While Louisiana prepares for Hurricane Gustav, Dems gloat and guffaw; RNC opening night cancelled; Fowler apologizes; Gustav hits land
Scroll for updates…RNC opening night cancelled…McCain via Bloomberg: “We are facing a great national challenge,” McCain said in remarks sent by video from St. Louis to Republicans gathering in St. Paul, Minnesota, for the nominating convention. “We have to do away with party politics and we have to act as Americans”…Fowler apologizes…Gustav slams into La. coast…
First, please read this e-mail from michellemalkin.com reader/commenter CantCureStupid, who is a member of the Louisiana Army National Guard. She asks for your thoughts and prayers as the people of his state ready for the storm:
Hi Michelle.
I’m a new member to the site and a big fan, and right now I’m experiencing a brief (and rare) moment of downtime. I am a member of the Louisiana Army National Guard, and we are up to our nostrils in preparations for Hurricane Gustav. There is a lot going on right now in south Louisiana, but mostly we are watching this monster bear down on us and hoping for the best. I wanted you to know, as a soldier who also had to suffer through the cluster that was Katrina, that we are 1000% better prepared (God Bless Bobby Jindal!!), and that while hoping for the best, we are completely prepared for the worst and ready to do what needs to be done to ensure the safety of the people of this state.
I am sure, as a fan of your site, that the vast majority of your fantastic commenters are keeping us in their thoughts and prayers. Most of us are very aware of how sick the rest of the nation must be to hear the namby-pamby cry baby stuff that still comes out of the New Orleans area three years after Katrina, but I would ask for prayer and support for my soldiers, who have nothing to do with politics and who show up and serve whenever called upon.
God Bless America and God Bless Louisiana!!!
New Orleans is under mandatory evacuation orders this morning. Here’s a disaster preparedness round-up from Glenn Reynolds. And Weather Nerd and hurricane blogger Brendan Loy is tracking the latest developments.
Per Gov. Bobby Jindal’s order at 4am this morning: “As directed by Governor Jindal, Louisiana State Police will initiate contraflow at 4:00 AM Sunday morning. For the first time in history, the entire Louisiana coastal population will be evacuated due to the impending threat of Hurricane Gustav.”
We know who won’t be praying for their success and safety: tolerant, peaceful liberals wishing the worst on Republicans in Gustav’s path and laughing about the possibility of grave destruction.
Exhibit A: Michael Moore (via Allah).
Exhibit B: Former DNC chair Don Fowler (via redstate diarist Absentee, who caught Fowler and Democrat Rep. John Spratt’s candid, malicious comments on a plane from Denver to Charlotte. Transcript via Ed Morrissey.
The hurricane’s going to hit New Orleans about the time they start. [Chuckle] The timing is — at least it appears now that it’ll be there Monday. That just demonstrates that God’s on our side. [Laughter] … Everything’s cool.
God is not on your side, gloating sleazeballs.
Our Louisiana Army National Guard’s screen name says it all: Can’t Cure Stupid.
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Yep, about sums up my opinions.
Hey, remember the huge blizzard that swept through the mountain and midwestern states in early ‘07? Remember all the flooding in Iowa and other places this year? Remember all the other fires and disasters that have affected places other than New Orleans since Katrina?
Remember hearing about all the rioting and stealing, and cities inheriting other places’ criminals, cops rounding up citizen’s guns, etc? Citizens taking federal money to blow on strippers and beer? Living in gov’t trailers for years on end? Remember the telethons to raise money for all those people in fly-over country?
Neither do I.
Remember how Nagin was re-elected? Yeah. Classic.
Anyhoo, good luck, Gulf Coast. May you come through it with as little loss as possible.
That addition makes his apology real sincere. Nice try, jerk.
Of course not! Liberals can’t admit to mistakes. They can only lay blame on others for their mistakes.
This is why I carry a digital voice recorder with me at all times. Because I’m a right wing nut case.
I was laughing at Nagin threatning looters. Fox just called him on it; saying the crooks were running the show last time. *ROTFLMAO*
If, God forbid, there’s extensive damage, it would be great to see both campaigns challenge their supporters to donate and make it into some kind of contest. Can you imagine the amount of money that would pour in?
I hope that by some miracle, this storm loses strength, but I know it’s not likely. I am afraid that some people are going to be leary of donating money this time around. I would encourage people to donate to those organizations like the Red Cross who are actually out there to help people.
They always hope for the worst for the country… To lose thousands of citizens to a hurricane or to deliberately lose a war. The bigger the catastrophe the more vitriol they can hurl at Bush.
Yet they get in a snit when you question their patriotism.
Why does Michael Moore continue to open his mouth without having a trash receptacle placed directly below it? Is this not hazardous to the environment? Shouldn’t the nuts in the Greenpeace boats and the Kyoto-lovers be admonishing M&M to better care for Mother Earth?
And why does anyone left on God’s green earth still mistake Keith Olbermann for an actual objective journalist? Someone please stop the watch on this tool’s fifteen minutes. He was Craig Kilborn’s mental waterboy on SportsCenter, but is still allowed steady airtime nightly (If Keith wants proof that God exists, it’s in the fact his ratings are dwarfed by “Iron Chef America” reruns on Food Network) on an actual cable network where he is allowed to spew puerile rants and ad hominem attacks under the guise of journalism.
Mike’s election guide looks like it comes in just the right size to use as wipe in the biff, too. So at least we’ve got that going for us.
Thank goodness Bobby J is in charge now in the great state of Louisiana. Next stop, removing “Vagina-friendly mayor” Ray Nagin, useless corruptocrat of the left.
The MSM worked overtime to ignore the outstanding leadership of Haley Barbour in Mississippi during Katrina. A GOP governor doing something right must not have been newsworthy. Meanwhile the Bush administration became their whipping boy for Blanco’s and Nagin’s incompetence.
Bush is to blame for much of that. He never fights back. Bush has done much damage to the country by allowing the haters to have pretty much free reign.
Then there are those who could have done something to move the media to the center (you listening Rush Limbo?) and instead decided to get rich just talking.
I am afraid that I will be proven correct and the US will eventually break up into 3 pieces. Might even see it in my lifetime.
Fixed it.
I thought God existed only for the neocons.
Dems believed in Gays/lesbians and atheists.
Must be a bad dream!
“One doesn’t anticipate that
one’sa leftwingnut’s private conversation will be surreptitiously taped bysome right-wing nutcase,” and prove what jackasses democrats really are”.said Fowler. “But that’s the nature of what we’re dealing with.”There. Fixed.
Fowler apologized, but also said (via ABC news)
“One doesn’t anticipate that one’s private conversation will be surreptitiously taped by some right-wing nutcase,” said Fowler. “But that’s the nature of what we’re dealing with.”
To All:
Michael Moore is disgusting.
I am a staunch conservative, who often posts here.
Nevertheless, I have known Don Fowler for my entire life. He is a good person, a great father and a leader in the community. While I do not approve of his attempt at humor in this video, I do accept his apology as sincere. I disagree with Don on all issues, but I know he has a good heart and did not mean what he said as anything more than a poor attempt of humor. Many politicians, on both sides, have made gaffs before. One should never compare Don Fowler to Michael Moore. The two are as different as night and day.
There will always be those with whom we disagree; however, we should make every attempt to understand the difference between the “Nutbags” on both side and those with strong political convictions.
God bless and be with all Americans living in the Gulf Coast region today.
Again, true character is revealed in a crisis or when a person thinks no one else is around to hold them accountable. Fowler, the DNC and a number of left wing nut jobs have exposed the vile underbelly of the DNC & liberals in general. It smells pretty bad. Fowler is so much less of a man when he equivocates his so called apology by evoking the mistake of a now deceased person (who apologized) to try and mitigate his own moral corrupt failures. The man is feckless and we should not let up on him.
I’ve read ahraley’s 8:47 am comment, and it’s a point well taken. Nevertheless,
I’m not a fan of non-apology apologies. If you’re sorry, you apologize, and then shut up. This doesn’t seem to cut it. He’s looking for cheap grace; he can go elsewhere.
Beyond that, you have to ask whether his terrible remarks square with the adage that (paraphrasing) character is what you do when no one is looking (and also when you do something that is the right thing to do even if it will cost you).
Good luck to Mr. Fowler in working through his problem.
This morning, our own Amy Klobochar, democrat,Minnesota was being interviewed on the floor of the Republican convention by Steve Doocy. The whole place is empty because our turn at presenting our platform has been postponed due to the hurricane. Doocy asked her a very simple political question and she answered it very quickly and then said, “But this isn’t about politics. This is about those people in the south who are blah blah blah.” Doocy had the audacity to ask another political question and she replied the same way. So let me get this straight. Fox news has been covering the hurricane 24×7 for days. There is nothing going on at the present time. The hurricane has not hit the coast yet. Steve Doocy has the incredible bad taste to ask a political question while sitting in the middle of the decimated republican convention. This is so freaking disgusting! The dems had all last week to spew their garbage, but now we shouldn’t even ask a question because there is a hurricane?. I can’t take this any more. There is a marathon of Murder She Wrote shows on today. That is what I will be watching.
BuckeyeSam
Agreed.
Reading the heartfelt and on-the-spot comments here gives me hope on this Labor Day that our country still has many sane people left, despite what I saw on those videos…
Send this link to all you know. This is the best commercial for the Demwits.
Gustav is coming ashore a lot weaker than earlier anticipated. Prayers are answered Democrats.
Michael Moore. The last time he went to the beach, he had his day spoiled by kids who kept trying to push him back into the water.
Hurricane seems to be crumbing just like democrat hopes that this would be the RNC undoing.
That’s crumbling. missed preview
Has The One condemned Fowler yet? Has he condemned the dailykos rumors? Nope and Nope. He is showing America just how empty his suit is.
Yup, typical Democrat. Anything negative is always done by a wing nut.
Keep praying – it was the storm surge afterward that caused the real devastation in both New Orleans and the Mississippi coast.
No, it is not …if anything..it’s hugging the coast a lot longer than anticipated…making it worse than anticipated…it’s just 1 mph below a cat 3 storm…big storm surges have yet to hit the coast..days of heavy rains are ahead. Tornadoes will be a threat all day today. The levies remain threaten through most of the day.
The storm isn’t over yet…fortunately, we won’t see the loss of life like we did in Katrina and hopefully there will be no US deaths this time …but a lot of people remain in danger of losing their homes in the next few days from the coastal surges today and flooding from massive rains in the next few days ahead.
We also shouldn’t forget the death and destruction it has caused to our Carribean neighbors.
Michelle please don’t put Keith Olbermann on your site anymore. The man is toxic.
Mayor Nagin’s success in deflecting Gustav makes him a miracle worker. And I thought his re-election was a mistake…
Anyone else soooo tired of Geraldip on FOX?
Fowler spent more time whining about being caught and recorded than he did apologizing – what a schmuck.
This Fowler thing is a non-issue to me. He’s a political hack/mercenary, that’s what these guys do…on both sides. He got caught being a tool, that’s all.
I’m not a big fan of Gov. Jindal’s social positions, but this guy is an extremely impressive executive. Razor sharp. Extremely detailed oriented. Great communicator. Couldn’t be more impressed with how he handled this crisis.