The Red Cross is a fund RAISING organization. They only spend their cash when absolutely required to keep the donations coming in.
Really? Because according to their 2004 tax return, they took in $3.065 billion and paid out $3.173 billion. They sure "absolutely required" a lot of expenses to keep those donations coming in... more expense than income, in fact.
If anyone can come up with any proof that the American Red Cross has engaged in crass politicalization (I'm really pretty sure it was Amnesty International who called Gitmo a gulag), I will apologize and bitterly regret my $1,000 contribution. Until then, please stop smearing a charity, thanks.