Don't you think that it's Karma, that there is a Hurricane during the RNC???

Question

Obama Supporters: Barack Obama's DNC went perfectly with no interruptions. Yet McCain and the RNC Convention has the WORST weather of the year going on in the nation. No attention is going to be on the convention. That would be the ONLY reason they would cancel the convention. Now McCain is going to the gulf coast on a photo op. Disgusting. What do you say?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080901/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_convention_rdp;_ylt=AnhoVRNYP6BSRIpjgpt.Tnl6xJ14

Answer 1

If McCain hadn't gone to the Gulf Coast you'd probably accuse him of not caring about the people he seeks to serve.

Karma? I don't believe in it.

Prayer? Yeah, I've been there asking God to intervene on the people's behalf.  Anyone who has faith should be on their knees asking God to take out or diminish that storm to a puppyish level.

Answer 2

I think people who post thee question are sick.  I think to wish or suggest disaster based on politics is terrible, after all isn't half of New Orleans Democrats and low income? Aren't you Dems for helping others?  

Answer 3

I think you are digging a karmic hole, along with a lot of others in the democrat party, celebrating a storm.

Shame on you.

fs

Answer 4

I don't really believe in karma, but if it did exist, I would have to agree

Answer 5

Yes it must be karma

I mean what are the chances of a hurricane hitting in hurricane alley during hurricane season

I mean the odds must be like 1.5 to 1

Answer 6

The Dobson fundamentalists were praying for rain during the DNC.

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

Answer 7

No, it's not karma.  This hurricane has the potential to cause millions in damage, destroy lives, and even take lives.  Theres no reason to be on here making a political issue of it.

And I am sure everyone who thumbs me down is a liberal saying YAY death and destruction will hurt the republican party!!

Answer 8

I say you're remarks are disgusting, implying that the hurricane is divinely sent to disrupt the RNC. Try to have a little compassion for the people in danger, will you?

Answer 9

It will definitely affect the polls.  McCain might not get the bump he wanted due to the time change of the RNC.

Answer 10

You raise a good point, coincidence or chance. I think it's interesting that the attendees will have to leave the convention, but I'll bet the protesters will wait for them to come back and start the convention. I hope to see lots of concious people booing the GOP next week!

Answer 11

I think it is pandering, however, the only "karma' presented would be to the people in the gulf coast. While I am a democrat, I cannot in any way call Gustav karma for the republicans....b/c I don't think karma/God/nature, etc works that way and I don't think the lives and homes of decent people deserves to be used in any way--by the right or the left.

Answer 12

Typical Obama supporter you are.   You brats keep it up.  Show your true colors.  McCain/Palin 2008!

Answer 13

The convention was scheduled to be in Minnesota. There will be no bad weather in Minnesota for the RNC. McCain is changing the schedule not due to poor attendance but out of respect for a possible disaster. The last thing he wants to be doing is celebrating from a safe haven while hundreds of thousands are in danger...and to think, Obama didn't even allow the Georgia crisis to interrupt his vacation in Hawaii. He did issue a couple of statements to be released while he was body surfing though...ugh

Answer 14

I think it's karma to those that insist on living in a bowl and trying to control nature...

Nature bites back when humans try to control it...

And it's Global Climate Change... Not Global Warming... please study your earth sciences because it is evident in geologic history that the climate warms and cools in cycles and we are now in a warming stage and well eventually end up cooling again....

Oh and by the way.... hurricane frequency has to do with the El Nino/La Nina cycle... not necessarily with Global Climate Change... GCC mainly effects the strength of them but even that is linked to El Nino/La Nina

Answer 15

i don't think Karma would put million of lives at risk, however it will disgusting if he use this to advantage to try to get some voters!

Answer 16

I think it's pretty funny, in a way, because some minister with Focus on the Family told all their people to pray for rain so Barack's speech at the stadium would be rained out.  That didn't happen, but now a hurricane has ruined the RNC.  Message from God?

Answer 17

You can't assume that.  

Answer 18

McCain has got to be down on his knees thanking his lucky stars. Someone on a TV show said the Excel center convention floor looked more like they were planning a Carrie Underwood concert.

Answer 19

Do I think it's Karma?  No, I don't believe in Karma.

Obama-Biden '08!

Answer 20

You're comments are disgusting. Karma? It's the people in New Orleans, the ones who by the way went through this three years ago, who are going to be the ones suffering from this. And I have a feeling libs would get on McCain whether he went to New Orleans or didn't. Theres no pleasing you!

Oh and TRY TO NOT MAKE YOUR GLEE SO OBVIOUS!!!!!!

EDIT: No we get hurricanes because it's hurricane season. What? You think hurricanes are a recent occurrence? There is no link between global warming and hurricanes.

Answer 21

Yes I think it's cool that Gustav is about to destroy a liberal city. Again.

Answer 22

I think you posting that a Natural Disaster is Karma is disgusting. Please let's not make a potential disaster into a good thing.  

Answer 23

very disgusting

Answer 24

No, I think it is coincidence.  However, one could make a good argument that it was created as a result of all the hot air from the Democrat Convention reaching the atmosphere and causing an upper level disturbance that generated the storm.

Answer 25

If Gustav heads straight up the Mississippi and hits the Minneapolis/St. Paul convention center, trapping McCain and the rest inside for 5 days with no water, electricity, or working toilets, then I'll believe it's karma.

Answer 26

What goes around comes around.

Answer 27

No. It's scalar microwaves from another country's HAARP type weapon that is directing the weather by warming up the upper atmosphere and moving the jet streams around.

Answer 28

I DO NOT THINK KARMA WOULD WANT TO DISPLACE OR HURT ANY SOUTHERNERSJUST  BECAUSE OF THE REPUBLICANS.

Answer 29

You be sure to remember that word, KARMA in Nov. when McCain whoops Obama's behind....whoop there it is!!....

John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday, canceling most opening-day activities and positioning himself as above mere politics as Hurricane Gustav churned toward New Orleans.

"This is a time when we have to do away with our party politics and we have to act as Americans," he said as fellow Republicans converged on their convention city to nominate him for the White House.

On the eve of his convention, McCain took on the role of a concerned potential president determined to avoid the errors made by President Bush three years ago. "I have every expectation that we will not see the mistakes of Katrina repeated," he said.

Bush and Vice President Cheney scrapped plans to address the convention on Monday, and McCain's aides chartered a jet to fly delegates back to their hurricane-threatened states along the Gulf Coast. Campaign manager Rick Davis said the first-night program was being cut from seven hours to two and one half.

McCain said in an interview with NBC that it was possible he would make his acceptance speech not from the convention podium but via satellite from the Gulf Coast region.

The formal business of the convention includes nominating McCain for president and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate on Wednesday. McCain's acceptance speech, set for prime time on Thursday evening, is among the most critical events of the campaign for his chances of winning the White House.

The hasty reordering of an event months in the planning was unprecedented, affecting not only the program on the podium but the accompanying fundraising, partying and other political activity that unfolds around the edges of a national political convention.

McCain said he was looking forward to being at the convention but did not say when he would arrive. He spoke from St. Louis after he and Palin received a briefing on hurricane preparations on a quick visit to Jackson, Miss.

Democratic rival Barack Obama got a briefing, too, by telephone from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Obama heard about the status of the storm, the evacuation effort and coordination between federal, state and local authorities, according to Democratic campaign adviser Robert Gibbs.

McCain campaign manager Davis told reporters inside the convention hall that the opening program on Monday would be "business only and will refrain from political rhetoric."

To help those in need, he said, "We are working with the delegations, financial people, finance committees, many other concerned individuals to do what we can to raise money for various charities that operate in the Gulf Coast region."

As for the convention schedule, he added that further adjustments would be made on a day-to-day basis.

McCain said of his briefing in Mississippi: "I'm happy to report to you that the coordination and the work that's being done at all levels appears to be excellent." He cited remaining challenges in communications and search and rescue operations, but emphasized that the response seemed to be going more smoothly than the one three years ago.

The Bush administration's handling of that storm contributed to a plunge in the president's approval ratings that helped the Democrats win control of Congress in 2006.

The uncertainty contrasted with a state of readiness inside the Xcel Center, a hockey arena transformed into a made-for-televison red-carpeted convention hall. Thousands of red, white and blue balloons nestled in netting high above the floor — to be released during final-night festivities if the Republicans decide to go ahead with them.

Outside, police took nine people into custody for crossing a security barrier in an anti-war march. The nine, including two women in their 70s, were charged with trespassing, according to Doug Holtz, a St. Paul police commander.

Emphasizing their concern about the hurricane, McCain and his newly named running mate traveled to Mississippi for a tour of the state's emergency management center.

"I pledge that tomorrow night, and if necessary throughout our convention, we will act as Americans, not as Republicans," McCain told reporters moments later.

The events temporarily overshadowed a more traditionally political pre-convention debate over McCain's decision to name Palin to his ticket. She was mayor of small-town Wasilla, Alaska, for six years before she became governor in December 2006.

Responding to a question after his hurricane-related remarks, McCain made a ringing defense of Palin, who Democrats argue has less experience than their presidential candidate, Obama.

"I thin Sen. Obama, if they want to do down that route, in all candor, she has far, far more experience than Sen. Obama does," McCain said.

He cited Palin's stint as governor of a "state that produces 20 percent of America's energy" as well as her previous membership in the PTA and her time spent