Filed at 7 p.m.
When A Hurricane Steals The Show...
Today's Score:
Launching the Republican Convention: 1
Hurricane Gustav: 10
Months of planning, hours of meetings, speeches practiced over and over again, and anticipated moments of getting back at the Democrats on prime time television...all shoved aside to make way for the biggest unwanted guest of the convention...
Hurricane Gustav.
Like everyone else today, I have switched between all of the cable channels and C-Span to learn the latest updates for both the convention and the hurricane. And so far the hurricane has won.
Barack Obama's Labor Day speech in Detroit morphed into an appeal to give to the Red Cross. I did receive the same appeal when I opened my Obama email today, and I did click through and gave to the Red Cross.
President Bush and Dick Cheney skipped St Paul altogether. Bush is hunkered down in Texas with military officers monitoring the path of this destructive storm.
Laura Bush and Cindy McCain did speak....but not to rally the base. They asked for conventioneers to take off their Republican hat and replace it with their American hat to show support and concern for the thousands of people in shelters and others riding out the hurricane.
So...today's convention was technically a washout. It was cut short, and the length of tomorrow's session will be determined after assessing the impact of the hurricane.
Governor Sarah Palin And Her Family Woes
Now that the shock is over since McCain's announcement of his vice presidential pick, Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin, it remains to be seen if this was a brilliant move or the act of a mad man. Palin is under investigation for possibly ordering the termination of a public safety commissioner who refused to fire the governor's state trooper-brother in law, involved in a nasty divorce case.
To make matters worse, the campaign announced today that Palin's unmarried 17 year old daughter is 5 months pregnant.
What revelation about Palin will drop tomorrow??
Whew.... Stay tuned for more convention news, Palin news, and Hurricane Gustav updates.
-Carole Copeland Thomas
www.TellCarole.com
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