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OK, this almost makes me believe in a loving, but sarcastic God.
James Dobson's Focus on the Family employs Stuart Shepard to make short, "clever" religious-right videos for the evangelical powerhouse. Shepard creates these videos regularly, and most of them are entirely forgettable. In mid-August, however, Focus unveiled a new video, asking politically-conservative Christians to pray for rain on Aug. 28, in order to disrupt Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention. Shepard called for "abundant rain, torrential rain ... flood-advisory rain." He adds, "I'm talking about umbrella-ain't-gonna-help-you rain ... swamp-the-intersections rain."
The weather in Denver was beautiful for Obama's speech.. not a cloud in the sky.
But... The Republican National Convention opens tomorrow in St, Paul. Which will be about the time an expected Category 5 hurricane will be blasting New Orleans. Y'all might remember that a hurricane hitting the Big Easy caused no end of problems three years ago.
Heck of a job there, Stuart.
While I'm hoping that everyone gets out safely, and that the damage is minimal, I can't help feeling some glee over the fact that this is derailing the RNC's plans for the convention. They simply can't have a big party while an American city is getting toasted, they can't be seen to be cheering and happy while the storm causes a spike in gas prices, and Gustav is going to push them off the top of the news cycle, especially if levees fail along the Mississippi. They have been pushed completely off message. Already Bush and Cheney have had to cancel along with the already staggering number of Congressional Republicans who had decided not to attend their own national event.
If Gustav is as bad as being predicted, the GOP won't have a message. It will be washed away with the storm surge.
The weather in Denver was beautiful for Obama's speech.. not a cloud in the sky.
But... The Republican National Convention opens tomorrow in St, Paul. Which will be about the time an expected Category 5 hurricane will be blasting New Orleans. Y'all might remember that a hurricane hitting the Big Easy caused no end of problems three years ago.
Heck of a job there, Stuart.
While I'm hoping that everyone gets out safely, and that the damage is minimal, I can't help feeling some glee over the fact that this is derailing the RNC's plans for the convention. They simply can't have a big party while an American city is getting toasted, they can't be seen to be cheering and happy while the storm causes a spike in gas prices, and Gustav is going to push them off the top of the news cycle, especially if levees fail along the Mississippi. They have been pushed completely off message. Already Bush and Cheney have had to cancel along with the already staggering number of Congressional Republicans who had decided not to attend their own national event.
If Gustav is as bad as being predicted, the GOP won't have a message. It will be washed away with the storm surge.
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