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Date: August 31st, 2008

Fowler “apologizes” for offending anyone who watched the video of him taken by “some right-wing nutcase”

31 August, 2008 (23:11) | Politics | By: ricjames

Early Sunday I posted an entry with a YouTube video embedded showing former DNC chairman Don Fowler yukking it up about Gustav getting ready to rip some folks’ lives to shreds on the opening day of the GOP Convention in Minnesota. Over at ABC’s site we get to see what Fowler’s excuse for an apology [...]

Gustav still on course to N.O.; Bush/Cheney will skip GOP convention to be on ready alert; Obama says ‘hopefully we’ve learned’

31 August, 2008 (12:26) | 2008 Presidential Race, Environment, Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

Hurricane Gustav is just about mid-way between Cuba and the Louisiana coastline, projected to make landfall Monday. It looks like a pretty straight line between where he is and New Orleans but there’s still time. As DHS Secretary Chertoff says, the window of opportunity to get the heck outta there is closing fast. If you’re [...]

What the Dems say about Gustav when they think no one’s listening

31 August, 2008 (07:09) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics | By: ricjames

Via Power Line this morning, here’s a lovely example of what highly-placed Democrats are saying about Gustav and the potential to hit New Orleans when they think no one’s listening: John Hinderaker sums it up perfectly: This is what Hurricane Katrina was all about. Mainstream reporters committed malpractice, repeatedly reporting things that weren’t true. They [...]