Michael Moore: ‘Gustav is proof there is a God in heaven’
Apropos my post from yesterday about the possibility that the GOP will postpone their convention due to the politics involved with Hurricane Gustav. Michael Moore showed us once again how the left has hijacked a natural disaster and turned it into a political football.
Appearing on Keith Olbermann’s wretched show, the first word’s out of Moore’s mouth after Olbermann asked him about the potential postponement of the RNC were “Gustav is proof there is a God in heaven.” (Video link here>.)
Moore’s lighthearted desire to see destruction of property (he says he hopes no one gets hurt) not to mention the tragedy of people losing everything they have while turning a natural disaster into fodder for political war is, as I mentioned in my post yesterday, now part of the Democratic playbook (no doubt to be shelved by the left once Obama takes office). Turning disaster into a political advantage is one of the more perplexing things that have have taken place over the last 8 years - so far beyond the way politics used to be practiced that it bears scrutinty.
Politics is a very tough game. I will be the first to say if you can’t stand the gaff, get out of the wind. But even at its most rank and partisan, politics used to have a pretty well established set of rules - unwritten to be sure but rules that both sides had tacitly agreed to play by.
You didn’t go after your opponents family. You didn’t charge infidelity unless you had the photos to prove it. And you didn’t make hay out of natural disasters.
UPDATE: From RedState.com:
On a plane from Denver to Charlotte following the Democrats’ convention, I found myself seated behind former National Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Don Fowler and Congressman John Spratt of South Carolina. Their conversation was interesting to say the least.
For example, they made fun of Sarah Palin for several minutes, Fowler calling her “Dan Quayle” on steroids and Spratt creatively describing her as “just terrible.” They both agreed that, “Other than the simple fact that she’s a female,” she has nothing to offer.
Then there was this gem of a moment from Fowler: