"It appears the VFP is trying to "...hitch their wagon to a star..."
Actually if you mean Cindy, she hitched her star to them. They had these Bus Tours and their big September 24th rally in the works long before she came along.
She went to the VFP convention and then got the idea she should go to Crawford. They drove her down.
But if you mean that the VFP have hitched onto the Red Cross and the Katrina relief efforts to line their pockets. Absolutely. And it must be criminal. It surely is despicable.
Great post!