I use that response at work and I may have start doing that at home too.
1) Democrats HATE Bush more than they hate Osama bin Laden.
2) Democrats HATE Republcans more than they hate members of Al-Queda.
3) Democrats are more angry in what happened during the 2000 and 2004 elections than they were about 9/11.
Yep.
At least, it worked for me.