Party and Partying

As Hurricane Gustav gets ready to hit the Gulf Coast, the Republican National Convention is being forced to make quick changes to its schedule. According to the NYT, "Senator John McCain called a halt on Sunday afternoon to all but the most essential activities for the Republican National Convention on Monday." He apparently declared that it was time for members of his party to “take off our Republican hats and put on our American hats.”

Finally! What had been cleverly hidden from the radar of public awareness is now visible- that unless there is a major calamity or a threat of one, the Republican party members put their party first before the interests of the country. This does explain a lot of the decisions coming out of the government over the past seven + years the Republicans have been in power- whether it be Katrina, Iraq, Bear Stearns, Terry Schaivo, or any of the others.