Thanks to Hurricane Gustav, John McCain got his wish -- putting a half a continent between himself and W. The fizzling storm in the Gulf Coast provided ample cover for Bush to duck the GOP's dwindled affair in Minneapolis, opting to ride out the storm from the cozy confines of the White House.
What might be missed by the media is that, according to my exhaustive research (okay -- 10 minutes on Google), Bush appears to be the first sitting president to skip his party's convention since Lyndon Johnson. Hmmm . . . Texas politician, accidental president, unpopular war . . .
Anyway, what we know is that Bush remains popular with many elements on the GOP right. Do they interpret an 8-minute speech as "damnation with faint praise?" Do they see a repudiation of an 8-year agenda that has saddled our nation with crippling debt, an alarming loss of world prestige, and a government eviscerated by the appointment of unqualified cronies ("Yer doin' a heckuva job, Brownie!")?
Looking forward to the Palin speech tonight. For my part, I am not happy with the way the media has jumped on the "Bristol is pregnant" news. And this is the right wing media, folks. Although, they are fully reporting the story -- to the point where the NY Post outed the father by name -- it is being couched in terms of how "awful the Dems are to raise such an issue."
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