Obama just canceled upcoming campaign events

[BlueStateSaint]

Sounds like a campaign stop to me.

Doesn't surprise me at all.

New York City could be flattened tomorrow, and Barack Milhous wouldn't let it interrupt his campaigning or his golf game.

And the state would still go for him, because all of the idiots in the City would still vote for him.

[Undies]

You're not going to sell me on the benefits of jihad that easily, Undies.

I just wanted you to know there is a silver lining.

[formerlurker]

The messiah is in a bit of a pickle as the hurricane will hit blue states.   He is off campaigning and it is catastrophic damage/flooding/loss of life with ANY delays in federal assistance?

Blue states goes red real quick. 

Nothing is worse for a politician than the politics of weather.    Nothing. 

[JohnnyReb]

You're not going to sell me on the benefits of jihad that easily, Undies.

Well, it does have its good points....

[Wineslob]

I believe I heard TehWon saying that he will cut through the red tape and regulations..............

[Undies]

I believe I heard TehWon saying that he will cut through the red tape and regulations..............

Maybe President Romney will do the same when he single-handedly repeals that illegal "heath care" law.

[BlueStateSaint]

I believe I heard TehWon saying that he will cut through the red tape and regulations..............

Only for the swing states of PA and NH.

[DumbAss Tanker]

It is interesting to see that the worst of the storm's effects seem concentrated in the bluest areas of the Eastern US.  It's also a fact of life that no matter how good the response is, most people in a disaster area that deal with FEMA or any other emergency provider (Above the level of the guy who actually rescues them) are usually not happy with the response.  Don't know if it will actually affect the election, but it's certainly an unpredictable wild card right now.

[GOBUCKS]

It is interesting to see that the worst of the storm's effects seem concentrated in the bluest areas of the Eastern US.  It's also a fact of life that no matter how good the response is, most people in a disaster area that deal with FEMA or any other emergency provider (Above the level of the guy who actually rescues them) are usually not happy with the response.  Don't know if it will actually affect the election, but it's certainly an unpredictable wild card right now.

If a person is DUmb enough to be undecided, then they're surely DUmb enough to have their vote influenced by a rain storm.

[formerlurker]

If a person is DUmb enough to be undecided, then they're surely DUmb enough to have their vote influenced by a rain storm.

Let me tell you about the politics of snow in New England.   Your street isn't plowed, or there is a delay in plowing/sanding the major highways and roads whereas you and yours are personally affected? 

Yeah, don't matter what sign you have in the front yard, the incumbent is getting his ass handed to him if it happens before an election.    Weather = personal.    They have memory like elephants when it comes to this stuff.

[BlueStateSaint]

Let me tell you about the politics of snow in New England.   Your street isn't plowed, or there is a delay in plowing/sanding the major highways and roads whereas you and yours are personally affected? 

Yeah, don't matter what sign you have in the front yard, the incumbent is getting his ass handed to him if it happens before an election.    Weather = personal.    They have memory like elephants when it comes to this stuff.

It's funny--Teh Wun has said (someone else posted this somewhere in the Cave) that he wants personal responsibility for the storm cleanup.  He just may regret that if he were to lose, say, NJ because someone ****s up there.

[formerlurker]

It's funny--Teh Wun has said (someone else posted this somewhere in the Cave) that he wants personal responsibility for the storm cleanup.  He just may regret that if he were to lose, say, NJ because someone ****s up there.

LOL - oh hell yeah he will regret it.  This is where his rookie status on running anything comes into play.   A governor would NEVER say something that stupid.    Delicious.

[Randy]

So hows come Barry bigears evacuated the White House last night and came to Orlando? Looks like he's willing to monitor as long as his skin is safe.

For any lurking DUmmies read this and comprehend. It's barely a hurricane. Read that again. BARELY. A. HURRICANE.
The real threat is to the mountain folks and people along the rivers that the snowmelt will bother. Your hero was in no danger at all but he tucked tail and ran like the little bitch he is. Read it, learn it, believe it and vote accordingly.

[formerlurker]

So hows come Barry bigears evacuated the White House last night and came to Orlando? Looks like he's willing to monitor as long as his skin is safe.

For any lurking DUmmies read this and comprehend. It's barely a hurricane. Read that again. BARELY. A. HURRICANE.
The real threat is to the mountain folks and people along the rivers that the snowmelt will bother. Your hero was in no danger at all but he tucked tail and ran like the little hitch he is. Read it, learn it, believe it and vote accordingly.

Tell that to the Long Island Sound - the storm surge will kill people.  This is the worst storm the Northeast has seen.   Hardly a cloudy with scattered showers forecast.

[BlueStateSaint]

Tell that to the Long Island Sound - the storm surge will kill people.  This is the worst storm the Northeast has seen.   Hardly a cloudy with scattered showers forecast.

I mentioned to my wife last night that Plum Island is in Long Island Sound . . .  

Nadin it.

[DumbAss Tanker]

If a person is DUmb enough to be undecided, then they're surely DUmb enough to have their vote influenced by a rain storm.

In the first sentence I was mainly talking about its effect on turnout since it seems very likely that a lot of the bluest areas may still be without power through next Tuesday, and there will be quite a lot of flooding, home damage, and obstructed streets and home damage giving people who aren't in deadly earnest about voting a lot of more pressing matters to deal with - not so much about it actually changing votes, as depressing turnout in some Blue strongholds.  The second sentence is more about the point Formerlurker was addressing.

I don't think it'll change many votes, but it could have a pretty significant effect on turnout in the affected areas.

[GOP Congress]

Actually, it wasn't a total waste. Obama hand-delivered a bunch of pizzas to the staff at the Orlando DNC. Drudge called it the most expensive pizza delivery in history.

[formerlurker]

I mentioned to my wife last night that Plum Island is in Long Island Sound . . .  

Nadin it.

I lived on Long Island for a while.   

[Jasonw560]

It's funny--Teh Wun has said (someone else posted this somewhere in the Cave) that he wants personal responsibility for the storm cleanup.  He just may regret that if he were to lose, say, NJ because someone ****s up there.

Maybe he'll handle it like he's handled Benghazi.

[J P Sousa]

It's funny--Teh Wun has said (someone else posted this somewhere in the Cave) that he wants personal responsibility for the storm cleanup.  He just may regret that if he were to lose, say, NJ because someone ****s up there.

More likely New York, where the unions went to bars during the last BIG snow storm rather than plow the snowy streets.

  He added that John Doherty, Sanitation Department chief, has made management and personnel shake-ups in Brooklyn following sharp criticism for the city's slow reaction to the holiday blizzard.

That response has prompted an investigation into whether sanitation workers intentionally delayed clean-up efforts over frustrations of demotions and citywide budget cuts.

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-06/us/new.york.bloomberg.snow_1_snow-plows-officials-brace-clean-up-efforts?_s=PM:US
 

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[mickBelker]

Bastard's hoping all this storm stuff distracts everyone til after Election Day. Fat chance, you traitorous scumbag! Even your unindicted co-conspirators, the MSM, aren't gonna be able to save your worthless commie ass this time.

November 6th CANNOT arrive soon enough.

[debk]

News earlier said Obama cancelled the Orlando rally to be in DC.

You mean he went ALL the way to Orlando and came right back? Damn. Did we pay for that too?

[docstew]

News earlier said Obama cancelled the Orlando rally to be in DC.

You mean he went ALL the way to Orlando and came right back? Damn. Did we pay for that too?

Yes and Yes.

He went to Orlando, stayed overnight (at a cost to taxpayers above $100K, I'm sure, once you factor in SS detail), then flew back in the morning. Probably because his campaign advisers told him the optics of campaigning when a huge region is under threat isn't good.

[GOBUCKS]

Expect three or four news conferences a day, with an open-collared, sleeves-rolled, grim-faced, jug-eared Kenyan seated in the center of his disaster team, explaining what he, and he alone, has done to save thousands of lives from this 75 mph, rainy monster storm.

This rain storm IS a campaign event for the muslim.

[thundley4]

I mentioned to my wife last night that Plum Island is in Long Island Sound . . .  

Nadin it.

Do they still work with infectious diseases there?