Gustav

That's exactly what the GOP is planning to do. They are hoping everyone suffers a sudden case of amnesia over the deadly response to Katrina and this will make everything better. Of course we all know the real issue. George Bush allowed cronyism to take over inside the government and that poor judgment, a Republican trait, caused us to loose hundreds of citizens along with an American city.

And while on this, something popped into my head. Remember TWA flight 800? After that deadly explosion, Bill Clinton went to the scene and met with the families of survivors. He held a private meeting with them and even prayed with them. This was all done with no cameras present (at the demand of Clinton), yet many from the GOP accused Clinton of politicizing the tragedy. McCain is making sure the cameras are on while he is down there. He doesn't care about what really happens, so long as he gets some good PR.

He is worse! George Bush just said in a news conference he will not be going down to the Gulf until after the storm. He doesn't want his trip to impede any of the massive operations underway. Does John McCain follow that same track of rational thinking? Hell no:

Mr. McCain plans to go to Jackson, Miss., which is inland, with his wife, Cindy, and his newly-selected running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, his campaign said. Mr. McCain will take only a small pool of reporters, and will tour a hurricane center with Gov. Haley Barbour, the Mississippi governor.

As compared to the Obama response, which is people before politics:

Senator Barack Obama said that he had talked to the Louisiana governor and other officials. He added that he was monitoring the storm, but was planning no tour of the coast because he wanted to stay out of the way.

So John McCain is not the same as Bush. Bush at least has shown some common sense in the response to this mother of all storms. John McCain has seen a photo-op.

It's official - Bush and Cheney are skipping the convention due to Gustav. Schwarzenegger is also canceling now due to a budget stand off in his state.

John McCain is floating the idea of giving his speech from the "disaster zone" Gustav leaves. My God - the storm hasn't even brought it's fury and McCain is looking into ways to politicize it. And what the hell happened to the excuse after Katrina that Bush going down there would only hinder response? So putting a huge media spectacle down there that ISN'T related to the disaster somehow helps?

John McCain has no idea how to govern, or make sound decisions. Even considering an idea such as this proves that. He cares less about the American people than George Bush. McCain is not more of the same - he is much worse.