Gustav soon to be Category 5 hurricane

UPDATE: McCain is talking about postponing the convention. I don't buy it. I think he's just saying this to look nice and concerned - you know, he CONSIDERED postponing the convention, so it's okay now if they move ahead anyway. Having said that, as I note below, it's very difficult to hold a political convention, with people hooting and hollering, wearing funny hats and swigging down beers, while the TV shows a split screen of a hurricane destroying an American city. Then again, if anyone can celebrate while a hurricane destroys our homes, it's John McCain and the Republicans:



Category 5. Time for the Republicans to drag out a big birthday cake for John McCain at their convention this week. I really am curious as to how the GOP is going to "celebrate" while American cities are getting wiped off the map, again. John McCain was AWOL when Katrina hit New Orleans - in fact, McCain was with George Bush out west sharing a birthday cake. We posted about the outrage at the time. This, the anniversary of Katrina, the anniversary of John McCain's birthday snafu, is a bad time for the GOP to again show America how out of touch they are with anything that happens inside or borders. Let's all remember this photo, still on the White House Web site, of John McCain and his buddy George Bush laughing over a birthday cake as Katrina was quite literally obliterating New Orleans.