It's more accurate to say "Democrat suffering" than American.

So it's no big deal.

Actually this would be a great chance to contrast what happens in Louisiana now, with a competent Governor in charge, with what happened 3 years ago with Kathleen Blanco.

Oh, and perhaps it would also be a great chance to highlight the fact that Congressional Democrats haven't done shit for the thousands of Floridians who were flooded out by hurricane Fay last week.

And where are the celebrities? Where is Sean Penn? Doesn't he care about all the flooding in Florida? Oh, that's right -- he's in Denver watching Barack Obama being appointed Emperor. Silly me.

I am so sick of New Orleans and the Katrina disaster. For years now that is all you hear about and how they need so much money and need so much care,need,need. I do not hear anything from all the flooded towns farther north from this year. Don't get me wrong. I lived there for a while and had friends there. I worked in one of the hospitals that got flooded out. I am tired of the whining and constant photo ops for politicians.

Lee,

Just so you know, I was born and reared in New Orleans. I still have family there. I plan on visiting the city for the first time in several years in October, for my reunion at Tulane.

So unless you are from there, and have relatives there, I have one little suggestion for you.

Shut the f*ck up about your whiny outsider's view of NOLA politics.

Your insistence that Bush should "be there" during the immediate post-disaster recovery phase simply shows that you know absolutely nothing about how any President's presence there would negatively affect recovery operations.

By comparison, your beloved Democrat Party's refusal to allow oil drilling in the USA means that it has no problem with oil coming from other places in the world where governments such as Russia have nowhere near the environmental care or control that the US government has. Which means to me that you simply could care less about people in places like that, because you put their oil into your car when you drive.

So stop whining already about who you pretend to care about.

Because if you hold to your party's failed energy policies, you don't.

Another thing - I could easily spent the next hour typing examples of Democrats and their willing acolytes in the press and Hollywood eagerly exploiting the suffering in New Orleans for political gain in the 2006 elections.

"George W. Bush hates black people."

Lee, do you really want to go there?

Michael Moore: Hurricane Coming During GOP Convention 'Proof There Is a God in Heaven'
Controversial filmmaker admits he's delighted to see a natural disaster potentially interfere with the Republican event.

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080830000004.aspx

Imagine, someone hoping to use a disaster for political advantage...
Tsk tsk

So you're trying to draw a comparison with Moore's interest in interfering with the GOP convention with the GOP interests expressed in the post above whereby McCain would be interfering with public safety in exchange for a GOP photo op that they hope would erase the damage done to the GOP by George Bush's incompetence over Katrina?

Why don't you just come right out and say it, LiberalNightmare -- "Dem Black folks don't vote Republican anyway!"....

Oh wait - Nehemiah already beat you to it:

It's more accurate to say "Democrat suffering" than American.

So it's no big deal.

You anti-American Republicans amaze me.

Anti-American Republicans? Did you invent that? Socialism is not compatable with the Constitution-PERIOD. You Democrats are nothing but warmed over socialists with a handful of welfare rats thrown in.

And how long are we supposed to pay to support worthless losers after natural disasters? If they are black, do we have to support them for life? And if they are white, like the folks in Iowa, we leave it be? What are the rules?

I dunno Lee, it looks like a pattern of behavior from here - But hey, as long as you folks get a laugh and a little political advantage, who cares about
a little ol natural disaster?

Former DNC Chairman Don Fowler Yuks it Up over Gustav Heading for New Orleans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrBus8ORR78

If Karl Rove could have summoned up an earthquake to shut down the Democratic convention he would have.

Still, there is a big difference between enjoying the possibility that news attention on Gustav will draw valuable air time away from coverage of the Republican convention, and flying John McCain into a disaster zone so he can pose for pictures which will hopefully erase bad memories of Republican bungling over Katrina.

but I'll admit Fowler's comment smells like butt...

Still, there is a big difference between enjoying the possibility that news attention on Gustav will draw valuable air time away from coverage of the Republican convention, and flying John McCain into a disaster zone so he can pose for pictures which will hopefully erase bad memories of Republican bungling over Katrina.

Well I guess you liberals can find a silver lining even in a hurricane cloud.

Republican strategists obviously can. Look at the way Morris gleefully counts off the ways Gutav could help McCain -- actually suggesting a course of action for McCain would weaken public safety efforts.