"Would it be wrong if we asked people to pray for rain? Oh, not just rain; abundant rain. Urban and small stream flood advisory rain." He does later add, "Not flood people out of their houses rain, just good ol' swamp the intersections rain." As lame as the video was to being with, it looks especially dumb now. If you're religious, I guess this shows the risk of asking your chosen diety for an I.O.U.
Of course, it's not just conservatives who look bad when it comes to flooding and divine intervention. Daily Kos diarist Scout Finch also remembered the Shephard video and says:
While the residents of the Gulf coast are in our own hearts and prayers as they weather this storm, there does seem to be a sense of justice that New Orleans and memories of Katrina would come back to haunt this Republican convention. The memories of Katrina should rightly haunt them for the rest of their years.
What an incredibly shallow thing to say as people are facing the possibility of death and destruction. Any honest broker knows that while President Bush's handling of Katrina was a disaster in its own right, former Democratic Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco dropped the ball as well. Disaster response efforts are about competence and compassion, not ideology.
Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Dan Fowler was secretly videotaped laughing about Gustav hitting New Orleans as the RNC was about to start, saying, "Obviously, it shows God is on our side ... Everything's cool." Michael Moore made similar comments to Keith Olbermann.
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Scout Finch is shallower than you think. His/her post:
Praying for Rain? Be Careful What You Wish For....
which went up on Sun Aug 31, 2008 at 10:13:13 AM PDT
Rips off my post:
Gustav is coming, thanks to: Dobson's Focus on the Family? which went up 19 hours earlier on Sat Aug 30, 2008 at 03:43:45 PM PDT
masguy
Posted by: masguy
| August 31, 2008 11:24 PM
"Disaster response efforts are about competence and compassion, not ideology."
Ideally, yes. But people have a right to know that when they elect a party that hates government and has extremely little compassion, the disgraceful response to Katrina is just what they're going to get. Of course nobody is happy that people are going to be washed out of their homes and worse yet again, but the Republicans richly deserve the reminder just before the election. .
Posted by: Dave B.
| September 1, 2008 12:13 AM
Yes, it is kind of repugnant, but after years of having to hear so much vile crap come out of GOP mouths, I think I can live with these comments this time.
And Blanco did not drop the ball at all. She was outmanuevered by a neo-con administrations. Go back and actually read the history of the days leading up to and the days following Katrina.
Posted by: bonncaruso
| September 1, 2008 7:34 AM
Actually, this man got exactly for what he asked for.....In fact the entire religious right has gotten what they asked for.....RAIN....RAIN...RAIN.....AND BY GOSH.....IS IT RAINING, NOT ONLY DOWN SOUTH, (OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU), BUT ALSO ON WHO'S CONVENTION? WHO'S PARTY IS GETTING RAINED ON?.........
BUT NOT ONLY PHYSICAL RAIN, BUT WE ARE WATCHING THE SLOW IMPLOSION OF THE MCSTUPID CAMPAIGN.....I WILL SIT BACK QUIETLY W/O AN UMBRELLA, MIND YOU..........AND LAUGH, LAUGH, LAUGH!!!
GOD DOES HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR!!
BUZZARD'S KORNER!!
Posted by: Buzzardskorner
| September 1, 2008 7:41 PM
Actually, this man got exactly for what he asked for.....In fact the entire religious right has gotten what they asked for.....RAIN....RAIN...RAIN.....AND BY GOSH.....IS IT RAINING, NOT ONLY DOWN SOUTH, (OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU), BUT ALSO ON WHO'S CONVENTION? WHO'S PARTY IS GETTING RAINED ON?.........
BUT NOT ONLY PHYSICAL RAIN, BUT WE ARE WATCHING THE SLOW IMPLOSION OF THE MCSTUPID CAMPAIGN.....I WILL SIT BACK QUIETLY W/O AN UMBRELLA, MIND YOU..........AND LAUGH, LAUGH, LAUGH!!!
GOD DOES HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR!!
BUZZARD'S KORNER!!
Posted by: Buzzardskorner
| September 1, 2008 7:42 PM
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