The Politics of Hurricanes

http://www.newsweek.com/id/156526


By Richard Wolffe
The politics of hurricanes are never easy to predict, just like the giant storms themselves. So the Obama campaign has approached Gustav with great caution and an overriding sense of responsibility.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden made their first statement urging Gulf residents to follow evacuation orders on Saturday evening, after a huge rally on a football field in Dublin, Ohio. The next morning, after church services in Lima, Obama followed up with a more urgent warning to evacuate, which was broadcast on all local TV stations in the New Orleans area.

Unlike John McCain, Obama's aides say they have no plans to visit the area before the hurricane makes landfall, preferring to consider a trip in the storm's aftermath later in the week. Much depends on the hurricane's point of impact, as well as the devastation in its wake.

"The thing I'm always concerned about in the middle of the storm is whether we are drawing resources away from folks on the ground, because the Secret Service and various security requirements sometimes pulls police and fire and other departments away from concentrating on the job," Obama told reporters on Sunday. "We are going to try to stay clear of the area until things have settled down and then we will probably try to figure out how we can be as helpful as possible."

Obama pledged to activate his formidable grassroots network--via e-mail for cash donations, and on the ground with volunteers--to help with the cleanup and assistance to those most in need.

He's so right for the job it's almost ludicrous.

I'm going on Wednesday to volunteer at the local Dem office.
We may not win in AZ but maybe we can make it a race.

It's sad to think how much better life would be today in New Orleans if someone like Obama had been President then.

...Preznit Fuckstick, Senator Angry Old Prick, Governor Sarah Pornstar, Governor Booby "Exorcist" Jihadal, Governor Rick "Good Hair" Perry, and a whole host of other low-life, motherfucking, snake dicks are falling over themselves to get on TV to crow on how they personally did such a heckuva job evacuating the area.

Word to the wise, fuckwits, evacuation is easy compared to aftermath.

the news keeps showing and reminding people of Hurricane Katrina.
No one will ever forget the ineptness of Boosh and his minions.