UPDATE (see below for SC GOP Statement)
On a plane from Denver to Charlotte following the Democrats’ convention, I found myself seated behind former National Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Don Fowler and Congressman John Spratt of South Carolina. Their conversation was interesting to say the least.
For example, they made fun of Sarah Palin for several minutes, Fowler calling her “Dan Quayle” on steroids and Spratt creatively describing her as “just terrible.” They both agreed that, “Other than the simple fact that she’s a female,” she has nothing to offer.
Then there was this gem of a moment from Fowler:
So you see, it’s funny. That New Orleans will get a hurricane. That’s funny because it is due to hit when President Bush is scheduled to speak. Isn’t that cool? Fowler isn’t the only one who thinks so, just ask Michael Moore.
We all know Democrats used and use Katrina as a political football as callously as possible. Here’s a candid moment showing some can hardly wait for another one.
All Class.
BREAKING: Statement from SCGOP Chairman Katon Dawson
“The outrageous behavior of two of the Obama campaign’s highest profile supporters in the south is despicable, a cynical politization of life and death. I call on Barack Obama to immediately denounce Fowler and Spratt and demand sincere apologies from these members of the Democratic leadership.”







Why can't we just push the convention
Commodore Saturday, August 30th at 1:26PM EDT (link)back one week?
If our GOP governors manage the storm well, we can tout that the following week at the convention.
If the storm goes bad, at least we have time to adjust the convention accordingly.
Trying to do this while the storm is going on is insanity.
you see the REAL Democrats when they think nobody is looking
E Pluribus Unum Saturday, August 30th at 1:28PM EDT (link)And they are foul, cynical, hateful monsters. I am highly amused that they aren’t even smart enough to see what a devastating move the Palin VP pick is.
So add STUPID to the list of things they are in their candid moments.
Carthago delenda est
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Laugh it up, funny man.
Mord Saturday, August 30th at 1:31PM EDT (link)When McCain gets elected, he should reward the peopele who created YouTube.com for single-handedly under-cutting the liberal media and bringing tranparency and forcing honesty on American politicians. I think YouTube will be the main thing that keeps democrats from taking back the WH this year.
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you can't DO that
E Pluribus Unum Saturday, August 30th at 1:34PM EDT (link)Hotel reservations, airline reservations, events are scheduled in those venues well in advance (so there’s probably rock concerts in that hall the next week, maybe rodeos, technical conventions, etc.) Thousands of individual delegates and otehr people have scheduled vaction time to go there.
It is simply not possible.
Carthago delenda est
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Leaders should adjust to events, not hide from them.
Mord Saturday, August 30th at 1:35PM EDT (link)Doing as you suggest would backfire big-time.
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agree
savings Friday, October 16th at 8:29AM EDT (link)I agree, that would never work.
I live in Spratt's District..
poultond Saturday, August 30th at 1:37PM EDT (link)I live in Spratt’s District and I’m making sure that the local Talk Radio get’s their hands on this.
Well, if that actually happens
Rod_Patrick Saturday, August 30th at 1:45PM EDT (link)It will be the first time in our history that our Republican Convention shall be turned into a form of community services to those areas that will be adversely affected by the hurricane. Instead of speeches and attacks, we can celebrate McCain’s nomination by helping people in time of need. The Convention will become nationwide, involving Preparations against the said calamity.
That’s 1000 times better than the rockstar concert in feel-good-for-nothing Denver Convention.
Just amazing.
phxg Saturday, August 30th at 1:48PM EDT (link)Reveling in the misery of others. Typical response of the party that despises the American people.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. –Aristotle
Exactly -nt-
George Claghorn Saturday, August 30th at 1:51PM EDT (link)“Victory comes, though we know not when. We must be happy warriors until the end.
For those of you who struggle with what goes on, who see retreat and capitulation, and who feel like not just your political opponents, but those who hold dear all those things you hold as blasphemous — be cheerful. Be happy. Victory is already yours.
You must just have the courage to not get discouraged and have the will to fight on.” – Erick Erickson at RightOnline
Not possible
zuiko Saturday, August 30th at 1:52PM EDT (link)There’s no way you can move an event like this with a few days notice. This stuff was all booked 18-12 months ago. The next several day long opening available at Xcel is probably at the beginning of 2010… might be a little late for a convention.
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman
Drudge is reporting...
George Claghorn Saturday, August 30th at 1:52PM EDT (link)…that Michael Moore called a hurricane striking the RNC “proof there is a God in Heaven.”
“Victory comes, though we know not when. We must be happy warriors until the end.
For those of you who struggle with what goes on, who see retreat and capitulation, and who feel like not just your political opponents, but those who hold dear all those things you hold as blasphemous — be cheerful. Be happy. Victory is already yours.
You must just have the courage to not get discouraged and have the will to fight on.” – Erick Erickson at RightOnline
Another thought.
phxg Saturday, August 30th at 1:54PM EDT (link)How about the audacity of these people to believe to know with certainly what God is planning.
What if God wants New Orleans removed from existence?
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. –Aristotle
Under Obama we won't have hurricanes. See?
streetwise Saturday, August 30th at 1:55PM EDT (link)Caleb, this is vile and I hope you run
c17wife Saturday, August 30th at 1:56PM EDT (link)with it. Michael oore is one thing, Party reps, quite another.
I am so sick of their sh*t. Time to make them eat some of it.
Duty is ours, outcomes belong to God.~Mike Pence
But you've got to admit...
HeyHoldThePhone Saturday, August 30th at 1:58PM EDT (link)When they think nobody is watching, they’re really not scared by this VP pick.
So without calling you out for recording people when they don’t know they’re on camera and using the words of grown-ups speaking to grown-ups (which is when Dems abused Cheney and his dirty mouth on the Senate floor, don’t lower yourself to that level) here is my question:
We can look over the very, very short list of “facts” that we know about Palin, and watch the few minutes of on-camera interviews that actually exist of her, and pray that she turns out to be a good candidate. Or why not stand up for what the party wants- and have proven with their primary votes- like the HRC supporters at the DNC and push for a McCain/Huckabee ticket, or McCain paired with any ESTABLISHED conservative leader?
McCain has thrown away the “chemisty” argument behind a VP pick by picking somebody he had met only one single time EVER, and he has thrown away the “experience” argument by picking somebody without any. They’re not gonna pick up those PUMA votes (and who cares, those people are kind of insane) nor are they going to pick up any pro-choice. What does Palin gain? A strengthened base? How much STRONGER would this base be with a Huckabee- a candidate everyone already knows and loves/respects?
So if you’re going to support the base with a candidate they’ll love once they get to know her, why not give them a candidate they’ve wanted all along?
And before somebody tries to sink their teeth into me because I’m not foaming at the mouth with support, I do not know this woman, and just look back a few days on this blog at the little bits of talk Palin received…
“probably too unknown as a vetting matter for 2008″
“Palin is too green. ”
“Cons: who knows how experienced she really is? She was a mayor of a middle-sized town in Alaska 2 years ago.”
“The entire Palmer/Wasilla/The Colony area is smaller than most suburbs of large cities. I agree that Palin needs a little seasoning”
Yes
zuiko Saturday, August 30th at 2:02PM EDT (link)I’m sure as a Dem you’d just love for McCain to pick Huckabee. Sorry thing didn’t go your way. I also didn’t really see the point of this video as “look, he used a cuss word!”
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman
Just a point: In Chemistry, opposites attract. And the ticket is supposed to be "COMPLEMENTATION"!
Rod_Patrick Saturday, August 30th at 2:02PM EDT (link)and not supplementing what already exists.
Or it could be that you dems
phxg Saturday, August 30th at 2:02PM EDT (link)are praying for ANYTHING to disrupt the momentum McCain/Palin now has.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. –Aristotle
Hey hey
RedFox84 Saturday, August 30th at 2:04PM EDT (link)You’re one of those folks that’s been pro-life all your life and agree with Rush 99% of the time BUUUUUUT….
Right?
32-minute wonder moby alert.
NightTwister Saturday, August 30th at 2:04PM EDT (link)You had me going until you said this,
Get Connected in Colorado.
you make a good point
E Pluribus Unum Saturday, August 30th at 2:05PM EDT (link)But I would counter with a couple of points:
(1) it may just be that these guys are stupid, and SHOULD be more fearful than they are.
(2) Judging that the response from the Dems has consisted mainly of low blows and ‘how dare they’, I think that the GENERAL Dem crowd seems to have more fearful respect for the pick than this guy does, so I refer you to point #1.
(3) turn it around. If the Dems had made a surprise but good pick (nobody really comes to mind), we would, even in GOP-on-GOP conversations, be picking that person apart just as a matter of course.
So anyway…. just food for thought.
Carthago delenda est
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Why not raise money for hurricane relief?
Sam_Gamgee Saturday, August 30th at 2:11PM EDT (link)A website could be set up to accept contributions for the Red Cross and/or Salvation Army. The convention would go on as normal, except that every speaker would remind people to contribute to hurricane relief. The website could be listed on the podium, on the video screen, and anywhere else it would be picked up on television. We could ask the networks to post the website. Make it a completely non-partisan appeal. We’ll be helping the country by electing Republicans to office, while at the same time doing our part to help those in need.
“I wonder what sort of tale we’ve fallen into.”
Nice try, but you gave it away with the...
Moe Lane Saturday, August 30th at 2:11PM EDT (link)…”recording people when they don’t know they’re on camera and using the words of grown-ups speaking to grown-ups” bit. Grown-ups don’t take pleasure in the destruction of fellow countrymen’s homes and livelihoods.
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ah, so you are of the view
Streiff Saturday, August 30th at 2:11PM EDT (link)that a “private” conversation held is the freakin cabin of a scheduled airliner is off limits?
I guess the same rule applies to the open mike comments at public events, too?
When did this become the standard?
“A man does what he can and endures what he must.”
Nice Catch Absentee
patriotroom Saturday, August 30th at 2:12PM EDT (link)Hope McCain’s guys get this and beat the Dems like a rented mule with it.
Also find Bill Dupray at The Patriot Room
you know, THAT is ONE talking-point that is getting OLD very quickly
David Hinz Saturday, August 30th at 2:19PM EDT (link)McCain only MET HER ONCE and made her his VP. WHAT WAS HE THINKING?
GIMME a floucking break! This is NOT the 18th Century! Ever hear of TELECOMMUNICATIONS? It’s all the rage today.
There are any number of people HERE and at The Minority Report that I have NEVER met, and yet we talk on the telephone regularly — we have become friends.
AND most of THEM don’t regularly appear on TV [well, except Erick -- but he is special] as do politicians. Ya think that it is possible that Sen McCain MIGHT have a pretty good read on the character of his running mate from communicating with her other than face-to-face?
The way the IDIOT LIBS and the MSM [but I repeat myself] talk, it is as though this was an arranged marriage from the 18th Century where neither person knows a darn thing about the other.
LIBS! Get over yourselves — the Senator has upstaged you with a SUPERIOR choice for his VP and you got pwned!
The Minority Report — The HinzSight Report — TMRB.tv — MFOB “Miss Tagart, do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It’s resentment of another man’s achievement.”
Every time these...
RedSt8Kentucky Saturday, August 30th at 2:19PM EDT (link)…simpletons open their collective mouths, it only cements the notion that they are absolutely childish, mean-spirited and wholly lacking in intellect.
Fowler sounds like a snotty, cliquish fourth grade girl celebrating the misfortune of another. Someone please tell me that this person, a former national chair of the DNC, doesn’t engage in such chatter.
But then…I look at others who have filled the same shoes, and it’s no surprise whatsoever.
Well, as the saying goes, dookie flows downstream.
Bailiff!!!!
So, was Fowler receiving an IV during the plane flight?
Flagstaff Saturday, August 30th at 2:23PM EDT (link)Or is this a new way to avoid the $5 per drink upcharge–BYO-IV?
Pluto, the Ninth Planet - Forever!
not to mention intercepted cell phone conversations
E Pluribus Unum Saturday, August 30th at 2:38PM EDT (link)nt
Carthago delenda est
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And yet you are scared of her.
QueenOfCups Saturday, August 30th at 2:46PM EDT (link)You are! You ARE! You are scared enough to take the trouble to register for this site, and pretend to have feelings and opinions your don’t - in fact, you have taken on a secret identity in order to try and deceive us. Why would you do that? And the fact that there are so many of you doing it, only proves how very frightened all of you are! Of a girl who you claim is of little consequence! Scaredy cat, scaredy cat! Neener, neener!
This is delicious!
Alan Colmes tried to trip up Dr. James Dobson
Flagstaff Saturday, August 30th at 2:52PM EDT (link)last night with a similar question.
It seems the Dobson website had at one point suggested that it would be good if the Dem Convention were rained out. When there were objections, it was taken down.
Alan kept pushing it, “Now it looks like there’ll be a hurricane spoiling the Republican convention, huh?, huh?, huh?”
Dobson just chuckled and said, “It rains on both the just and the unjust.”
Pluto, the Ninth Planet - Forever!
Hoping to rain on someone's
c17wife Saturday, August 30th at 3:00PM EDT (link)parade is quite different than mocking a city with a catastrophic storm heading for it simply for political gain.
It’s no wonder these guys have a jackass as their mascot.
Duty is ours, outcomes belong to God.~Mike Pence
Scotty, scotty, scotty
BlowFish Saturday, August 30th at 3:55PM EDT (link)Scott McClellan sounds like he isn’t quite done with his wrecking ball act:
“If it’s a major hurricane, I think that they certainly need to show they learned lessons from three years ago, both from a policy and perception standpoint,” McClellan said.
He also suggested that McCain could benefit politically from such a scenario: It would allow Bush to mount an effective GOP response to a disaster while removing the unpopular president from the convention roster.
“It could be a two-fer,” McClellan said.
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A hurricane as a “two-fer”. Yeah, looking at the political upside of a hurricane - that’s real class and sensitivity. Whose side is he on, anyway?
Don Fowler was one of my professors
Reaper0Bot0 (formerly Han_Pritcher) Saturday, August 30th at 5:10PM EDT (link)Love him or hate him, the last thing that man is would be stupid. He ain’t. Indiscreet? Perhaps. Lord knows we should always expect everything we say in coach to wind up on Youtube, :).
I’m a lying troll.
Huckabee is not an "established conservative leader." n/t
Vegas_Rick Saturday, August 30th at 5:14PM EDT (link)n/t
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
Expectation of privacy
Jill1066 Saturday, August 30th at 6:35PM EDT (link)I disagree with most of your post, but I did have some concern about the propriety of recording a conversation without the other parties’ knowledge. Then I thought about the situation. These two men were chatting in an airplane cabin with people all around them and who knows how many people walking by. I think it could be fairly argued that they didn’t have an expectation of privacy.
Trying to force Gov. Huckabee on the ticket against Sen. McCain’s wishes would guarantee a disrupted convention and a nasty floor fight. While some Republicans are opposed to Gov. Palin on concerns about experience there are certainly others that object to Gov. Huckabee’s past positions. The pick is a done deal. She is the VP nominee, and we’ll know in 60+ days if she’s an asset or not.
OK, how about...
mbecker908 Saturday, August 30th at 6:38PM EDT (link)disgusting piece of human filth.
Insensitive racist.
Out of touch elitist.
I could go on. These guys are the snapshot of elected Democrats. Totally unfeeling, completely cut off from the real world. These responses from these little insignificant pieces of flotsam, including Michael Moore, and the lack of outrage from the media are just another reason I am irritated as hell at GWB. The problems in NO were not the fault of the federal government or their response. The problems were created, part and parcel, by the elected Democrats who were running the City and the State at the time. Nagin and Blanco should have been hung on their petard but the Administration let them off the hook and never responded when your elites attacked them.
Boy, I sure hope McCain carpet bombs Obama and the elected snobs from your party.
Do we have contact numbers on these
mbecker908 Saturday, August 30th at 6:42PM EDT (link)idiots?
Palin works for me
PUMAproud Saturday, August 30th at 6:46PM EDT (link)I won’t bother hiding the fact that I’m a Dem like you are doing. Palin is a brilliant choice, even if she isn’t for choice. She’s “pro-contraception”, which is enough of a shading for many middle of the road women. The economy, taxes, security, and energy issues are also important and PUMAs won’t be voting on one-issue alone-so Palin is going to be attractive to women in that balanced middle ground -unlike Huckabee ever could, not just because she is a woman either.
No way can I vote for inexperienced Obama (who still dismisses women with “Later, Sweetie” and a laugh), and McCain’s choice of Palin just re-emphasizes the reason I’ll be voting for McCain. I’ve known about a potential Palin for months (why is everyone else so shocked?), and have seen more than enough to know that her record outweighs Obama’s.
My vote isn’t based on gender, but the Dems did not help their bad candidate with their bad attitude. The current Dem meanstreak, like in this clip, saddens me, but the emergent sexism in the Dem party breaks my heart. These are the same men that threaten me to trust them with my body “or else”, when they won’t even respect me? They’re like the thugs that threaten shopkeepers with destruction unless they pay the thugs “protection”. YES WE CAN vote elsewhere.
Beyond the vicious treatment of Ms.Clinton, the left calling Palin “just any woman” “like a lego” is itself demeaning, and saying she is anti-woman because of her views is despicable. I don’t agree with some of her religious-based views, but I respect them. I also respect her record as being more concrete, and as Bill Crystal said: Obama talks about things, Palin has done them. Palin meets every need that McCain was looking for in a running mate; she is quick witted and a fire cracker, and has anyone seen so many smiling conservatives in years?
In my mind, strange bedfellows for me, but whatever it takes to get McCain in the White House and keep Obama out…and Palin might just be the tipping point.
I'd say
zuiko Saturday, August 30th at 7:01PM EDT (link)Whichever side sells him the most books.
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman
We can turn this around on the dems.
The_Rebel Saturday, August 30th at 7:05PM EDT (link)On the one hand we have the Fowler moment to show America. On the other, we can show Republicans assisting in the aftermath of the Gustav disaster.
The Republican Convention will proceed on time, as well it should. However, the President should be on-site in the gulf region on Monday and communicate with the Convention by satellite TV. All non-essential Republican leaders, alternate delegates, etc. should head for the gulf and assist the victims once the storm has passed. Only those delegates necessary to secure the nominations of the President and Vice-President should remain.
The Convention can be shortened by a day, with the President and Vice-President giving their acceptance speeches on Wednesday, and then immediately heading to assist in the recovery efforts. The cost of sending all these people can be borne by the RNC. They will more than offset this by the contributions that will roll in to the RNC by such a gesture.
The alternative to this is a Convention that proceeds normally, but is a PR disaster. I can envision the MSM networks showing split screens, with the Republicans partying in Saint Paul on the left side, and Obama and other democrats assisting victims on the right side.
We have the opportunity to get this campaign off on a high note. Let’s not blow it now.
Interesting
OccamsRazor Saturday, August 30th at 7:14PM EDT (link)We [Americans] could spend as much as they did on the Democratic show to essentially control weather-as an afront to God. But with our convention, we might be able to hand out bread and relatively clean water.
But the idea is intriguing.
Thanks
OccamsRazor Saturday, August 30th at 7:18PM EDT (link)Absentee,
Mosttimes it goes unsaid/untyped. Thanks for making this trip and this footage.
OR
Dems help Cuba, perhaps?
jeffmacguy Saturday, August 30th at 7:19PM EDT (link)Maybe the Dems can have a disaster relief fundraiser for their ideological brothers in Cuba.
Looks like they could use some help about now.
Dispatch Republican Governors in a Show of Competence
buckeye Saturday, August 30th at 7:26PM EDT (link)Regardless of the hurricane, I think there should be a larger theme at the convention led by Palin that although not perfect the Republican Party is far more competent at reforming and governing.
Challenge the Dems to identify a single level of government that has trended from Republican to Democrat in recent years that’s better off. I can’t think of one although many have changed hands. Watching Michigan, Ohio and other states trend blue is like watching countries fall to communism during the Cold War. It’s to a lesser degree only because the corruption and collectivism is to a lesser degree but they’re all worse off and heading over a cliff. Congress isn’t any different sense it changed hands. We have a very recent and thorough track record of what change looks like when it involves putting Democrats in charge.
Urban America going over the Democrat cliff is the perfect example, the more Democrat power, the higher the unemployment rate, the higher the crime rate, the higher the illiteracy rate, the higher the teen pregnancy rate. People are fleeing the Daley machine led Cook County, Illinois by the truck load (note my 100% Dem run Cuyahoga County and Detroit’s - indited mayor Wayne County Michigan also top the list). The same Daley machine Obama never once stood up to but rather carried water for with Durbin and Stroger. Palin is just the leader to deliver the message, “we can’t let the same people that are destroying our great cities and now many states get their hands on the entire country with a political monopoly. If you like what Obama and his friends did for Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and the rest of Ohio and Michigan you’ll love what they’ll do for the entire country”.
It needs to be said, there are millions of citizens across the country that have seen their quality of life diminish while the Democrats took power over their lives and the rest of the country prospered. Democrats do not produce results to be proud of, anywhere other than leafy college towns drowning in federal grants. Obama took the fight to McCain last week and we should take the fight to Democrats this week, as a party of failure.
This gets back to the hurricane. Since Louisiana is no longer governed by an incompetent Democrat but rather a very competent Republican like Mississippi and Florida who could handle hurricanes all along, it’s under control. America will witness the same week as the GOP convention how governance improves when you get Democrats out of power. It’s touchy and risky, but somehow it needs to be pointed out who’s delivering misery and failure around the country and who’s not. There’s no opportunity like a convention speech from one of the candidates.
“Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.” - Ayn Rand, West Point, 1974
Glad...
Putter Saturday, August 30th at 7:55PM EDT (link)to hear it. Welcome to Red State. I think you will find that, like you, the folks here don’t care so much whether or not she is female. We like her because she has been successful in something besides politics. We like her because she does not have to convene a focus group to answer a question. We like her because she has a spine, a moral compass and a host of other desirable traits in a public servant.
Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies…
Republicans should just postpone the convention a month
McCainForPrez Saturday, August 30th at 8:11PM EDT (link)Just postpone it a month. People will still come; they can make arrangements. If they can’t, others will gladly take their place.
If they can’t accommodate in one month at St. Paul, hold it in another city (any city would love the revenue and attention).
Dems, Kos, and MSM will clobber GOP if they hold their convention during Gustav. Just just don’t even fight it. Heck, closer to the election, the better.
Despicable
Mr_l3itchy Saturday, August 30th at 8:43PM EDT (link)There is a special place in hell for these people. I watched Olbermann’s show last night and have felt compelled to send this email to MSNBC as well as everyone else I can think of, seems appropriate here as well.
To: letters@msnbc.com; letters@msnbc.com
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 12:23:42 PM
Subject: the worst person in the world
I have never emailed a news service before but feel like some things should not go without complaint. On August 29, 2008 during Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Michael Moore laughed, joked and chuckled about the propsect of hurricane Gustav hitting New Orleans while the republicans try to start their convention since it would be so close to the three year anniversary of Katrina. Mr. Olbermann seemed to find the idea of a major storm striking the city humorous as well and chuckled along even comparing it to people praying for rain during Sen. Obama’s acceptance speech the night before. To be honest I don’t believe I have ever seen two more offensive people on television at the same time in my entire 40 years of life. Katrina caused tens of billions of dollars worth of damage to New Orleans and killed 1600 people, and if Gustav hits, despite everyone’s best efforts, there is no guarantee that the same tragedy could not reoccur. To make this even more offensive, on the same evening Mr. Olberman included Fox weatherman Steve Doocy in his ‘Worst Person in the World’ segment for making a lame but certainly not evil remark about Gov. Palin having international experience for living close to Russia while airing and apparently agreeing with this drivel spewing from Moore’s mouth. This man’s show belongs on Comedy Central or in the trash heap, not a ‘news’ network. Michael Moore should be forever banned from television and so should your host. MSNBC owes the country and particularly the city of New Orleans an ON AIR apology for even allowing such filth to air on its station. The only reason I or anyone else watches your network anymore is to see when someone will finally have a meltdown and get carried away by men in white suits. You should all be ashamed.
Very sincerely,
D J S, Houston, Tx (former resident of New Orleans)
Racebaiters licking their chops?
Oscar98 Saturday, August 30th at 8:53PM EDT (link)Not anymore.
Amazingly, absentee was in the right place at the right time. Great freaking work!
I can save from first hand experience that the Air National Guard is working overtime to get ready for Gustav. And these jerks are products of my beloved home state.
Stay classy.
http://www.rlc.org
http://www.fairtax.org
Racebaiters licking their chops?
Oscar98 Saturday, August 30th at 8:55PM EDT (link)Not anymore.
Amazingly, absentee was in the right place at the right time. Great freaking work!
I can say from first hand experience that the Air National Guard is working overtime to get ready for Gustav. Apparently we can’t say that about the Dems (shocker).
And these jerks are products of my beloved home state.
Stay classy.
http://www.rlc.org
http://www.fairtax.org
Just postpone it a month. It CAN be done.
McCainForPrez Saturday, August 30th at 8:56PM EDT (link)Just postpone it a month. It’s a lose-lose if we try to hold the convention during the hurricanes. Dems, Kos, and MSM will clobber us. Let’s just not fight it.
Inconvenience? Sure, but people will have a month to rearrange their schedules. If they can’t make it, others will take their place. We’ll have a packed house.
If St. Paul can’t accommodate the changes, many other cash-strapped cities will gladly host us. And by having the convention closer to the election, we get a “bounce”. Mac can keep raising private funds until then.
And besides, the MSM will be giving more coverage to the hurricane than to our convention. Just postpone it a month.
Dude, you made Drudge!
scottbomb Saturday, August 30th at 8:57PM EDT (link)He’s headlining this very page. It’s crashing the server, but you did it!
http://www.HowObamaGotElected.com
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism’, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” - Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948
Beautiful Catch Here Absentee.........
Chicago Ray Saturday, August 30th at 9:00PM EDT (link)Excellent job catching those aholes on camera as the Media never woulda believed it. Thanks as well, as I posted and linked your article right when you made it available earlier and now Drudge picks it up. Again, fine on your toes work.
Chicago Ray
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it. Albert Einstein
Even if the hurricane DOES hit...
scottbomb Saturday, August 30th at 9:05PM EDT (link)Gov. Jindal will handle it much better than Ray “School Bus” Nagin and what’s-her-name. The REAL “lesson of Katrina” has been completely lost on the Dems and their drive-by media: Disaster recovery begins at home, not the White House over 1000 miles away.
http://www.HowObamaGotElected.com
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism’, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” - Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948
This post is on Drudge now
JillEE Saturday, August 30th at 9:10PM EDT (link)Great job exposing this kind of rhetoric. My prayers will be with the people in harms way.
Maybe the Rs can match our recent outpouring to McCain/Palin ($7 million!!) to relief organizations (www.redcross.com).
An Insult to Floridians also
riquin Saturday, August 30th at 9:12PM EDT (link)Don Fowler and Congressman John Spratt of South Carolina need to be punished by such jokes !! Don and John I want you to know that a hurricane is not a joke. I went thru Andrew and It was not a joke OK ! . Where is OBAMA to punished these “idiotas” ? I demand an apology to all of us.
Now that Drudge is linking,
The_Rebel Saturday, August 30th at 9:28PM EDT (link)not only is the site crashing, but we can expect an onsluahgt of trolls.
Now that Drudge is linking,
The_Rebel Saturday, August 30th at 9:29PM EDT (link)not only is the site crashing, but we can expect an onslaught of trolls.
Statements of Foolishness
Charlie4 Saturday, August 30th at 9:30PM EDT (link)Obviously Moore and “his” followers do not know God. Statements like his are well recorded for eternity. Unless he places himself above God. (maybe)
Such lack of understanding on the phrases or words the liberal choses to express himself looks foolish and uneducated and dare I use immature.
Funny how ignorant liberal slobs can make
DaBoogieMan Saturday, August 30th at 9:32PM EDT (link)evil, derogatory statements on the threat of american’s lives while being thousands of miles removed.
I would suggest he come down here and see how “typical conservative Americans” are not the one’s with their hand out look for the government to SAVE them from stupidity. If the obese MM would show his fugly face here with us in south Louisiana, we’d have to roast him on the pit, the good pig he is and feed him to the alligators.
Katrina was an example of how Liberal America works and how pathetic its policies are. We had a liberal governor and a liberal mayor and you saw how they operated. Blame, blame, blame and make them suffer, then blame Bush.
Rest assured people, Gov Bobby Jindal is not idiots Blanco and Nagin. Nagin gets to prove himself that he can do right or he can just moved to his home in Dallas and stay there forever.
People are prepared and they know the threat is real. We’ve been rolling people north since yesterday.
chuckle
OccamsRazor Saturday, August 30th at 9:32PM EDT (link)Remember, this IS an act of God framed in context by the left. Yes, WE know in our heart of hearts, that we would prevail over the mass American suicidal haters, but the energy involved in one hurricane is more than just a few tingles down 200k German thighs.
OR
Any doubt?
spsward Saturday, August 30th at 9:34PM EDT (link)Why this guy is a Fowler instead of a leader, and why the democrats’ symbol is an ass?
Something wrong with Humanitarian Aid
SteveLA Saturday, August 30th at 9:48PM EDT (link)jeffmacguy
Nothing like humanitarian aid to open the eyes of people living under a communist system to the lies their government tells them. Offering and delivering humanitarian aid to Cuba after a hurricane might not be so a bad thing.
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Competency over ideological purity
Cleaned Up the Sound
KeithH Saturday, August 30th at 9:50PM EDT (link)Hope you don’t mind, I tried to clean up the sound a bit to make it easier to hear the words.
Thinkin’bout Stuff
Top Drudge linked
alpharob1 Saturday, August 30th at 10:00PM EDT (link)The link wasn’t top dog up for long as
New Orleans evacuation replaced it.
Original lead:
http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/08/31/20080831_013321.htm
Two minutes later 1:35 GMT (6:35 p.m. Eastern) big red headlines:
http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/08/31/20080831_013522.htm
12 minutes later New Orleans evacuation replaces it:
http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2008/08/31/20080831_014729.htm
I’ll bet RedState saw a stunning spike in visits!
Rob
what in the heck is WRONG with these people?
JustLeaveMeAlone Saturday, August 30th at 11:08PM EDT (link)I am open-mouthed, slack-jawed amazed at the cynicism and lack of simple human compassion being shown by Moore, Fowler, and Spratt, et al, for the Gulf Coast residents who may lose (again) everything they have, not to mention their lives.
Lincoln was right: this country can’t fall from enemies without, but the enemy within may get us.
I cannot imagine hating anyone so much, or “the other side” so much, that I’d wish a hurricane on innocents just to claim some sort of supposed moral superiority.
Outraged doesn’t begin to cover how I feel about this. There is no word for it. But when I hear things like this, I despair for the country I love.
God bless us all, and God protect us.
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson
Exactly.
MetaCosm Saturday, August 30th at 11:16PM EDT (link)nt
~ MetaCosm
Buried on youtube...
Oscar98 Saturday, August 30th at 11:45PM EDT (link)Searching for the title doesn’t even yield results. Odd.
http://www.rlc.org
http://www.fairtax.org
Buried on youtube...
Oscar98 Saturday, August 30th at 11:54PM EDT (link)Searching for the title doesn’t even yield results. Odd.
http://www.rlc.org
http://www.fairtax.org
Search "Fowler" and "hurricane"
JustLeaveMeAlone Sunday, August 31st at 12:03AM EDT (link)You’ll see it