It's not the Hurricane! They don't want to have the Convention

[goclark]

Am I the only one that believes that it is mighty convenient for them to just blame it on the Hurricane?

This way --- no George, No Cheney, More time to vet the PTA President.

[NightOwwl]

1. Nope...

you aren't the only one.

[goclark]

12. I've been away from DU for a few days

but I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything.

I didn't see any thread today about the issue.

When I look at cable they are just saying how "thoughtful and caring" the GOP is to play down the
festival/celebration.

[redstate_democrat]

21. LOL! They don't want to have this convention.

Most elected officials aren't even showing up. They are a bunch of losers, but if you paid any attention to the MSM, you would think the GOP was moving along quite nicely. That entire party is in SHAMBLES right now, but they're putting forth a brave face. :D

[mcctatas]

2. First thought that crossed my mind....

but I'm a cynical bitch;)

[NotThisTime]

32. Same here on both fronts...

[PermanentRevolution]

3. They wanna reschedule so it ends on 9/11

I was kinda surprised they missed that opportunity initially.

[lutherj]

4. It's like a shotgun wedding that nobody wants to attend. n/t

[mcctatas]

9. Sure...

just had to drag Palin's daughter into this thread :evilgrin:

[tanyev]

37. So Cheney is going to be there?

[donco6]

52. But you still have to bring gifts.

Even if you know they'll only be hocked at the corner pawn shop.

[Andy823]

5. Nope, you are not alone.

I think that they were having problems getting republicans to show up before McCain picked his VP, after he picked his VP, I think even less republicans were going to show up, and McCain knew this. It would look pretty bad, so the hurricane gave them what the needed, and excuse! No worries about a bad showing, and no Bush and Cheney talking about God knows what. Yep, McCain is one happy camper, and now he gets to use the hurricane for what he thinks will be a good "political" photo shoot.

[LibraLiz1973]

6. You are not the only one

[Quixote1818]

7. When you know the other guy has better cards than you

do anything you can not to show yours. It's possible the Ron Paul people could cause some problems too not to mention Republicans are not that excited about McCain.

[bobd0]

8. A hurricane is a great excuse for why your party's sitting pres and VP aren't welcome

The Republicans would rather face a hurricane than attempt to follow The Barack and Joe Show with the their two dimwits, Mr. PTSD and Ms. PTA.

[sandnsea]

10. They're thrilled they can cancel that catastrophe

I just hope Gustav totally fizzles out, especially for the people, but to also show what opportunists they are when they don't have the convention anyway.

[Democrats_win]

11. CONvention is in a state with a Republican governor, Nothing is safe. Can't blame them.

A bridge could fall down.

[liberalmuse]

13. They could have kept it going...

all they had to do is keep mentioning good wishes and prayers to the people of New Orleans. They could have even had Bush and/or Cheney tape a speech. The could have also had Lindsay Graham and Joe Lieberman go to the Gulf and feed back reports to the Convention. McCain should be the last person there, given the logistics of his large security detail. It looks like all the important Republicans like Bush, Cheney and Arnold pulled out, so why bother? I guess you can't have a party if no one comes.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

14. Not the only one.

[goclark]

17. Bingo ~ Not many RSVP's to the RECONS

Party! :bounce:

[BrklynLiberal]

15. How would Dobson and the family values folks explain this hurricane

coming along to ruin the Repuke's convention..and not the Democratic Convention?...especially after Dobson had all his fanatic followers praying for rain for Obama's speech.

[opihimoimoi]

16. You are on the right track...last I heard, only hookers and some staff are there

About 380 will be coming on Tuesday unless cancelled.

They are so fucked.....embarrassing really....

[704wipes]

30. & the difference between hookers and republican staff would be?

nt

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

34. Hookers are honest about what they do

And they don't pretend that they're not screwing you.

[opihimoimoi]

35. LOL....I love it

Cheers and Beers

:beer:

[goclark]

50. Not much difference

[Politicub]

18. They are going to give McCain a bullhorn

And have him recreate his idol Bush's 9/11 photo-op somewhere in one of the gulf states.

The GOP and McCain are craven and pathetic. I'm confident that most people can see through it.

[calmblueocean]

19. You got it.

Now the country doesn't have to see W praising McCain, or Cheney praising McCain, or McCain trying to deliver a speech with even a portion of the grace and style and power that Obama does.

[progressiveforever]

20. They do not want Bush there at any cost.....

AT least we didn't bomb somebody to keep him anyway.

[TlalocW]

22. But who will think of the poor prostitutes?

According to another thread, the local and visiting working girls were all geared up for the family values crowd.

TlalocW

[Median Democrat]

23. Also Arnold Is At War With The State GOP . . .

So, if he were to make an appearance, there might be some animosity between him and the delegates. The State GOP wants to run a deficit, and borrow, rather than raise taxes. Arnold is trying to push for a sales tax increase to avoid additional borrowing, since California is already over-leveraged. Of course, a sales tax increase is tototally regressive, but an income tax increase is off the table due to the GOP.

[Ernesto-Che-Guevara]

24. I have a wild theory:

It goes like this:

The hurricane will reduce greatly the number of those who will watch the convention, since much of the focus will be on the hurricane.
This will minimize the impact or "bump" the convention may give McCain.

I know it's a crazy theory but it's my hunch.

[goclark]

42. Prayers for all in the gulf

Notice that there is a news blackout with the hurricane.


The cables have been repeating the same information every second.

That's the plan -- no Morning Joe.

[Cleita]

25. It's looking like that.

But I don't think they want beauty and the beast either. They know they are going to have to get some battlers in there who can actually speak in complete sentences and think on their feet while they propagandize their base.

[quakerboy]

26. Yup. They are trying to

take advantage of it on as many levels as possible.

[grantcart]

27. a year ago I told a friend of mine that there was no way that Bush and Cheney

were going to be at the convention


Though I have to say this is a pretty good excuse.


I suspect that if it wasn't this they would have juiced something up about Georgia

[angee_is_mad]

28. I agree sorta

How can they compete with 84,000 Americans and 40 million tv viewers? Hell before Gustav, there were politicians reportedly not attending the convention. My (not really)senator libby dole was not attending. The repubs up for re-election in November do not want to be anywhere near St. Paul.

Then you had the bush/cheney problem. What the hell to do with them? The hurricane gave them an out and they are running with it.

My prayers are with the areas that could be impacted by Gustav.

[az chela]

29. I als othink they DO NOT want to go ,especially bush & cheney

[valerief]

31. No. I've said it, too. This couldn't be more convenient if China had seeded the clouds. nt

[zbdent]

33. and here * was all ready to fly over the convention and watch the highlights

on a DVD specially prepared for him to understand what was going on ...

[Bobbie Jo]

36. Do you blame them?

I almost want to watch it now, just for the entertainment value. :rofl:

[NightOwwl]

38. Hell yeah!

I was so looking forward to watching them squirm.

[goclark]

46. Yes, let's see all those excited Rethugs

with their bandaids of their faces.

Let America see how stupid they look.

[goclark]

49. And now to introduce ------ ?

Oops, no George, no Cheney, no Arnold and on and on!

What a bunch of lies they weave.

[Phoonzang]

39. They used HAARP to create the hurricane.

Er...sorry... Too much Art Bell over the years. :evilgrin:

[DogPoundPup]

40. CNN reports from the the RepubliConmen National Convention and pretty much says the same thing

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/09/01/mann.lok.rnc.preview.cnn

[goclark]

45. The video says "the timing couldn't be worse" for the Rethugs

But the timing for them couldn't be better.

They don't want to have a Party when their own people don't want to come.

No Arnold.....

And, the new Mom that leaves her Special Needs baby at home while she campaigns is not ready for prime time.

[smoochpooch]

41. You are right, but the media will spin it favorably for them

The media will say stuff like "Republicans were forced to cancel their convention because of Gustav", as if the hurricane came right up to Minnesota and they had no choice. They know they can't possibly compete with our convention, so they'll act like they really wanted to have the convention but nature intervened.

[goclark]

48. You are so right ~ there is no way they can have a convention like

ours! :bounce:

[RayOfHope]

43. Of course it's not the hurricane. Rethugs all over are breathing a sigh of relief n/t

[Willo]

44. No, it's not the hurricane

The convention was an expected failure

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6847908

Recent events add to the reasons why cancelling or subduing the event is a good idea.

[goclark]

47. Exactly

[goclark]

51. And now we have Sarah Gate ~

[redwitch]

53. As a former PTA president...

I resemble that remark!

[VoodooGuru]

54. I was just enjoying Mother Earth...

...coming back to bite them in the ass, actually.

[seabeyond]

55. oh yes. you are right. they started making excuses after obama brought in 84k

and all the speeches were kick ass. they were saying theirs would be different. it would be more cozy.... code word for small

[DesertRat]

56. A hurricane is the reason. But it's not Gustav

It's Hurricane Barack!

:kick: