Does the GOP have Gustav to thank?

Question

The Dems pulled off the greatest convention ever. This puts Chicago in 68 to bed. Could GOP have done anything similar? I bet they are so happy for this excuse.

Answer 1

No, but libs do.

It gives them another ridiculous platform for accusations.

Try to have a little compassion for the people in danger.

Answer 2

So many of the people posting here are blindly partisan idiots. On both sides.

Let's try not to politicize this potential tragedy, all right?

Answer 3

The fundamentalist "agents of intolerance," as McCain used to call them, were praying for rain.  I guess God listened and decided that the right party for rain on their parade was the GOP.

You can see rain prayer commercial here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJY0NuBC7...

I guess people should really be careful what they wish for.

Answer 4

Be careful. THey are dirty and they may very well use this to their advantage. If they cancel their convention or scale it back greatly they will then be able to say, "OOO look at us we cancelled our convention because we care about Americans."

Answer 5

I THOUGHT THEIR CONVENTION WAS PRETTY LOUSY---LIKE A BUNCH OF HOOLIGANS RUNNING AROUND LIKE CHICKENS WITH THEIR HEADS CUT OFF....THE DEMOS. ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HAPPY BOUT THE HURRICANE ABOUT TO HIT NEW ORLEANS.--HOW MANY PRESIDENTS HAVE THE DEMOCRATS HAD IN THE LAST 50 YEARS?--HOW POPULAR WAS JIMMY CARTER

Answer 6

Well it takes the focus off what a poor job Rove's hand picked minions have done over the last eight years, so he was able to pick out two more. At least one thing is positive because of the GOP blunder this time around people were adequately warned and listened.

Answer 7

Liberal or Conservative, we should be praying for people right now.

Answer 8

It's almost funny.  The religious nuts prayed hard for rain to fall on Obama's outdoor speech and it didn't happen.  Now Gustav is stealing all the media coverage of their convention.  Almost makes you think that God is a Democrat.  

Answer 9

Libs , seriously stop with the praise for the hurricane. A natural disaster that can take lives and destroy lives is nothing to be excited about.  

Answer 10

I thought the democrat convention was a little over the top, especially the ending.  No one should be tying this hurricane to politics and saying God did it, or it's a good thing, or it's helping someone.  I live in the path of the hurricane and I know there is going to be lots of destruction and potential loss of life.

Answer 11

well it did give Bush an excuse not to speak at the convention...Thank Goodness!!!!!

Answer 12

Gustav is being used as an excuse for Bush and Chaney not being at the Convention The GOP doesn't want them there to begin with, as it only acts as a reminder of the problems that they are leaving America. Bush's approval rating is 29%, which means that even some Republicans disapprove of him.

Answer 13

Quite the opposite; Gustav is putting a kink in their plans.  

Answer 14

Best Dem convention?. it was boring, and lacked substance.

McCain and the Republicans don't need a dog and pony show to stroke the ego of their pick.  Instead they will show the respect to the american people and deal with a national crisis.

The Dem's should have saved the 10m they spent on Thursday night and done something real.

Answer 15

This question is similar to your earlier contention that Social Security doesn't run a surplus.  Wrong and absurd.  You take a significant threat to a large portion of the population and lower it to the level of a convenient excuse to bash a political party for exercising caution in planning their convention activities.  How sad.

Answer 16

They're already using it as an excuse to keep the incredibly unpopular Bush and Cheney out of the convention altogether, so I'd say yeah.