Sandy and the election
October 29, 2012 2 Comments
1) F#$%n hurricanes!! Last three hurricanes to hit US mainland… 1) Irene almost stranded me in Maine for a wedding and necessitated a $250 rental car plus 13 hour drive to avoid 3 extra days stuck in Maine. 2) Isaac canceled my first ever trip to New Orleans. 3) Sandy prevented our annual speaker, this year Tim Noah who was scheduled to come today. All those things all involved plenty of stress. Yeah, I know I was lucky to have no flooding, etc., but what are the chances someone living in Raleigh, NC should be so impacted by these last three hurricanes?!
2) My take on the political effects of Sandy. Obama’s ahead. Not by a lot, but he’d win if the election were today. 24/7 news coverage on weather is basically stall ball. Romney needs for the political narrative to change and right now the narrative is completely subverted to weather/disaster stories. Of course, Obama could have a “heckuva job, Brownie” moment, but since Democrats actually believe in good government I’m pretty confident that Obama has not appointed heads of major disaster agencies whose previous experience was running the International Arabian Horse Association. So, right now, this is just stall ball, and that’s good for Obama.
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Just out: report of Mitt Romney, Presidential hopeful had a press conference said that President Obama is “Soft on Hurricanes” and other kinds of unwelcome weather. Romney stated that he will create a blue ribbon panel to determine if the US armed forces should take a first strike policy against future hurricanes.
In another press briefing Governor Chris Christie said that Obama “Cut and run in the face of the enemy, Sandy the hurricane.” He further said “I’m sure if Romney is elected we won’t have a president who cuts and runs.”
Glenn Beck, in his radio broadcast suggested that a republican president would immediately move in several aircraft carriers to show that hurricane who’s who.
Beck said “It’s just like Obama the anti-christ to leave our shores unprotected against these ravaging full frontal systems. It’s time we showed them just we we’re made of and immediately nuke Sandy before she comes ashore and we lose even more ground. I know that nuking New York city is a bitter pill to swallow, but we can’t be seen to be soft on Hurricanes. Plus New York would have gone to Obama.”
Mr. Beck then scribbled gibberish on a blackboard, took off his glasses, looked into a nonexistent television camera and demanded that radio listeners carefully examine his secret written message and that they “read between the lines”.
All the major networks are now asking “Is Obama soft on Hurricanes?”
Time to send your resume to the Onion
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