a town currently ravished by a disaster. I'm sorry, but I fully expect him to roll up his sleeves.
But Rissa, why aren't you criticizing John McCain for the same thing? He didn't have an appearance there. And I know people like to put down Bush and all, but the thing I find particularly offensive about Obama's situation is that he was supposed to be there and he canceled because he couldn't sell himself.
I don't need to go on.