Republicans

I was amazed that there were Christians praying for rain to ruin Obama's speech in the stadium in Denver. I love Charles Mudede's take on this at Slog. With Gustav aimed right at New Orleans ready to land just in time for the Republican National Convention in Larry Craig's favorite cruising city, it should be a wonderful reminder of "it must look twice as bad from down there" Bush's lack of concern for the welfare of a largely black city. If there is a god, and he intervenes in human affairs with weather, then is a powerful reminder that the immoral abuse of Him for such ends does not please Him. The Focus on the Family members should be ashamed for such a dispicible abuse of their belief in the power of prayer.

I'd also like to note that for a man who would likely die in office because he's a doddering old man with one foot in the grave, his extraordinally important choice of VP, a former beauty queen, seems kooky. Is this guy really serious about the job he's asking for? Unbelievable. Actually the McCain campaign employed the beauty queen who is responsible for this quote at the Miss America pagaent on why Americans don't do well in geography:

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as in, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq and everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our children." -- Miss South Carolina

She hit all the right family values themes--children, Iraq, and...OK, she's just a moron.