Kerry can't find Cambodia either.
This may cause the national economy to stall before the rebuilding efforts start in earnest and trickle into the economy. Might not be soon enough.
Stewart Varney and Brian Wilson should shut up and do some research before they open their mouth and make all those doom and gloom scenarios about the effect of Hurricane Charley on the economy and the election.
I cannot believe the crap I am seeing on Foxnews lately. They are becoming as bad as CNN and MSNBC.
We cannot trust Foxnews anymore. We need to have a conservative cable network, period.
Kerry can't find Cambodia either.
Bush forces hurricane Charley into Florida!
Commits political suicide!
Why not?
After all, it was Bush's fault!!
Quite the opposite. W. and Jeb will ride to the rescue. Kerry can't go there, he'll look like he's pandering.
I sure hope not, but it seems that Pres. Bush can't catch a real break.
One thing is the shortage of building supplies in the US right now. Concrete prices are way up, rebar, lumber, everything. Lots of these supplies are being diverted to China and Iraq.
Clinton wasn't impeached for "feeling up" Monica, because he had done such a fantastic job of feeling our pain.
The notion that a hurricane helps the economy is a variation of the classic "broken window fallacy": A broken window increases the wealth of the whole community because it provides employment for the police, the social worker, the glazier, and the insurance agent.
Natural disasters make the population as a whole poorer, and they make every individual poorer except the people who benefit directly from the funding of the recovery.
No Bush will cause it.
As with the destruction of the twin towers and the damaged Pentagon, with a large amount of lives lost, well, who else can be blamed? /s
From other talking head shows, though, people vote what the economy was 6 months before the election. They won't actually feel that much difference this close to an election.
Also, Bush comes across as genuinely concerned. If Kerry shows up in FL, though, he'll just come across as another politician. He doesn't do the "I feel your pain" with any sort of sincerity (unlike Clinton who was especially good at faking it).
I don't think it will hurt Bush at all.
President Bush is not stupid. I'm sure he will be right on top of the situation in his brother's state with money and supplies etc. I feel this will help him not hinder him. IMHO
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Even if I grant the thesis that GDP will be reduced, by the time the effect is felt, the election will be over.
Economics in polls are usually trailing indicators. Witness the recovery that began in 1992 but came "too late" for Bush 41.
come on, this could cinch it for him, if he handles it right!
he needs to pull out the stops, use the incumbency and be as opportunistic as possible in the next few weeks. win the votes of all the floridians he can by doing a "rudy."
By being able to pump in massive amounts of aid to the state, Bush can win over the sheeple who want something for nothing.
Not to be heartless, but I travel all throughout Florida.
Anyone who builds a house right on the beach deserves what they get.
No he will not lose because of this. If he reaches out and takes care of the people, he'll win again.
They're just making up some wild-a$$ garbage to see if they can gin up any interest in the TV show, for cryin' out loud. It's meaningless, inane and stupid -- just like about everything on TV. They want to suck in viewers so they throw a wild theory out there in the hopes it will be dramatic enough to get someone to watch. It's just about all the media does these days.
Diasters tend to make the president look good. Clinton was rescued by Oklahoma City, according to his own people. (I have some thoughts about that!)
I think W. will work hard to help out the state, regardless of its role in his re-election. I wish he would get more sleep. He often looked frazzled. That is not good.
Kerry announced another vacation. Between the hurricane in Florida and the her-a-cane in New Jersey, he can't rent a headline. Besides, he tuckers out easily. Kerry will continue to lose momentum and duck Cambodia, NJ, etc.