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DEL.ICIO.USBush should be with Gustav
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
From the airplane flying into the Twin Cities, you can see forever — and all eyes here are looking south, to the Gulf Coast. The fear is that Hurricane Gustav will become, like Katrina, a category 5 hurricane, and wreak havoc on New Orleans and elsewhere.
Democratic partisans would not wish for death or destruction, of course, but as the political games go a major hurricane that reminds the nation of Katrina, and the failed performance of local, state and then the federal government, could be a teaching moment. Too, it would draw attention away from the Republican convention, reducing any possible bounce John McCain and Sarah Palin would get from it. It’ll be a close election; any small advantage helps.
Lots of Republicans here aren’t all that disappointed to see President George W. Bush spend Monday — the day he is scheduled to deliver the keynote address — elsewhere. The best place would be in the area that will be affected when the hurricane comes ashore.
The setup here is perfect for him to address the convention from the hurricane-hit region. Unlike the Democratic convention, which was built for glitz, the Republican convention platform will be modest with a huge screen.
While President Bush has certainly earned the right to appear in person to receive the adulation of convention delegates, speaking from the coast would help two ways.
One is that it would draw attention to the importance of preparation, a difference between Katrina and Gustav. That planning and preparation should showcase Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a rising star in the GOP. Louisiana won’t be caught unprepared by either the state or by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The other is that his staying there would eliminate the appearance that Republicans are partying through disaster.
Bush was scheduled to be here Monday. The White House decided Sunday, he and Vice President Dick Cheney would stay in Washington. If Gustav delivers the punch expected, the place for him is there.
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Comments
By TW
August 31, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this
Nice try, Jim. However, we all know it’s the EIGHT YEAR ABORTION, not the hurricane, that got them kicked out of the convention.
By Dusty
August 31, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this
Dear Jim Wooten,
Don’t worry about Gustav. He favors neither Democrats nor Republicans.
Don’t worry about Bush either as he will do the right thing.
Don’t worry about Democrats, as they will do the ugly thing. (Read TW, the offensive!)
Don’t EVEN worry about the Presdidential election. We’ve got McCain and Palin and that is a WIN all the way.
A good wind is blowing and the sun is shining. Gustav will be gone! He’ll be reduced to a whimper, just like Obama.
By catlady
August 31, 2008 11:57 AM | Link to this
It is a double bonus: get Bush away from the convention (I doubt Cheney was ever welcome) and try to show that this hurricane won’t be such as cluster f**k as Katrina was. Perhaps Bush and Cheney should actually go down there to help. Bush could make pronouncements, and Cheney could help the police shoot the looters.
By Jim is a caveman
August 31, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this
When does Bush appear in public to accept the anger, disappointment and enmity that he has earned for his disastrous eight years in office? Given the way the last eight years have gone, maybe he should be as far away from the hurricane site as possible. The further away, the less he can screw things up. And the setup for a video link wouldn’t be too contrived, would it, Jim, if Bush were to appear from the disaster site. Putting aside the delicious irony of Bush summing up his “achievements” in office from the site of yet another major disaster, the contrivance of Bush, and therefore somehow McCain being in control just doesn’t work except for you Kool Aid drinkers who already have decided to vote for McSame. The rest of us won’t be fooled again.
By Mary Porter
August 31, 2008 12:17 PM | Link to this
The hurricaine won’t “reduce McCain’s bounce” because it serves as an excuse to keep Bush and Cheney out of St. Paul.
The Republican party is “energized” by the hope of running as some other party, rather than as itself. Demoralized and (rightly) shamed over the administration they inflicted on the country, they are showing shallowness and cowardice by running away from their brand-name. This time, we have to resist the empty politics of brand-name identity and select leaders who can formulate and implement strong and effective policy both nationally and internationally.
This is a cynical effort to put a fresh “new” face on the same morally bankrupt party. The hard-right base are the same people who brought us George Bush as the Nascar-watching, sports-loving, good-buddy, low intellectual accomplishment, born again president. Look where that got us.
Bush, McCain and Palin have this in common: none of them has shown any interest, in their whole lives, in the kind of mental heavy-lifting needed to actually lead the executive branch of the greatest power on earth. McCain rode his Admiral’s-son ticket to the Naval Academy, where his performance showed nothing but contempt for the opportunity. Bush did the same in an ivy league college. Sarah at least trained in journalism, but to be a sportscaster. Under cover of light-weights such as these, the far-right neocons have pursued policies that have wasted, killed, maimed, crippled, and disgraced our country and its people.
If they were actually Christians, they would begin the convention by praying for forgiveness. Instead, they look forward to a fantasy of inventing a clean, new identity.
By Commander Guy
August 31, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this
All good Rethugs are breathing a sigh of release that Mr 27% will be nowhere near the Twin Cities. He’s a bigger drag on the ticket than St John of BBQ himself. Or of Purty Poontang Palin, who miraculously gave birth to her own grandchild.
And today’s headline is another classic: “Bush Should Be With Gustav”.
Yes, preferably in a rubber raft about 15 miles offshore. A guy can dream.
By Commander Guy
August 31, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this
Oh, I love this guy.
“It wouldn’t be appropriate to have a festive occasion while a near tragedy or a terrible challenge is presented in the form of a natural disaster,” Mr. McCain said on Fox News Sunday.
By Tuffy, the Airborne Soldier
August 31, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this
Jim,
Although it’s the weekend, a horrible storm is about to ravage the Gulf Coast again, I pray for our countrymen. As for Dubya and Darth Vader, I’m sure that the GOP is thankful that they will not be at the convention. However, who will be there? Looks like John McInsane and Gov. Palin, not exactly a riveting pair. Compelling, perhaps, since McInsane only met her twice and selected her out of sheer desparation. Sorry, no more claims of inexperience. Leadership is certainly questionable. But more importantly, SHE HAS NO INTERESTS IN FOREIGN DIPLOMACY. This is the dumbest decision in the history of man…
Bring on the campaign, this is going to be a non event…
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 12:35 PM | Link to this
Some interesting commentary: http://www.electoral-vote.com/
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this
Some interesting commentary: http://www.electoral-vote.com/
By Dusty
August 31, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this
Oh, liberals on a roll, right into the gutter!! Your true colors are showing here and it is NOT a pretty sight. You are the epitome of losers.
Try to smile. You are still Americans but do try to act like it. Someone might get the wrong impression.
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this
Some interesting commentary: http://www.electoral-vote.com/
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
Some info on Sarah Palin from the Anchorage Daily News: http://www.adn.com/sarahpalin/story/510080.html
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
Some info on Sarah Palin from the Anchorage Daily News: http://www.adn.com/sarahpalin/story/510080.html
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this
Some info on Sarah Palin from the Anchorage Daily News: http://www.adn.com/sarahpalin/story/510080.html
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this
Some info on Sarah Palin from the Anchorage Daily News: http://www.adn.com/sarahpalin/story/510080.html
By Kevin
August 31, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this
The President of the united sates doesn’t need to be there, the State and local emergency services, and people should deal with it, Constitutionally the Federal Government is there to assist a state after they have done all they can do. Bring in Fema, the national guard and the dozens of other agencies, the President doesn’t need to be micro managing this, this has come about because of the Political stage show both parties have created. This pathetic ideology that the president and only the president of the United States can solve every problem, stems from the helplessness and lack of personal responsibility the Dems and liberals have pushed. The same Morons who blame Bush for the economy and all their problems. The reality on the economy and war is that Clinton inherited a good economy from the previous administration, his wink an nod anything goes politics encouraged corporate corruption which fueled glutinous corrupt economy which eventually collapsed. The war on Terrorism came to a head because Clinton turned his head and did nothing to prevent the inevitable.
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this
I think this speaks to Sarah Palin’s judgment and executive experience. From the Anchorage Daily News: http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/475539.html
By To paraphrase another leader within the religious right...
August 31, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this
“They had it coming.”
Jim, your spot on with your analysis.
Karma’s a b*** to the deserved..
By Jackie
August 31, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this
Dubya lost ALL credibility, in my humble opinion, when he FAILED to bring all Federal resources to aid the victims of Katrina.
He sat on his plane and peered out the window at the flooding caused by a structure owned and maintained by the government of the United States, of which he is the Chief Executive Officer.
He has no ability to make a good first impression on the second time around. He should be shamed when someone mentions Katrina and he tries to explain/excuse his POLITICAL actions in dealing with American citizens in need of help.
The conservatives still try to blame local and state governments for the Katrina fiasco, but, they failed to acknowledge those facilities are owned by the FEDERAL government.
Square that circle!
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this
I think this speaks to Sarah Palin’s judgment and executive experience. From the Anchorage Daily News: http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/475539.html
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this
I think this speaks to Sarah Palin’s judgment and executive experience. From the Anchorage Daily News: http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/475539.html
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this
Sarah Palin commentary from the evil NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/opinion/30collins-.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
By WhataJoke
August 31, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
I laugh every time I see how the Republican base show their lack of support for their current LOOSER. If MR. EIGHT YEAR WONDERFUL is so great, why can’t he do 2 things at once (come to the convention and prepare for a regional devastation). I mean he should have gained enough experience with KATRINA, to know what needs to happen with Gustav - why can’t he come to the twin cities. Shall I say he’s NOT WELCOME. For all the McCain/Palin Supporters, I guess you are all ready to live another 4 years of disaster. Nothing says disaster more than, not wanting YOUR GUY to attend YOUR BIG EVENT. But, I guess his EXPERIENCE was not good enough. And having his father’s EXPERIENCE was the same. It’s laughable, because the current President had all types of GURU’s, a past President as a father, was himself Governor of Texas, a brother as Governor of Florida and a prior Librarian as a wife. With all those RESOURCES, we should have expected much better leadership.
Come on REPUBLICANS, Mr. Eight Year Wonderful should have been the KEY NOT SPEAKER. Aren’t your PROUD OF THE LAST 8 YEARS? Don’t you want the WORLD to know, what an EXCELLENT job he has done?
WOW, you voted him into office twice and stood up for him, the past 4 years. You keep telling us that everything that is WRONG at this time is because of the DEMOCRATS in CONGRESS and the HOUSE. You REPUBLICANS should be DEMANDING that Mr. Eight Year Wonderful get to address his SUPPORTERS at your NATIONAL Convention.
Since John McCain still shows support for Mr. Eight Year Wonderful, he should at least let him say a few words.
Obama should JUMP all OVER the fact that the REPUBLICANS are embarrassed by Mr. Eight Year Wonderful. As well they should be……………But the JOKE is on all of US.
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this
Sarah Palin commentary from the evil NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/opinion/30collins-.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
By welcoming committee
August 31, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
I too think that Bush should be with Gustav. Perhaps he and Cheney can put on their welcome hats and meet Him on the beach .
A befitting end to the worst administration on record.
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this
Sarah Palin commentary from the evil NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/opinion/30collins-.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
By Dusty
August 31, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this
Jackie,12:52
You sing the same ol’ liberal song. Bush did it!! Kevin (12:50) has correctly mentioned that Federal resources are tapped in emergencies when the governor of the afflicted state calls for help.
Only dictators place their complete control over every state and citizen.
Bush is not running for reelection. You can stop your hate campaign against him. He has protected America. You obviously and intentionally have not noticed.
ONE VOICE is pumping the liberal propaganda line into this blog. He’s got it covered. You don’t need to add another two cents worth of lost lib literature. He is replacing IN THE NEWS so you can relax for now.
By marko
August 31, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this
I’m told that a few fundamentalist types prayed that God send raging storms to Denver, for the purpose of drowning out Obama’s acceptance speech. Oh well better late than never I guess.
By Dusty
August 31, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this
Wow, thirteen posts already from One Voice. It is going to be a long day at Lib Headquarters.
By Ray
August 31, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this
Jackie,
We have spent BILLIONS of dollars on Katrina victims. We have done everything but wipe their butts for them and it is still not enough. Many of them stayed around in NO to protect their homes and possessions from thieves in their own community. We provided housing, credit cards, food allotments, motel and hotel expenses, job recruitment, construction, out and out checks in 6 figures for new housing not to mention vast increases in police and fire protection due to the spike in crime due to the entitlement crowd taking advantage of the situation. Why would any intelligent person live 12ft below sea level in a city prone to Cat 3 or 4 hurricanes and then b*** and howl because the govt has not saved them from a bad decision? Where is the common sense in all of this? And then it is of course Bush’s fault like everything else. Bush could arrange the second coming and some dumbas**ed liberal would find fault with him.
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this
Looks like McCain’s lead is really getting under the skin of our leftist friends. I’m loving it.
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this
Bush and McCain hard at work providing food relief during hurricane Katrina: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050829-5_p082905pm-0125-515h.html
By Fulton
August 31, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
Hey Ray-Ray, Obama could do the same (2nd coming) and the GOP would STILL kill him, so what’s your point?
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
Bush and McCain hard at work providing food relief during hurricane Katrina: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050829-5_p082905pm-0125-515h.html
By Jackie
August 31, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this
@Ray,
Why would you not try to use your intelligence to understand the point about the citizens of New Orleans are AMERICANS, first and foremost.
Secondly, I would be inclined to believe that you support the war in Iraq, therefore, you support spending more than $2 Trillion dollars on the function of burnishing the image of Dubya.
You, and those of like-minds, have a bad case of not being able to recognize the fallacy of your arguments relating to what is right and wrong with the Katrina reaction.
You say “the entitlement crowd” took advantage of the situation. First, you do not seem to understand or fail to comprehend the fact those folks in New Orleans “begged” the Federal government to allow them the honor of rebuilding their homes. What did Dubya do? He brought in “contractors”, who in turned hired undocumented workers at minimum wage or less to perform the work. They violated Glass-Stegall which says the Federal government must pay prevailing to workers in any area they are employed.
What intelligent and upstanding American would say or believe the crap that you just wrote.
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
Bush and McCain hard at work providing food relief during hurricane Katrina: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050829-5_p082905pm-0125-515h.html
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
Daer HIDT, I posted on one of the other blog pages, but I wanted to credit your genius. You were the first to write that Mrs. Palin would immediately reverse Obama’s convention bounce. You were obviously spot on. I salute the blog’s version of Dick Morris.
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this
Bush Derangement Syndrome is rising around the same rate as McCain’s poll numbers. I suspect it will get pretty shrill when Obama’s numbers dip below 40%.
By Ray
August 31, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this
Fulton,
Point is that people make bad decisions and then expect someone else to pick up the slack and try to find someone to blame for their own lack of intelligence or judgement. Remember the McDonald’s coffee fiasco? That lady was most certainly a liberal. People bit** and moan all the time about someone else to blame. This has nothing to do with Obama and never has. It is about a group of stupid people who are always looking for someone else to blame for their own stupidity.
By Shanna
August 31, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this
The Republican Party never ceases to amaze me! I love how the party is backing President Bush’s response to Gustav. I am just wondering, why didn’t the party push Bush’s response to Katrina? Everyone sat in the $200,000 homes and watched innocent people drown! Not once urging, your beloved political leader to send water or food to the people of the Gulf Coast. Yes, Bush is putting on a good show and someone should give him a round of applause.
Yes, the people of Katrina are taken advantage of the resources given to them like: 1. McCain is taking advantage of Palin because of her gender and need for votes. 2. Bush took advantage of Colin Powell so he could invade Iraq. 3. Bush took advantage of Condelezza Rice because he needed a token Black.
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this
Ragnard, did you say McCain’s “lead”? http://www.electoral-vote.com/
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this
Dear Ray @ 1:36, you can extend your argument to practically every tort case. Not less than a 75/25 split. (Contracts are different, since conservatives are more likely to actually draft contracts.)
By deegee
August 31, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this
I am so sure that there will be so little to do after the hurricane destroys the Gulf Coast that the authorities will be looking for something to do, like provide safe shelter, food, security and a grandstand for Beevis and Butthead. Go ahead and send them down there. Maybe Gov. Jindal will be more receptive to them than the RNC.
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this
Yes, voice @ 1:37, McCain’s lead. Read Zogby and weep. http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews1547.html
By Pat Nap Marietta. Ga.
August 31, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this
I still say “What about the baby?” They are dragging it all over to prove she is pro life. What happens IF she becomes v.p. and has to travel and work long hours? It needs more than a father’s love…
By dirty harry
August 31, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
Jim I hate to break this to you but I understand you are under a lot of stress but, George Bush was NEVER scheduled to give the key note address!
That dubious honor goes to Rudy Giuliani. Think a noun, a verb and 9/11!
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
Pollster John Zogby: “Palin is not to be underestimated. Her real strength is that she is authentic, a real mom, an outdoors person, a small town mayor (hey, she has dealt with a small town city council - that alone could be preparation for staring down Vladimir Putin, right?). She is also a reformer.”
“A very important demographic in this election is going to be the politically independent woman, 15% of whom in our latest survey are undecided.”
“In the final analysis, this election will be about Obama vs. McCain. Obama has staked out ground as the new JFK - a new generation, literally and figuratively, a new face of America to the world, a man who can cross lines and work with both sides. But McCain is the modern day Harry Truman - with lots of DC experience, he knows what is wrong and dysfunctional with Washington and how to fix it, and he has chosen a running mate who is about as far away from Washington as he could find.
“This contest is likely to be very close until the weekend before the election - then the dam may break and support may flood one way or the other.”
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this
Dear Chatter @ 1:37, hypothetically, when the October Surprise comes - perhaps Israel bombing Iranian nuclear facilities - and Obama condemns Israel and McCain voices support, how will that affect the election?
On the other hand, if Obama praises Israel for bombing Iran, how will that affect the election?
And start counting your toes, If Obama says, “war is wrong and we should all sit together at the UN and work this out” how will that affect the election?
By Ray
August 31, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this
Jackie,
It ain’t crap, Jackie. It’s attitude, my friend, plain and simple. I live in Macon and when the entitlement crowd made it’s last trek northward and, my friend, a local major motel chain manager, stated that after they left, 19 of his 48 rooms had to have major renovations before being rented to someone else. Police calls quadrupled for unruly disturbance complaints and the lines of rude, demanding patrons in eateries around town were everywhere. Attitude is very important to someone who expects to have their every need met by someone else, Jackie and it spills over to what they expect from a government who they expect to meet their every need. We had a major tornado in Macon in May and you would be hard pressed to find many signs of it three months later. And this is in most every neighborhood in town, rich and poor. That’s called taking responsibility for your own misfortune and moving on, something that a lot of NO people don’t seem to understand.
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this
Ragnard,
You must study up on your U.S. history and political science. Let me explain something to you: In this country we elect the president not by popular vote, but by electoral vote. Here’s a site that averages different state polls by non-partisan polling services and gives you a state-by-state breakdown. This is the real picture: http://www.electoral-vote.com/
And the poll you linked to was not only within the margin of error, but it was not consistent with other recent polls. In statistics we would call that an outlier and would reject it. Here’s a simple definition for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlier.
Imagine the ways you can educate yourself…
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this
Dear chatter @ 1:55, surely you, in your vast research, discovered that the election is held in November. Your analysis does not suggest that you have actually thought ahead, so I provide three useful thinking scenarios for you @ 1:52. I submit that all three are “losers” for your fuhrer.
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this
Ragnard,
You must study up on your U.S. history and political science. Let me explain something to you: In this country we elect the president not by popular vote, but by electoral vote. Here’s a site that averages different state polls by non-partisan polling services and gives you a state-by-state breakdown. This is the real picture: http://www.electoral-vote.com/
And the poll you linked to was not only within the margin of error, but it was not consistent with other recent polls. In statistics we would call that an outlier and would reject it. Here’s a simple definition for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlier
Imagine the ways you can educate yourself…
By Redneck Convert
August 31, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this
Dagnabit! I expect the librul news media to be against the godly Republicans but I didn’t expect God to join in by sending a hurricane.
Just when we was ready to hold a convention and tell Those People and other freeloaders on our taxes to go suck on a big one, here comes Gustav. Now we won’t get no news coverage except maybe Fox News.
Its enough to make a god-fearing redneck stop going to church.
Just for this I’m going to cut my offering in half, down to five cents a week.
Thanks a lot, God! And after all we done to make sure people do You Know What the right way and women keep all their babys and the godless people that won’t take Personal Responsibility and stay poor just starve to death and die off.
I’m so disgusted.
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this
Dear logorrhea @ 2:06, the reason I say each of the surprise reactions by Obama - which reactions I think catalogue the spectrum of potential responses - is that each severely alienates a significant sector of Chauncey’s support. The first reaction alienates the Jewish vote, potentially costing Obama New York and New Jersey. The second reaction alienates the moonbat base. The third reaction alienates the middle, without whose support Obama cannot carry even 100 electoral votes.
By One Voice
August 31, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this
Ragnard,
So “useful thinking scenarios” are concocted fantasies? Did you get that term from GW? Or maybe Dan Quayle? LOL.
So in order for McCain to win, Israel has to bomb Iran? Are you sane? You should hook up with Andi (AJC Management) and rw. They live in a similar fantasy world.
By Daddy Lippersneer
August 31, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this
Gustav will get a statue and maybe a named holiday for keeping Bush out of the GOP convention.
Things R starting to go the GOP way.
McCangelina 08: A nice rack trumps Iraq, Barack, and that Clinton potatoe sack.
That’s 4 sure. That’s 4 dang sure.
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this
Dear logorrhea @ 2:18, now I don’t want to hear any whining from you about an October surprise - I told you today to prepare yourself psychologically, although I suspect that would take far more than Equanil.
By Daddy Lippersneer
August 31, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this
McCangelina 08: A nice rack trumps Iraq, Barack, and that Clinton potatoe sack.
By Commander Guy
August 31, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this
Good ole jbm on the ragnard, still making sh!t up to make his points.
McCain’s “lead”:
Aug 31 Rasmussen
Obama (D) 49%, McCain (R) 46%
Aug 30 Gallup
Obama (D) 49%, McCain (R) 41%
Aug 30 Rasmussen
Obama (D) 49%, McCain (R) 45%
Aug 29 Gallup
Obama (D) 49%, McCain (R) 41%
Aug 29 Rasmussen
Obama (D) 49%, McCain (R) 45%
Oh, but wait, there is Zogby touting ragdoll’s favorite. Zogby, notable for getting it completely wrong every single election they predict. Just ask Kerry.
McCain’s lead. Droll, ragwipe, very droll.
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
Dear logorrhea @ many many times today, as I gaze into my crystal ball I see dozens of democrat party county organizers one month from now saying, “darn, I wish Sara Barracuda was our nominee.”
By dirty harry
August 31, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
RAGNAR…2:15 PM
In all your infinite wisdom could you please explain the consequences should a Camel spit in your face…Or China attacks Cancun, or Outer Mongolia is invaded by a horde of man eating Wombats?
This is serious stuff, and, any input from you could seriously help the McCain campaign!
I actually think the man eating wombats to the third degree alienates the centrists and sends Obama to victory!
How about you?
By Misty
August 31, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this
WOW - VERY VERY WELL SAID “MARY PORTER”
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this
Dear Commander @ 2:27, whistle past the graveyard if you wish, but Zogby has the best record of any of them. (And be fair, I posted Zogby’s actual comments, which reasonably call the race a tie to this time.) But I would respectfully wish to hear your analysis of my October surprise scenarios, and your evaluation of the likelihood of such an event.
Dear PoFo, I have not mentioned anything but your lines about Sarah the Hot leave are truly funny. I know that is not a politically correct thing to acknowledge, but in your business you “don’t cut funny.” Good stuff.
By Daddy Lippersneer
August 31, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
Sarah Putin is from Alaska, and she looks like Angelin Jolie. I wonder if she adopted any snowflake babies. Snowflake babies, get it? Angelina adopts. Sarah’s from Alaska where it snows everyday for 12 hours. Then it gets cold.
McCangelina 08: All America needed was a pretty face.
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this
Dear PoFo, through the magic of cut and past I posted an incomprehensible compliment. Please delete “leave.”
Dear dirty @ 2:29, you seem to have lost your swagger. Is Mrs. Palin leaving you feeling less manly?
By ron
August 31, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this
Bush is wise to stay in Washington and out of the way.Should Gustav hit New Orleans it won’t be pretty.Pretty much a repeat performance of Katrina.They’re not ready.
Bush should do the Republicans a favor and stay away from the convention.He’s among the unwated.
There aren’t as many people in New Orleans this time.A lot were smart and stayed away.
The people in New Orleans are hoping for a miss.The people on both sides of them are hoping they get a direct hit.
By dirty harry
August 31, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this
Ragnar 2:39 PM
And, how have I lost my swagger? Oh exalted one!
By Gustav
August 31, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this
The GOP convention. Hurricane Goose-step.
CNN just reported that the GOP convention will honor “Hurricane Goose-step” for all it’s been doing for McCangelina’s chances.
We have people drowning in Cuba right now from Hurricane Goose step, which will be the Repudlickan Battle Cry from here on out.
Remember the Goose-step! The Hurricane Goose-step!
I’m printing out a 100K bumperstickers right now for the Right. “Remember Hurricane Goosestep!”
We must thank de heetler for hurricane goose-step in our thoughts and prayers.
Bookman meant to say that McCain threw a Heil Mary with Sarah Putin.
The fourth reich is upon us. Why doesn’t somebody DO something? What are you all, tin voters? Why R U all just sitting there?
By Gustav
August 31, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
Hurricane Goose Step is expected to wipeout Obama’s lead in the southern states. If the GOP can flood the media with Islamic associations to Obama, then the levee scandal, which were built with GOP corruption, and which used the inferior materials that got washed away during Katrina, (remember?), cant hurt them.
The Replacement Levees in New Orleans were built by corrupt GOP contractors, linked to Cheney, who used inferior fill, the same type that failed in Katrina.
Remember that 60 minutes expose?
With any luck, Hurricane Goose Step will deliver the keynote address during the GOP convention.
America will remember.
Obama 08: Remembering America
By Ragnar Danneskjöld
August 31, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this
Dear dirty @ 2:56, you just seem defensive now. Most of last week you sounded confident, now you don’t. Just an impression, mostly based on the things you have not said today.
By @@
August 31, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
I’m gonna have to disagree with you on this one Jim.
Opportunistic staging is what democrats do.
When there is no misfortune, democrats create it. And all for the benefit of party, not the individual
Bush and Cheney speaking from “The Peoples’ House” will do just fine.
On a previous topic, I just wanted to say……..I enjoyed your previous column “McCain’s choice of Palin erases doubts”. It would appear that you have attended showers where the liberated women were all to eager to wash the softer soap down the drain.
Resentment drives a leftist woman. The differences are clear. A woman of the left wants to step up and tell everyone they perceive as superior/inferior to “Go to hell!” creating conflict where in need not be.
A conservative woman is skillful in the art of telling the good ol’ boys to go to hell in such a way that they enjoy the trip. This creates an environment where they work with us rather than against us.
And they never knew what him ‘em.
Sarah Palin has proven herself to be a conservative woman forcing a change for the better. It’s a nurturing talent that too many women have neglected.
Take a child for example. A child exhibits a negative behavior that is unacceptable. There’s a two-step process to bring that child into compliance.
Engage in re-directing their attention.
Offer two alternatives that are acceptable.
Voila! You’ve taken them from their defensive mode to one of compliance.
The battle was short lived and you’re on your original path to success.
By Hurricane Goose Step
August 31, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this
Now that Bush has agreed to a surrender timeline, and all conservatives can rightly be called surrender monkeys, and of course the terrorists won, then I think we should formally surrender before Hurricane GooseStep hits. If we do, then Osama Bin Laden will get the blame for it, Al Queda will have to pay for the cleanup! THAT’S IT! Then, nobody’ll blame the GOP and maybe they’ll win in November. I may as well be the one to tell Osama Bin Laden.
Ahem, uh, Osama, sir? Look, uh, I know this may sound crazy, but we, well, first let me apologize for the way we chased you into Pakistan like that six years ago, what were WE thinking? Anyway, um, if you dont mind, could you sort of sign this instrament of surrender? no, not you surrender to us, no sir, no, you dont understand, now stop it. Honestly. Imagine a grown terrorist acting like that. No, WE want to surrender to YOU. Yes, right now. In fact please hurry up, we’ve only got hours before landfall, now all I need is your VISA credit card number and the expiration date, oh you know the wall street crowd and all, no, it’s real, I need to run your card now for the 50 billion it will cost to clean up New Orleans, nothing, nothing at all, GREAT!
Okay, we’ll expect your sleeper cells to capture all 300 million of us by noon tomorrow. Tell them to meet us underneath the main levee in the French Quarters near Bourbon Street.
Oh, we’ll be there. (suckers).
There. It’s done. I just saved the GOP.
By @@
August 31, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this
Woopsee doodle! make that And they never knew what hit ‘em.
IHB
By M. Moore
August 31, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this
An Open Letter to God, from Michael Moore
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Dear God,
The other night, the Rev. James Dobson’s ministry asked all believers to pray for a storm on Thursday night so that the Obama acceptance speech outdoors in Denver would have to be cancelled.
I see that You have answered Rev. Dobson’s prayers — except the storm You have sent to earth is not over Denver, but on its way to New Orleans! In fact, You have scheduled it to hit Louisiana at exactly the moment that George W. Bush is to deliver his speech at the Republican National Convention.
Now, heavenly Father, we all know You have a great sense of humor and impeccable timing. To send a hurricane on the third anniversary of the Katrina disaster AND right at the beginning of the Republican Convention was, at first blush, a stroke of divine irony. I don’t blame You, I know You’re angry that the Republicans tried to blame YOU for Katrina by calling it an “Act of God” — when the truth was that the hurricane itself caused few casualties in New Orleans. Over a thousand people died because of the mistakes and neglect caused by humans, not You.
Some of us tried to help after Katrina hit, while Bush ate cake with McCain and twiddled his thumbs. I closed my office in New York and sent my entire staff down to New Orleans to help. I asked people on my website to contribute to the relief effort I organized — and I ended up sending over two million dollars in donations, food, water, and supplies (collected from thousands of fans) to New Orleans while Bush’s FEMA ice trucks were still driving around Maine three weeks later.
But this past Thursday night, the Washington Post reported that the Republicans had begun making plans to possibly postpone the convention. The AP had reported that there were no shelters set up in New Orleans for this storm, and that the levee repairs have not been adequate. In other words, as the great Ronald Reagan would say, “There you go again!”
So the last thing John McCain and the Republicans needed was to have a split-screen on TVs across America: one side with Bush and McCain partying in St. Paul, and on the other side of the screen, live footage of their Republican administration screwing up once again while New Orleans drowns.
So, yes, You have scared the Jesus, Mary and Joseph out of them, and more than a few million of your followers tip their hats to You.
But now it appears that You haven’t been having just a little fun with Bush & Co. It appears that Hurricane Gustav is truly heading to New Orleans and the Gulf coast. We hear You, O Lord, loud and clear, just as we did when Rev. Falwell said You made 9/11 happen because of all those gays and abortions. We beseech You, O Merciful One, not to punish us again as Pat Robertson said You did by giving us Katrina because of America’s “wholesale slaughter of unborn children.” His sentiments were echoed by other Republicans in 2005.
So this is my plea to you: Don’t do this to Louisiana again. The Republicans got your message. They are scrambling and doing the best they can to get planes, trains and buses to New Orleans so that everyone can get out. They haven’t sent the entire Louisiana National Guard to Iraq this time — they are already patrolling the city streets. And, in a nod to I don’t know what, Bush’s head of FEMA has named a man to help manage the federal government’s response. His name is W. Michael Moore. I kid you not, heavenly Father. They have sent a man with both my name AND W’s to help save the Gulf Coast.
So please God, let the storm die out at sea. It’s done enough damage already. If you do this one favor for me, I promise not to invoke your name again. I’ll leave that to the followers of Rev. Dobson and to those gathering this week in St. Paul.
Your faithful servant and former seminarian,
Michael Moore
By A Christian Faithist
August 31, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this
Sarah Palin has proven herself to be a conservative woman forcing a change for the better. It’s a nurturing talent that too many women have neglected. She is obviously qualified to have one old man’s heartbeat between her and the presidency. She also looks like she gives a pretty good BJ.
By A Christian Faithist
August 31, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this
Sarah Palin has proven herself to be a conservative woman forcing a change for the better. It’s a nurturing talent that too many women have neglected.
So, what qualifies her among the dozens of women who are like here? I mean, she looks like she gives a pretty good BJ, but Republican tend to screw the people so I don’t know if that counts.
She is obviously qualified to have one old man’s heartbeat between her and the presidency.
By @@
August 31, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this
She also looks like she gives a pretty good BJ.
She’d have to cave in to the Bill Clinton’s of the world for that to happen, and it ain’ta gonna.
Her values and ethics would preclude.
I welcome posts from leftists such as yourself. You do the dem party proud.
By Republican Woman
August 31, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this
@@, just because YOU think it’s gross and have never performed such a service for a man you care about, don’t assume that the rest of us don’t. Some of us want our men to be happy.
By catlady
August 31, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this
I feel concern about a mature, intelligent woman who allows herself to get pregnant at 42, 43? Is she Catholic? In my mind it shows a certain lack of responsible thinking.
It isn’t any of my business, until she runs on “credentials” for national government.
By GaLiberal
August 31, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this
Moron Jim said: Lots of Republicans here aren’t all that disappointed to see President George W. Bush spend Monday — the day he is scheduled to deliver the keynote address — elsewhere. The best place would be in the area that will be affected when the hurricane comes ashore.
Of course they would. Who in their right mind would want the two men responsible for invading and occupying Iraq, getting over 4,000 soldiers and thousands of Iraqis killed, created a $500 BILLION deficit, tanked the economy, and gave us $4/gal gas while their oil buddies got richer. All in eight short years. Quite a list of accomplishments. I would like Bush and Cheney to be at the RNC. I would love Bush and Cheney to put their arms around McCain and kiss his swollen check.
So what if Bush and Cheney stay away. It does nothing to negate all the damage they have done over the past eight years. It will take 10-15 years to recover from the massive deficit they will leave behind (It took 12 years to recover from Reagan’s and it was only $350 BILLION.) and we will all suffer. China and Russia become economic powers. The dollar will continue to struggle against the Euro and be regarded as a third-world currency. I’ll remember in November.
When you vote Rethuglicon, you vote against your own best interests. And Bush and Cheney are living proof.
By @@
August 31, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this
Faux Republican Woman:
Some of us want our men to be happy.
If you wanna get on your knees before a man, be my guest sistah!
If you wanna get on your knees before OBlahMa, feel free. Oops! wait a minute…….you can’t……you’ll forever be enslaved to the “tidbits” he offers.
Have a nice day. (take a hike)
Your contribution has been duly noted. (it was idiotic, but….)
By ron
September 1, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
Gustav is coming ashore to greet the New Orleans police department ,which has been left behind to guard against looting.I’m going to think about that for awhile.
By One Voice
September 1, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this
More Palin info: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/211769.php
By WW5
September 1, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this
LIBS-PLEASE TRY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND ; PEOPLE DIED DURING KATRINA BECAUSE THE STATE AND LOCAL DEMS STATED:”WE DON’T WANT HELP FROM THOSE STINKING REPUBLICANS” THIS TIME NANGIN HAS BEEN SHUT UP AND THE DEM GOV IS OUT. ALL IS RUNNING AS PLANNED FOR THIS TIME AROUND.
By Pat
September 1, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
Bush should stay in Washington, D.C. and do his job with this uncertain Gustav situation. Meanwhile, Obama has not been doing his Senate job since he arrived in office. What has he done for the people he represents in Illinois? That’s right…nothing.
http://www.cafepress.com/IdVeepHer
By southgaguy
September 1, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this
Let’s see 3 years ago George Bush got the Majority of the blame for the destruction caused by Katrina ?? if all goes well this time with Gustav will he also get the Credit …. of course not the democrats & O’bama live to blame Bush but offer no alternatives to any National Problems
By SharonH
September 1, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this
Sarah Palin’s unwed daughter is pregnant? How is this possible? Didn’t she attend her Republican-sanctioned abstinence classes? Where was the breakdown?
Every 3 months or so, Jim rails against the Black community about unwed mothers and parental irresponsibility. Now the same woman he was gushing about just a few days ago has demonstrated lax parental skills by allowing her unwed daughter to become pregnant. Jim, what is a good conservative to do? Should you force her back to the kitchen where she belongs? We now know that Sarah Palin cannot manage her own household, how in the heck can she be prepared to be one 77-year old heartbeat away from the presidency?
By AJC is DOOMED
September 1, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this
Neither Bush nor McCain can focus, that is whay there were C students, why neither has good judgement, and why the Repuke party is such a dismal failure. Palin is just the latest example of McCains poor judgement, and idiots like Woodenhead want to put his finger on the nuclear button? Well, at least the Repuke party now has a decent theme song, thanks to Palin’s daughter…”She’s a vamp, a scamp, and a bit of a tramp.”
By ron
September 1, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this
Mrs.Palin’s daughter is human.No more no less.Anyone with their head so far up their excretion chute that they can’t see that is an idiot.
By SharonH
September 1, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this
ron, of course her daughter is human. But the Republican party has made their whole identity out of family values and they have made it their business to judge anyone else who does not fit their narrow definition of morality. That makes them gross hypocrites, unfit leaders and anyone who can’t see that has their head so far up their excretion chute that they are an idiot.
By ron
September 1, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this
SharonH,Narrow minded Christian hypocrites push family values amid a religious household and get caught with their pants down from time to time.That doesn’t give the rest of us a right to attack the young girl.She has all the problems she needs at the moment.The criticism can go toward the parents if you must,but I don’t see stooping to their level.They have just discovered that life is not a box of cherries,{yes.there’s a pun in there},now they have to decide what’s to be done.
By Bush go away
September 1, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this
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Better to cave in to the Clintons of the world than the Republican former Bush appointee, David Hagar the gynecologist who anally raped his wife in her sleep; and then justified it by saying he missed the right hole!
Now them’s “family values”.
By SharonH
September 1, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this
ron, please go back and reread my original post and the subsequent one. At no time did I attack the kid, in fact I’m not interested in her “plight” in the least. I did however attack her Mom and the party she represents and I plan to continue doing so.
How very highbrow of you to lecture me about stooping to their level. Typical Democrat. That is the precise sort of action…or should I say inaction that has led to 8 years of Bush/Cheney. We were so busy taking the high road that they were riding the low road straight into office. I hope being polite and civil comforts you for the next 4 years under McCain/Palin.
By Ken
September 1, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this
Damn. You demo posters are just plain mean.
By Demi
September 1, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this
Ron per Jim, her mother is a failure…unless Jim has changed his stance on children born out of wedlock.
As a fellow repub, this Christinsanity bull is getting out of hand. No one on this earth is perfect…but these so-called Christians need to be ashamed of acting like a bunch of PHARISEES!!!.
No wonder this nation is in such a hot mess.
All this preaching and not enough practicing is destroying us…Demi is now wondering how long before so-called Christian will get tired of being used once every 4 years
And I agree, children under 18 should be off limit. Period.
By ron
September 1, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this
Demi,I think Jim reserves his wrath for absentee fathers more than any other species on the planet.
What we have with Mrs.Palin and child is a failure to communicate.I raised a daughter,and believe me,you need an open line of communication on all issues.Sons fall into the same category.Raised one of those too.