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Kat-egory 2

POSTED: Sunday, August 26, 2012, 3:37 PM

The media (present company included, sometimes) can be pretty dense once it gets an idea in its head. Once a storyline is established -- hurricane threatens Republican convention! -- then shifting course is like turning around an aircraft carrier. It's been increasingly clear for the last day or two that Tampa is going to be sideswiped and that the real threat is more likely for beleaguered New Orleans. By the time the media picks up on that, I hope it's not too late for folks to get out -- the tragedy that wasn't averted in 2005.

I hope none of this comes to pass. But if Isaac does turn out to be a major hurricane and it does strike New Orleans, they should just scrap next week's Democratic convention altogether. The government needs to mobilize for real emergencies, not for prime-time windbaggery by Joe Biden & Co.

Will Bunch @ 3:37 PM Permalink | 11 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:55 PM, 08/26/2012

They would have been mobilized for Katrina if it wasn't for the bone-headed mayor and govenor. Missing Biden, hough, is too high a price to pay.

— philly2flag

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:04 PM, 08/26/2012

Unbelievable Willy! I actually agree with you on this one! There's hope yet! (Just not "Hope and Change")

— dogman5

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:12 PM, 08/26/2012

If Joe Biden can figure out that Charlotte is in North Carolina, and not Virginia, then the Democratic Convention should proceed.

— Mr. Smith

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:33 PM, 08/26/2012

You didn't create that hurricane. Someone else did!

— TyroneShoes

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:42 PM, 08/26/2012

New Orleans is doing fine.

— Mr. Smith

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:56 PM, 08/26/2012

If it's not a forceable hurricane, it can't hurt you.

— philly2flag

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:28 PM, 08/26/2012

It's Bush's fault. Or Cheyney or Rice or Palin.

— georgel

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:28 PM, 08/26/2012

Cardinal Dolan will give a benediction, alter the course of the hurricane and arrange for all pedophile priests in the Tampa area to receive a $20,000 payout, health insurance for two years and their child raping ways kept from the police,just like he did in Milwaukee. Imagine being proud of having a man like that address your gathering.

— mick-of-the-moment

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:16 PM, 08/26/2012

Fine if they cancel the Dem convention -- just as long as we get to hear the best the Republican Party has to offer - you know, like Sheriff Arapaio and Donald Trump.

— Talking point sleuth

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:19 AM, 08/27/2012

The Republicans put their least desirable speakers on Monday because the major networks weren't covering Monday night. they know Isaac is not going to hit, it's just an excuse to cancel Monday all together.

They are going to try to fool the American people into thinking they are a reasonable, middle-class-loving, party not the corporatist far right creeps they actually are.

— Hamlet

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:55 AM, 08/27/2012

Hopefully the hurricane doesn't cause damage that wasn't in a balanced budget proposal cause the costs of repair would be money we just don't have. We don't have it, we're bankrupt. It'll be costs our grandchildren and their children will not be able to pay back. Hopefully the region is spared, but if anything on par with 2006 occurs, no matter the response, it will be prime time for the right, their talking heads in particular, to get some payback.

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