I reprint this post from TPM election central (a must-read blog for political junkies):
Priorities, priorities.
Check out this Karl Rove quote buried in a Fox News article about the threat Hurricane Gustav poses to the GOP's convention plans:"The Republicans can't seem to get a break when it comes to August and when it comes to the weather," said Rove, a FOX News analyst. "I know this is being thought a lot about in Washington and at the White House and discussed and I suspect they will monitor it carefully and figure out what to do."Yeah, Katrina (which hit in August 2005) was really rough on those Republicans, no question about it.
You can't make this stuff up!
Senior Republicans said images of political celebration in the Twin Cities while thousands of Americans flee a hurricane could be dubious. "Senator McCain has always been sensitive to national crisis," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds ...
In fact, on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, both Bush and McCain were AWOL. Even better:
[Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan] suggested that McCain could benefit politically from such a scenario: It would allow Bush to mount an effective GOP response to a disaster, while removing the unpopular president from the convention roster. "It could be a two-fer," McClellan said.
When it's a plus that your party's President doesn't show up -- and you're counting on confidence from that same president -- you got problems.
This post was created for ClimateProgress.org, a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
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Russ Posted 8:12 am
29 Aug 2008
"He's ruining this war for all of us!"
As for the way the GOP really wants things to be?
Perhaps Frank Burns: "Never have so many suffered so much so so few could be so happy."
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Delay And Deny Posted 2:49 pm
29 Aug 2008
Preparations are being done excellently:
In the event that Gustav becomes a hurricane, FEMA has 478 emergency generators, 141 truckloads of tarp and 267 truckloads of blankets and cots that are already stationed in Gulf Coast states, according to a statement. The agency will also have more than 2.4 million liters of water and more than four million meals.
FEMA is coordinating plans with other federal agencies nationwide, such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the American Red Cross, the National Guard Bureau and at least three other federal agencies.
FEMA has conducted analysis to determine in advance where federal assistance is most likely needed. It has also prepared advanced plans for its response and recovery efforts and mapped out those plans with other state and federal agencies.
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Pangolin Posted 4:42 pm
29 Aug 2008
All next week the GOP is going to work to convince us that the son of an admiral and husband of a heiress with seven houses can somehow understand our little problems. The rest of us can look forward to a winter where some of us know we can't afford to heat the house with heating oil and don't have any viable alternatives.
Meanwhile quite a few people in the south are wondering if they'll have a roof at all come the first friday in September. It must be nice to have seven, or is it eight, houses to settle the matter.
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Bob Wallace Posted 12:59 am
30 Aug 2008
Now they are trying to put a totally non-ready person one old, tired, heartbeat away from being Commander and Chief.
Why don't conservatives who really care for the country take their party back?
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Wolverine Posted 4:57 am
30 Aug 2008
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