Hurricane Gustav Spoils GOP Convention
August 31st, 2008And it serves them right…
Republicans scrambled to change the tone of their national convention on Sunday as delegates streamed into town amid scenes on TV of people fleeing Hurricane Gustav on the Gulf Coast. The White House said the monster storm would make President Bush’s opening-night attendance unlikely, according to the Associated Press.
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The Republicans’ nominee-in-waiting, John McCain, tore up his campaign schedule to visit Jackson, Miss., with his running mate, Sarah Palin, to get briefings on the approaching storm. McCain said in an interview that he had conferred by phone with Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi as well as Govs. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Bob Riley of Alabama and Charlie Crist of Florida.
What strikes us as odd about this is that the Republicans have tried to claim they are the “party of God” over the past few years. So if there is a God, and he’s on their side, why would He spoil their party?
Something to ponder for the faithful, I guess.
Or, could it be karma? Is the party of Bush now having to pay the price for showing no desire to help the poor people of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago?
Some say what goes around comes around.
Well, this storm is going round, and round and round in the Gulf of Mexico, sending the Republican spin meisters scrambling for a strategy to deal with it.
We say it serves them right…
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