GOP drops convention's opening night as Gustav nears

Houston Chronicle ^ | 8-31-08 | ALAN BERNSTEIN, PEGGY FIKAC

[STARWISE]

Smart.

[jokyfo]

Yes, the Repubs & McCain/Palin need to be hands on during this.

A strong, effective response will only help.

[ari-freedom]

the rollcall is pretty stupid since mccain clearly won. get rid of that and stop wasting time

[K-oneTexas]

Just wait till the Dems ask to be involved. After all none of them want to go back to work in D.C.

[Corin Stormhands]

I’m pretty sure rules still call for a vote. They can have someone move to nominate him by acclamation, but there has to be an official vote.

[Perdogg]

They will just accuse Rove of using his weather machine again.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[smith288]

Its obvious George Bush hates white people of his own party.

[DemonDeac]

Good move.

1). Nobody would watch Monday with that hitting anyway.

2). Bush has low approval ratings and the Dems are trying to tie McCain to him. Not having him featured as much at the convention doesn’t hurt our ability to win swing voters.

3). We’d get murdered by the media for being callous if we held it.

[itsthejourney]

The convention is merely a waste of $$$. We don’t need it. Fifteen minutes on FOX with the nomination would be enough.

[jla]

by Corin Stormhands (McCain-Palin '08)

~rubbing my eyes~ Am I seeing what I think I do?
(Isn't she terrific!?)

[Corin Stormhands]

Amazing, ain’t it?

(now if we could get Jim Gilmore to nominate Sarah Palin as his running mate...)

[buffyt]

I am on the Texas Gulf Coast in Lake Jackson, south of Houston. Down the coast from Galveston. So far we are fine. No evacuations, no storm. It looks like it will hit in La. I hope they are FINE! I hope everyone got OUT and I hope the hurricane predictions are correct. Rita in 2005 was supposed to hit us in Lake Jackson and turned at the last minute and missed us.

[buffyt]

You are RIGHT 100%! I think I heard that Dems spent a billion $$$ on their DNC and that is such a HUGE WASTE of money!

[buffyt]

bttt

[Reagan Man]

Dumb move. This is a classic case of political correctness gone wild. Exactly what the media wants and what the liberal establishment has been hoping for.

[Norman Bates]

The McCain List.

Heads up!

[STARWISE]

Hope your situation remains safe. GET OUT if there’s ANY risk .. and I speak from experience. Prayers for your safety and all those potentially in the path of this awful storm.

[Norman Bates]

Needs to be in breaking news.

[Las Vegas Ron]

And we'll get hammered for this as a political stunt...GOP will do anything to get elected, they didn't do this when there wasn't an election coming up.

I can hear em now