The RNC can cover all the signs they want but Gustav reminded everyone of their failure to Katrina!

[Breeze54]

victims and that's why they don't want to act like their partying,
which they are anyway, they don't want more 'bad press'. To late!

Looks like Alternet and i think the same! :P

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How the GOP Is Counting on Hurricane Gustav for an Image Makeover

http://www.alternet.org/environment/97103/how_the_gop_is_counting_on_hurricane_gustav_for_an_image_makeover/

By Brad Reed, AlterNet. Posted September 1, 2008.

With another enormous hurricane bearing down upon the Gulf Coast, John McCain and prominent Republican leaders have decided that this could be the perfect time to rebuild their image.

Think I'm being too cynical? Consider that McCain decided yesterday to gin up publicity for his campaign by touring the Gulf region with newly-minted vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin. While down in Mississippi, McCain announced that the Republican National Convention this week would be transformed from "a party event to the call to the nation for action, action to help our fellow citizens in this time of tragedy and disaster, action in the form of volunteering, donations, reaching out our hands and our hearts and our wallets to the people who are under such great threat." What this means is anybody's guess, although GOP officials have been floating trial balloons about the idea of transforming the entire RNC into a giant telethon to help the hurricane victims. Not to be outdone, Senator Norm Coleman blatantly made the case that McCain would be the best president to defend the country from both terrorism and natural disasters. The hurricane also gave Bush a convenient opportunity to skip out of town and without weighing down the party with his sub-zero approval ratings. As one anonymous Republican strategist told the Washington Post, "Now the Republican brand out there is not so bad... the does-Bush-help-or-hurt question doesn't need to be asked or answered."

To understand why the GOP has been so quick to cover all its bases on the current hurricane, we should consider the tremendous fallout that Hurricane Katrina had on the Bush presidency. The 2005 storm had a devastating political impact on George W. Bush and the Republican brand because it showed the American public what happens when a political party believes at its core that government should not be taken seriously.

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[opihimoimoi]

1. Their talking point::: WE LEARNED from Katrina......

My Talking point....Whadaya mean Learn? Its not the first Hurricane in American History...you GOP Cronies were supposed to know what to do...but didn't give a rats ass...did ya? The evidence shows ya didn't.

Worse than Rookies: They sent a crony(Brown) into the breach...fucked it all to hell....and now they say they learned...I guess they need PRACTICE....

It took Bush 3 1/2 days to do a Flyover from 3000 feet....it took an aides DVD for Bush to see the squalor, the filthy conditions, death in the hallways, water, alleys, everywhere....no food, no water, looting, gangs, crying, desperation, etc...on DAY 4...he was partying with McDufus...eating Cake n shit....

No, they are trying to clean up their act/dismal failure at NOLa...with over board responses and billions of dollars expenses...

McCain cannot rebuild the Pub Brand when he voted against funding repair and other related expenses since the storm. He is Nekkid

[Breeze54]

2. Well said and we need to keep reminding the public of that!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I hope you're listening to The Jeff Farias Show tonight!

He's all about the rethugs and Katrina and Gustav tonight.

Listen Live: http://www.1480kphx.com/DynamoPages.php?PID=22

[malaise]

5. Simple response

Gustav is no Katrina.

[spanone]

3. absolutely...even brian williams made that point tonight on nbc nightly news

he said it only proved they were prepared for 'this storm'

which was no katrina

[Breeze54]

4. Actually, the shelters weren't set up very well at all, according

to people calling from shelters tonight on The Jeff Farias show!