Hey folks,
Here is a CLEAR example of someone who is ready to be President. Someone with the knowledge that this really IS about running the country. Not controlling it. Someone who is interested in serving ALL Americans, not just some far fringe groups.
Let's see shall we. We have a major Hurricane targeting the Gulf Coast. Obama said that the evacuations would be handled better. He said this."It wasn't last time, and hopefully we've learned from that tragedy,"
Biden actually said something I can agree with. He even sounded sincere. He said this.
"It looks like they're incredibly well prepared, much better than they had before," Biden said. "Just pray to God that those levees hold."
I will join him in that prayer. I would like to think we all will. But it seems an awful lot like they are putting all the responsibility on the local government. That is not what they continue to say about Katrina.
Now you have to remember this. They just came from the four day show, with set designed by Brittany Spears set designer. It was quite the show. But really, that was all it was.
Coming up on Monday is suppose to be the Republicans turn. But wait, not so fast. McCain has decided that this Hurricane is FAR more important than show. According to the AP - McCain orders convention curtailed for Gustav By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday, ordering the cancellation of all but essential opening-day activities as Hurricane Gustav churned toward New Orleans."This is a time when we have to do away with our party politics and we have to act as Americans," he said as fellow Republicans converged on their convention city to nominate him for the White House.
On the eve of his convention, McCain positioned himself as an above-politics, concerned potential president determined to avoid the errors made by President Bush three years ago. "I have every expectation that we will not see the mistakes of Katrina repeated," he said.
Bush and Vice President Cheney scrapped plans to address the convention on Monday, and McCain's aides chartered a jet to fly delegates back to their hurricane-threatened states along the Gulf Coast. Campaign manager Rick Davis said the first-night program was being cut from seven hours to two and one half.
The formal business of the convention includes nominating McCain for president and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate on Wednesday. McCain's acceptance speech, set for prime time on Thursday evening, is among the most critical events of the campaign for his chances of winning the White House.
The hasty reordering of an event months in the planning was unprecedented, affecting not only the program on the podium but the accompanying fundraising, partying and other political activity that unfolds around the edges of a national political convention.
McCain said he was looking forward to being the convention but did not say when he would arrive. He spoke via satellite from St. Louis after he and Palin received a briefing on hurricane preparations in Jackson, Miss.
In an interview with NBC, he said it was possible he would make his acceptance speech not from the convention podium but via satellite from the Gulf Coast region.
This is brilliant. But the thing is, I truly do not think this is a show. Just simply a political move. He truly wants to be there. He truly wants to help those in need during and after Gustav hits. He HAS been critical of the way the Bush Administration handled the aftermath of Katrina. He knows he can handle it better, and he is GOING to. Screw the fund raising. Forget the glitz and glamour. There is a real emergency brewing and he is getting ready for it.
Campaign manager Davis told reporters inside the convention hall that the opening program on Monday would be "business only and will refrain from political rhetoric."
To help those in need, he said, "We are working with the delegations, financial people, finance committees, many other concerned individuals to do what we can to raise money for various charities that operate in the Gulf Coast region." / As for the convention schedule, he added that further adjustments would be made on a day-to-day basis.
McCain said of his briefing in Mississippi: "I'm happy to report to you that the coordination and the work that's being done at all levels appears to be excellent." He cited remaining challenges in communications and search and rescue operations, but emphasized that the response seemed to be going more smoothly than the one three years ago.
He and his running mate, Gov. Palin, have even already gone there to see the readiness for themselves. Have Obiden?
Emphasizing their concern about the hurricane, McCain and his newly named running mate traveled to Mississippi for a tour of the state's emergency management center.
"I pledge that tomorrow night, and if necessary throughout our convention, we will act as Americans, not as Republicans," McCain told reporters moments later.
As a side note, McCain just quoted ME. {Smile}
The events temporarily overshadowed a more traditionally political pre-convention debate over McCain's decision to name Palin to his ticket. She was mayor of small-town Wasilla, Alaska, for six years before she became governor in December 2006.
Responding to a question after his hurricane-related remarks, McCain made a ringing defense of Palin, who Democrats argue has less experience than their presidential candidate, Barack Obama.
"I think Sen. Obama, if they want to do down that route, in all candor, she has far, far more experience than Sen. Obama does," McCain said.
ABSOLUTELY! But he went on.
He cited Palin's stint as governor of a "state that produces 20 percent of America's energy" as well as her previous membership in the PTA and her time spent on the city council and in the mayor's office in Wasilla, a town of fewer than 7,000 people outside Anchorage.
By contrast, he said Obama "was a community organizer when she was in elected office. He was in the state Senate and voted 130 times present. He never took on his party on anything. She took on a party and the old bulls and the old boy network and she succeeded."
Palin has frequently clashed with fellow Republicans in her state, and won office after denying an incumbent GOP governor renomination to a new term in office.
Yeah, the Left is getting ready too. They have decided to tone down some Hate Bush, More of the Same rallies and Obama is going to asks his Obamaites to give money after the storm.
I don't know, you tell me. Who sounds more Presidential here? WHO seems to be more prepared to actually BE the next President? To me, there is no doubt. McCain and Palin should win this thing in a landslide. This is a perfect example of reality meeting hype. Of substance meeting flash. Yes, even of experience, meeting promises and dreams. The choice is, after all, YOURS to make.
Peter
Sources:
MSNBC - Obama: Let's hope Katrina lessons learned
AP - McCain orders convention curtailed for Gustav
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