Shelter from the Storm

I have learned people will forget what you have said, people will forget what you have done, but people never forget how you made them feel.


I have been burning inside ever since I heard some political pundit describe McCain "using Gustav as his political theater platform"


So while John McCain has essentially put the most important week of his campaign on hold for this natural disaster, Obama is still bashing him till the very end. This is the paramount difference between McCain and Obama

Earlier today, Team Barack was still attacking McCain. Barack Obama had criticized McCain and Palin on the campaign trail over pay equity. The Dems attack while there's a hurricane going on and John McCain suspends his convention basically. What bigger contrast can you have about putting your country first?

While dismayed about the impact Gustav is sure to have on their convention, Republicans see the storm as another opportunity to paint McCain as somebody who, even to the detriment of his own campaign, is willing to sacrifice his political interests for a larger good. As a former resident of New Orleans, this impresses me beyond words. I have not heard a peep from Barack or his side kick "hair plugs" about going down to the South to save the victims of the storm.  McCain, secured private aircraft for all of his Alabama, Louisiana and Texas delegates to be able to go back home from the convention and be with their families.

McCain knows what it is like to be under pressure, he is putting politics behind his country. I am confidant this is not the easiest way to run a campaign you have hundreds of millions of dollars riding on. But this is business as usual in McCainworld. This is OBVIOUSLY not how the Democratic rival operates.

I could have sworn Barack Obama said the other night in his speech that "Country should be first" Hmmmmmmm..... someone send me the memo when that happens.

Mitt Romney went after Obama, if not by name.

"And you want to make sure our next president is someone who should be talking about protecting our nation and does not just say let's sit down with the world’s worst actors Ahmadinejad and the Castro brothers," Romney said. "But instead says, let’s sit down with the best democracies in the world and form a league of democracies. Let’s protect America. You want to make sure the people of America understand that when it comes to strengthening our economy we’re not in favor of raising taxes and cutting off trade and drawing a line and saying no nuclear, no coal and no more drilling. Instead, you want a president who will say, I’ll get this economy going with low taxes, and more trade for our goods, and yes, we will drill for more oil."

So far, Obama has taken a more hands-off approach to Gustav, saying he doesn't plan to the travel to the Gulf but would tap his massive network of donors and volunteers to pitch in however needed. I do not know about you but I want a COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF not a Comforter-in-chief. Obama's own leadership credentials are less known to voters, so this could be an opportunity for him to show steadiness under fire as well.


Not that his peeps read my blog, but of the 30,000 that do (and a few are Barack/Biden supporters) I would send word back to their camp and the village idiots that advise them.

Americans want to see their next President on the ground. Let's see him stop bashing McCain long enough to fill sandbags and show concern for his country.