Bush ‘unlikely’ to attend GOP convention.
By on Aug 31st, 2008 at 9:36 am
Bush ‘unlikely’ to attend GOP convention.
This morning, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said that it is “unlikely the president will travel to Minnesota on Monday” because of concerns about Hurricane Gustav. “We are currently preparing alternate plans.” Gustav is expected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast as early as Monday, the same day that President Bush, Laura Bush, and Dick Cheney are scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Cindy McCain, and Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) are planning to travel to Jackson, MS, today, to receive a Gustav briefing at the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
Update CNN's John King is reporting that neither Bush nor Cheney will be attending the convention.
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Here’s a link to a decent storm tracking site.
August 31st, 2008 at 9:50 amDo youse guys ‘firsties?’
In honor of both the democratic and republican conventions , I offer this for your viewing pleasure , a film of another very important convention from yesteryear ,enjoy .
August 31st, 2008 at 9:53 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcFuHGHfYwE
He has to shuttle between Crawford and Camp David. Hopefully Joe Hagin will do a better job this time.
August 31st, 2008 at 9:57 amDr. Hussein Matt Says:
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Dear God,
The other night, the Rev. James Dobson’s ministry asked all believers to pray for a storm on Thursday night so that the Obama acceptance speech outdoors in Denver would have to be cancelled.
**I just read this in my email. Powerful and to the point. Similar to my thoughts and prayers. Thanks for sharing.
August 31st, 2008 at 9:58 amCompassionate Conservatism 2008!!
Next year..
It’s Not an Election Year So You’re On Your Own 2009!!
August 31st, 2008 at 9:58 amAll the Gulf Coast needs is for Bush or McCain to come and set up to make political points. We need action not words. I know cause I am in Alabama. Keep the hoop la in MN. Please and thank you.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:06 amI think it’s fair to say that GDumbya’s prayers have been answered — “Dear God, please make it possible for me to stay in Washington for some good reason. I don’t want to face all those people in St. Paul and lie about my failed presi-dunce-y again.”
And LaLa Bu$h’s prayers have been answered as well — “Dear Lord, please give Georgie a reason to stay away from all those crowds and TV cameras in St. Paul. His drinking is totally out of hand and I am afraid that he will embarrass himself the way he did in Beijing.”
August 31st, 2008 at 10:08 amConfused Republicans do not know whether this is good or bad decision for Bush not to attend the Convention.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:12 amBush gave his “deer in the headlights” speech from a drowned New Orleans. He promised to make things right, to do a robust investigation. The ex-Ranger part owner went 0 for 2.
Who writes a Katrina Lessons Learned report and leaves out the hospital with the largest number of patient deaths? News footage (the day Katrina struck) showed George W. asking Mike Brown about hospital and nursing home patients. So why omit LifeCare’s 24 patient deaths? Was it a favor to new owner, The Carlyle Group?
As for Gustav, my guess is some hospital patients remain in New Orleans. With some 2,000 patient beds, it is a mammoth task to transfer all those sick patients, many critically ill. Once again my heart will be with hospital staff and patients as they ride out the coming storm.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:15 amPropaganda is a very powerful tool .! Speeches and film to promote a cause or a candidate appeal to emotionalism .Propaganda has come a long way since triumph of the will was made, which makes it even more dangerous today.This film is so powerful that you will want , knowing everything you know today, to run down and sign up at your nearest Nazi party headquarters.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:26 amZeig heil .
God clearly loves the democrats.
The GOP shuldn’t postpone their convention because of a little rain. They should cancel it altogher. They cannot handle more than one disaster at a time, even when they are warned beforehand. Heck, they can’t even handle one disater at a time. The ticket is a real joke, haha, very funny, but the grown-ups have some serious business to attend to. Play time is over so they might as well stop pretending they have a strong ticket and a legitimate chance at the White House.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:29 amI’m guessing that GWB staying away from the Repugnant Convention was the answer to McCain’s prayers! Think he’ll have his huge face up on a jumbo tron from the White House extolling the virtues of the guy he can’t stand? All the while, John and Sarah will be using this unfortunate, catastaphic event for political gain…makes me want to puke!
August 31st, 2008 at 10:32 amWhat good is a change in tact during the last quarter in the second term of a two term presidency?
I live in Minnesota, it’s a great place, come and enjoy it!
August 31st, 2008 at 10:34 amRight on, Dr. Matt.
I suspect that one of Dr. Dobson’s assistants faxed his prayers to the wrong campaign. Pesky clerical errors.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:35 amgood_golly8 Says:
Gustav is not a political event. Let’s focus on helping the people and the animals of the Northern Gulf Coast.
So…you just now read the fax, dated 08/29/2005?
August 31st, 2008 at 10:38 amMcCain will be delivering his acceptance speech from the disater area no matter what the geographic location happens to be. It’ll come after bush and be surrounded by republicans, so there’s really no way around it.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:44 amDarryl, any comment?
August 31st, 2008 at 10:47 amWhat a convenient reason to keep the Miserable Failure away from the convention. Without his face to remind folks of reich-wing lies and failed policies, the propaganda will work better.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:49 amSo, if, according to Rev. Fallwell, Katrina was the Christian god’s wrath for gays and abortions, what does he think Gustav says about Republicans and their campaign?
We need hands working, not praying.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:50 amMichael Moore is a much better writer than he is an “off the cuff” speaker.
I cringed when he made that remark about God, Gustav, and the Republican Convention. Even Mr. Moore caught himself in the middle of his comment, and quickly added that the Hurricane was a Bad thing for the People effected. Not Funny.
I was so glad to read his well written Clarification
August 31st, 2008 at 10:52 amgood_golly8 Says: Correction, unbelievable: We need hands working and minds praying. Even you might find a prayer in your heart if it were your home in the path of Gustav.
No. Prayer doesn’t work. It never works. There are Christian studies that show it doesn’t help. It’s an utter waste of time when you could be DOING something.
However, actions always work. It’s why the hard work of one is worth more than the prayers of a million.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:58 amHere gg:
In fact, the study showed that if you tell people you will pray for them, they actually do worse than those who either don’t get prayer or don’t know about prayers for them.
So stop ‘thinking’ wishful thoughts and start doing something useful.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:01 amgg you seem to be the perfect candidate to answer to me exactly why if no one could predict the disaster that Katrina brought to NO as bush says then why should everyone have needed to evacuate?
August 31st, 2008 at 11:02 amI’m hoping that Gustov peters out before it hits the USA for two reasons. The first is so that the poor people in NO don’t have to go through that horror again and the second to take it away from the Republicans as a PR prop.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:02 amSo Good Golly8..
Do you think Sen. Obama is the AntiChrist, and if so…isn’t his Election Inevitable.???
August 31st, 2008 at 11:03 amgood_golly8 Says: Unbelievable: Can you walk and chew gum at the same time? If so, you can probably work and pray at the same time. Not all liberals are religion haters like you.
WTF? You’re ridiculous. You can believe in all the invisible sky wizards you want and delude yourself, but don’t insult my intelligence because I believe in hard work rather than the laziness of ‘let someone else take care of it’ like you right wing religious nuts.
Religion is ignorance. Ignorance is destroying our country. If you think that’s something to love, you’re even more worthless than you’ve already demonstrated yourself to be.
Why don’t you go write a letter to Santa Claus and stop wasting space here with your slavering nonsense.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:05 amgood_golly8 Says:
Gustav is not a political event. Let’s focus on helping the people and the animals of the Northern Gulf Coast.
Perhaps you should tell that to your candidate George McCain. He and his sidekick Palin are down there now using it as a political prop. And, he may deliver his acceptance speech from somewhere in the hurricane, again to use it as a political prop.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:07 amThis is how the Republicans are stealing the thunder from a historic and very well run convention. They scheduled and promoted theirs within the same news cycle as the democrats. Now they have made hurricane Gustav their special guest. Of course you probably won’t hear that angle discussed during the regular discussion on the Sunday morning shows.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:08 amWe all know where Bush and Cheney are:
planning the 2008 Great Election Robbery and Bombing The October Surpise in September (bombing Iran?)
August 31st, 2008 at 11:08 amIf you guys would like a good laugh, go over to redstate.com and see how they are spinning the Palin pick. I really would like some of what those people are smoking, they are so delusional. Make sure you read their comparison of her qualifications to Obamas. It’s a real hoot. Besides, why are they comparing her to Obama and not to Biden. Is she running for President?
August 31st, 2008 at 11:09 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says: I’m hoping that Gustov peters out before it hits the USA for two reasons. The first is so that the poor people in NO don’t have to go through that horror again and the second to take it away from the Republicans as a PR prop.
That would be ideal, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. Based on the Science of hurricanes and warm water, I think the best we can hope for is that it will downgrade to a 3 rather than the 4 that was predicted to hit.
Sad for those poor people who live there. NO is a historical and beautiful city unlike any other in America. I’d hate to lose it because we won’t stop Global Warming.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:10 amgood_golly8 Says:
Matt, your bigotry is showing.
Goony, your lack of critical thinking skills are showing.
I have to admit that I love the Republican fear that is in the air. There is a slight edge of hysteria in the troll posts these days.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:11 amYeah, and they, in their self-delustion think that God would answer their prayers for more death and destruction and torture…..right on….
It would have been nice if bush had done that when it actually his job…..it aint johnny’s responsibility yet. It’s just a photo opt…exactly what you accuse Obama of so you really should brush up on your talking points because as usual, you look like a fool.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:11 amgood_golly8 Says:
which is far more important to them as their Denver rock concert didn’t provide them with the 10-15 point bump they had hoped.
It wasn’t the Democrats who were hoping for a 10-15 point boost, it was the Republicans pushing that canard. Besides that 8 point boost was before Obama gave his speech. I haven’t seen any poll that has been taken after he gave his speech.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:13 amgood_golly8 Says: The focus should be on Gustav, not on petty politics. McCain/Palin are doing the right thing, preparing for their next jobs as President/Vice-President
If you actually believed that, you wouldn’t be posting about Gustav on a political website.
McCain will not be the next President. You seem to be missing the state-by-state polls, the Bob barr factor, and the obvious fact of the 84,000 people who packed a football stadium to attend his acceptance speech versus the joke that was McCain’s venue. He’s probably thrilled for the diversion from that.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:13 amof course, we all know if McStain dies one day after taking the oath, SP will be prez.
She won’t running the show.
She’ll be the moose burger eating, hockey mom, creatitionist Puppet of the Right.
She’ll only be a puppet. But a puppet to be feared, nevertheless.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:14 amgood_golly8 Says:
Obama and Biden will be pandering for campaign contributions in swing states, which is far more important to them as their Denver rock concert didn’t provide them with the 10-15 point bump they had hoped.
What Obama and Biden WILL NOT be doing is getting in the way of an effort to help the people in the area where the Hurricane will hit. Can you tell us how having McBush and Palin there isn’t going to be causing a total nightmare for the people planning assistance. I’m sure they will find it helpful to have Secret Service people all over the place and have their roads and businesses closed because McBush is in the vicinity.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:17 amI wonder how many people are “computer generated” at McGeezer’s events?
August 31st, 2008 at 11:17 amKay Says: of course, we all know if McStain dies one day after taking the oath, SP will be prez.
Are you still planning on voting for McKinney knowing it will indirectly be a vote for that incompentent McCain /Palin ticket?
August 31st, 2008 at 11:18 amgood_golly8 Says:
Desperate?
If you are going to quote a pollster, try doing it with one that isn’t a right wing outfit. The only more skewed polls than Zogby are Faux Noise polls.
But you are correct Goony, the Republicans are desperate and its showing.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:20 amNo. I’m voting for Obama (with reservations)
August 31st, 2008 at 11:20 amUnbelievable, I think Kay understands what is at stake and is re-evaluating where we are in the world today…..Kay knows the danger that the republicans pose to our nation.
I think gg got her ass kicked again and has run away to re-arrange her post it’s and try again later with some other lie.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:23 amI think by picking SP shows signs of desperation. (plus, that awful, awful speaking voice she has)
August 31st, 2008 at 11:24 amA day in the life of Vice President Sarah Palin..
Gettin up early in the morning, gettin’ four kids and her daughter’s kid ready for school, loading up the SUV, namecalling by boss McCain on the way out, drive-in at Micky D’s on the way to school, arriving at work, sitting the office from 8AM-2PM wondering “What is my job?”, advising boss McCain to fire her sister’s ex who now works for Homeland Security after he lost his gig as an Alaska trooper, pickin’ up the little ones from school, brushing off some advances from boss McCain, then calling it a night.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:24 amgood_golly8 Says:
The focus should be on Gustav, not on petty politics.
Kind of like when the Chimperor demanded Gov. Blanco sign over control of the LA national guard before the federal government would come to help after Katrina hit?
Honestly, you Rethuglicans keep forgetting that past actions and words are the best judge of your character, not today’s talking points.
Good luck with that Grampy McSame/Alaska 8,000 population town mayor ticket. I’m sure you’ll do great.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:24 amWe as a nation have to collectively do everything in our power to prevent McStain and Pale to enter the White House.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:25 amKay Says:
No. I’m voting for Obama (with reservations)
WOOO! It’s your American right to vote for whomever you want, but I can’t help but praise your newfound intentions.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:27 amNo in this election every vote counts and I would like to vote for McKinney but I think as the election day looms, I want SO BADLY a McStain/Pale defeat that I am going to vote for Obama.
Like I said with reservations, but nevertheless a vote for Obama.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:30 amBut, until Nov.9 I wonder what the Chymp and Darth are up to?
August 31st, 2008 at 11:32 amWhat crimes do they have up their sleeves?
What, does replying to this dank, dull, delusional, dim-witted, dismal slag going by “good_golly8″ give purpose to your lives?
I think a rousing chorus of “Swallow Excrement and Expire, dickweed,” would all that were required…
August 31st, 2008 at 11:33 amtokin librul Says:
na, we can’t allow her to spout her lies unchallenged. The mistake we make is engaging in her conversation and letting her run the discussion…..it’s a little tricky but we can’t just allow them to go totally unchallenged.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:36 amNo rule states that one has to vote with enthusiasm, Kay. You’re a big step ahead of RHF.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:37 amKay Says:
of course, we all know if McStain dies one day after taking the oath, SP will be prez.
She won’t running the show.
She’ll be the moose burger eating, hockey mom, creatitionist Puppet of the Right.
She’ll only be a puppet. But a puppet to be feared, nevertheless.
If McShitstain should succumb to the rigors of his ‘election,’ I’d fully anticipate she’d name Dick Cheney as her VP, then resign to spend more time with her and her daughter’s children.
I have sorta expected this scenario to play out, prior to McShitstains demise, and actually in advance of the convention.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:38 amKay Says: No. I’m voting for Obama (with reservations)
I’m glad to here that.
I have reservations too – it’s the skepticism of government that he talked about in his speech.
I just remind myself what Bill Clinton did with a Republican Congress, and hope that with a Democratic Congress Obama will be able to make an even bigger difference.
Even if he does one tenth of what we would like to see him do, it will still be far better than what McCain would do to us.
Hang in there. :)
August 31st, 2008 at 11:38 amBush and Co are so scared of the storm, they’re ‘cutting and running’. Where was their concern for the thousands of people in NO in 05 before Katrina made landfall? Why couldn’t they find it in their bible-thumping, gun-toting hearts to help get them out BEFORE the disaster? Shameless, gutless a$$holes.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:40 am# 72, Kay Says:
But, until Nov.9 I wonder what the Chymp and Darth are up to?
What crimes do they have up their sleeves?
August 31st, 2008 at 11:32 am
you’re misunderestimating ‘em, dahlin…
August 31st, 2008 at 11:42 amthey’ve got all the way til Jan 19, 2009 to phucque the pooch, which I for one expect them to enthusiastically to do, at every event and occasion. I would NOT be surprised to see a new military adventure launched sometime between now and Jan 20: after the ‘election’ like Daddy Boooosh did in Somalia, if the Pukes lose; before it if it looks like they’re gonna lose…
Good God Good Golly, it really is a shame that we’re all so BAD and you’re so GOOD. Preachy, preachy. Can you tell me why god brings so much disaster and suffering to the world? My goodness, “the focus should be on Gustav and not petty politics”. If you aren’t petty political yourself, what are you doing on this site preaching to the rest of us.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:42 amUnlikely scenario since Obama is so far ahead now and is likely to gain ground as time passes but even if it happened her selection would have to be approved by congress……cheney won’t get approved for sure.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:42 amFred Says: Unbelievable, I think Kay understands what is at stake and is re-evaluating where we are in the world today…..Kay knows the danger that the republicans pose to our nation
It seems that he’s finally won over most of the Clinton supporters who were undecided. I’m pretty certain it didn’t help that McCain picked anti-woman Sarah Palin.
His choice is actually doing the opposite of what he intended. My 64-year-old mother supported Clinton and now she is so anti-McCain because of Palin that she’s carping to everyone she knows about how much Palin hurts the women’s movement.
And then there’s this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/2-top-alaska-newspapers-q_b_122625.html
August 31st, 2008 at 11:44 amAugust 31st, 2008 at 11:45 am
Oops – I pasted the wrong paragraph from teh article. here’s the right one:
August 31st, 2008 at 11:46 am
pintosahab Says:
Bush and Co are so scared of the storm, they’re ‘cutting and running’. Where was their concern for the thousands of people in NO in 05 before Katrina made landfall? Why couldn’t they find it in their bible-thumping, gun-toting hearts to help get them out BEFORE the disaster?
Sipmle: It’s an elction year.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:49 amI don’t know what happened to my post but the jest of it was that I fear them too. I think they have played their best hand though by invading Iraq to get bush back in the whitehouse for a second term and it won’t work for them again.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:49 amoops
August 31st, 2008 at 11:50 amThis used to be on Palin’s web site:
Palin Pleased with Obama’s Energy Plan
Includes Alaska’s Natural Gas Reserves
http://gov.state.ak.us/archive-59841.html
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:wbCGTUeD1r0J:www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php%3Fid%3D1384+http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php%3Fid%3D1384&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
That might be the real reason the site is down.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:51 amWhy don’t they call Dobson, who was praying for it to rain on Obama’s speech, to pray away the big bad hurricane?
Instead McCain will try to use the Hurricane as a photo op, by showing up in the area, using the police for security, when they will be needed for recovery and rescue efforts.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:52 amDoes anyone that hoped or prayed or maybe just thought it would be funny if it rained in Denver last Thursday see this as a lesson in Karama, aka The Golden Rule? People who literally wanted it to rain on someone else’s parade are considering calling their parade on account of rain. Unfortunately, I’m afraid it’s lost on them.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:58 amCheney goes on his last war tour. The planning has been in play for months, but may need some fine tuning. Expect lots of propaganda from everybody but Cheney. He slinks around in the background.
I bet Bush calls Congress back early to work on energy and does so live via satellite from Camp David. He’ll cite Gustav’s devastation to oil rigs in the Gulf and high gas prices as a result of the storm.
And of course, Sarah Palin will be the energy Goddess. If anyone heard runner up Tim Pawlenty on Grease the Press, she’s intended to be the leech that drains Obama in the experience arena. I’d like a parasite free government for a change…
August 31st, 2008 at 12:19 pmWhy is the GOP putting so much distance between Bush/Cheney and themselves? Wasn’t Bush the very bestest president ever?
You’d think that, if they really believed their own alternate version of reality (Bush is the best president ever, the US economy is in great shape, Iraq is a shining example of democracy, etc.) they’d be parading those two like contestants at a beauty pageant.
Only the bottom of the barrel -that’d be the “conservative” visitors at ThinkProgress- can believe Pres Bush’s policies have been anything but an absolute disaster.
August 31st, 2008 at 12:22 pmSo what’s he gonna do? Fly around the country in AF1 and read “The Pet Goat” again?
August 31st, 2008 at 12:31 pmHe has so more on.
You are ignorant. Moore was stating the fakeness of the repug party. I swear you repugs will pull all kinds of shit from you floppy asses.
August 31st, 2008 at 2:06 pmOh please with the repug convention is stealing the dems historical event. All the repugs are doing is showing the world and us how desperately we need Obama/Biden NOW.
Nothing the repugs can do can change democratic history. NOTHING!
August 31st, 2008 at 2:11 pmThe idiot is just working his way out of this mess thru the back door. That single being carnivorous reptile known as GWBush releasing the worst of all defecating smells by now. Too stinky to live! He won’t make it to the back door. I see him abruptly scraped off the face of the earth! It will shock.
August 31st, 2008 at 2:41 pmHey! They’ve been reading TPorg and stole my idea!
#71 on http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/28/bush-gustav-rnc/
August 31st, 2008 at 3:27 pmAnyone who thinks the world’s largest economy is somehow going to be “independent” of global energy markets is so frickin’ cracked in the head. It is a marketing phrase not any potential reality
August 31st, 2008 at 3:45 pmKAY…promise he’ll make you proud! Glad you came around…the alternative isn’t really an alternative at all.
August 31st, 2008 at 3:51 pmgood_golly8 Says:
Gustav is not a political event. Let’s focus on helping the people and the animals of the Northern Gulf Coast.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Like President Gump cares about Gustov. He wouldnt even cut his vacation short when Katrina hit. As long as only poor people were dying a couple million of them could get wiped out by Gustov and it wouldnt make Bush change his breakfast plans. The GOP knows he is political poison and they dont want him any where NEAR the convention. Once he is ex president if he is lucky enough to stay out of prison no republican will want his endorsements or him speaking for them
September 1st, 2008 at 5:25 am