McCain may give convention speech from DISASTER ZONE (Politico)

[npincus]

Call it "the Mother of All Photo-ops".

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/13013.html

McCain was scheduled to deliver his acceptance speech Thursday but now may do so from the devastation zone if the storm hits the U.S. coast with the ferocity feared by forecasters.

At the start of his remarks at a rally in Washington, Pa., on Saturday night, McCain said: "I would like all of us, obviously, to keep in our thoughts and our prayers the people of the Gulf Coast, especially New Orleans, that are threatened by this terrible natural disaster, the hurricane. They need to know — and I know that they know — that they are in our hearts and prayers as this impending hurricane approaches.

“The great God, that he could spare — at a minimum — the loss that might result from this natural disaster. So my friends, as we enjoy this great rally, we will keep them in our thoughts and our hearts and our prayers.”

Officials of the convention, the Republican Party, the White House and the McCain campaign were all scrambling this weekend to rewrite more than a year of planning for what they had hoped would be a joyful four days starting Monday.

[Epiphany4z]

1. oh ya that

brings to mind change and hope...is he drunk all the time ? insane or what?

[Raven]

2. He's going to look as useless as a tit on a bull if he does that. n/t

[Avalux]

3. Will the media play along with using a disaster as a political prop?

I would hope not after Katrina, but I'm betting they will.

[madmom]

4. Nothing like being in the way of the help just to promote your selfish self!

[JaneQPublic]

5. Hell, he could speak from the convention floor and do that...

...or for that matter, The Oval Office.

[stray cat]

6. Is he bringing his b-day cake too like his response during Katrina

[stray cat]

7. Is he bringing his b-day cake too like his response during Katrina

[IDemo]

8. The Oval Office?

[IndianaGreen]

9. Is McCain going to take electric generators to be able to broadcast?

He'll be doing the same photo op as Bush did 3-years ago.

[Betsy Ross]

10. Anywhere he speaks is a disaster zone. eom

[Johonny]

11. holy crap is that not appropriate

exploiting peoples loss for your own gain... oh wait that IS the only thing Republicans do in office.