Obama's Perfect Media Storm Might Have Just Been Born As Isaac Models Shift West

Hurricane Models ^ | 8-25-2012

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[nhwingut]

Too late. He had several dry runs (TN Flood, Gulf Coast Oil Spill) and flunked them all.

[My Favorite Headache]

[nhwingut]

Plus all Gulf Coast states are controlled by Repubs. Makes the charade more difficult.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Nobody would buy that crap.Everybody else around the country is still suffering and the media trying to make knucklehead look good would be seen as such.

[My Favorite Headache]

You seem to be thinking that the Gulf oil spill and TN floods are even part of the current American thinking process. The average American still remembers Katrina and the average American will always remember “Good Job Brownie”.

I bet my bank account the White House and Team Obama is praying for this thing to strike La. so they can do something drastic and heroic to save the day. Besides...Team Obama and Congress brought all the oil execs up in front of the cameras and killed them...not to mention all of the checks that have been written by BP and the endless commercials saying sorry to this day.

[SandRat]

If Issa hits New Orleans and other gulf coast states will he still blame it on Bush?

[mrsmith]

The media will praise him for days no matter what happens if they can just get ‘Katrina’ in the story.

Darn, I was hoping it would head this way...

[Black Agnes]

Little birdie tells me that hotel reservations are already iffy for many Jackson, MS hotels.

[sushiman]

But people have forgotten all about those .

[rwfromkansas]

DO NOT like this. Likely to be a hurricane possibly major at landfall with a ripe environment in the Gulf. Anywhere near NOLA will be bad as well with Bush comparisons. Looking like Obama may get a bump from the GOP convention. Damn it!

[Trailerpark Badass]

You mean the New Orleans we sank billions of dollars into to rebuld, the one which lost like 150,000 in population?

I can guarantee you, most people don't care.

[onedoug]

‘Watching out for this one, Swami....’

[rwfromkansas]

I have been saying this on other threads...this is a F’ing Obama wet dream storm. We should win this election, but we now probably lost.

[RedMDer]

[publius911]

Up until Katrina, it was never a federal obligation or expectation to take the lead in rendering aid after natural disasters (the unexpected.)
For every other state, the old rules apply. State disasters are a state's obligation to prepare for, and to take the lead in rescue, shelter and cleanup.

Hard to remember that it took the most corrupt and clueless state to change the rules of the game for every other state --- for the worse.

Not having to exercise prudence, to budget for the unexpected, has empowered irresponsible states, like California, to spend into oblivion, and to pretend national disasters no longer exist.

Remarkably, a growing army of parasites and morons think this is a good thing.

[Vince Ferrer]

He can’t do anything until Governor Jindal asks for assistance.

[TonyInOhio]

A couple of things to remember. First, the certainty associated with these models is pretty low, and a more eastern track is as likely as a western one; this storm is a likely to hit Pensacola as it is to hit New Orleans. Secondly, Issac is no Katrina - it will be a much weaker storm.