There's Not Really A Huge Hurricane! It's a Republican Trick!

Let's pretend that we're idiots, like the ones who think the moon landing was all a government ruse, or those who deny that there was ever a Holocaust. Just for some diversion and perspective, and with all full apologies to those who are about to be decimated by this storm, and to all of us who are going to experience the fall-out as our economy continues to plummet as a result, I'm going to pretend that Hurricane Gustav is just a propaganda tool.

This is not funny, but just imagine for a minute: As soon as they realized it was a Category 2 or 3 that would miss NOLA, they decided to shorten the convention, get Fox News to report that it still might be a Huge Direct Hit, get Mayor Nagin to predict it would be "the mother of all storms" and get Sarah, John, George and Dick to swing into conspicuous action to forge a memory in people's minds of how well they handled "The Hurricane"....how the levees funded under Chertoff's watch did hold....(and luckily, people tend to confuse details after awhile)....Let's say the evacuation is the result of a careful strategy of public deception and over-eager media cooperation to avoid/curtail an embarrassing Republican convention, where most seats would have been empty anyway. And this way, we get Sarah Palin tousel-haired in rolled-up shirtsleeves, pencil behind her ear, baby and grandbaby and whatever-baby offstage, and everybody else six sheets to the wind.

How lucky could the Republicans be!? It's as if they've invented it. The focus is way off the ditsy V.P. pick, and way on Washington's (i.e: John and Sarah's) response. Poor Cindy! Well, Cindy will never be poor, but it can't be easy for her, watching John and Sarah these days, while they have their fifteen minutes as a Power Couple. Are people this lucky? This smart? This dumb? Have the Republicans thrown everything up in the air, with a devil-may-care attitude? Is it a comedy or a tragedy? Time will tell.

ED NOTE: Checking out the news, hmmm...maybe this is not really so idiotic after all.