Short Attention Span Theater

The Republican's are already getting all self-congratulatory over how they've handled the catastrophe of Gustav three years after Bush and McCain served up birthday cake while New Orleans drowned.

Everybody's breathing a sigh or relief and patting each other on the back for doing a better job this time around (so far...) as if that excuses them from the travesty of Katrina three years ago and the ongoing incompetence, callousness and irresponsibility that has continued to plague relief efforts to this day.

This time George, who likely was looking for a way to get out of a disastrous speech to close out his horror of an administration anyway, got served up a reprieve. Instead he wound up in Texas looking as bored and dull-witted as he did when he attended Kermit Ruffins concert at the White House and reminded him to "...make sure you pick up the trash when it's over.".

So far, the best thing about Gustav is that we won't have to suffer through Dick Cheney's speech, while the "Maverick" tries to make us forget that gargoyle of a Vice President by soft-peddling us Little Mary Sunshine. McCain and Ms. Lightweight headed off to Mississippi to make sure they were seen looking concerned about storm damage rather than shoving pieces of birthday cake into each other's mouths like fawning teenage newlyweds.

SPEAKING OF WHICH... Mama Palin and her family offered us up an interesting thought on the office when she acknowledged that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant. I seem to remember a moment in Barack's speech the other night when he said "...regardless of whether or not we agree on abortion we can all agree on the need to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies." I'm guessing this isn't going to be a major focus of the McCain/Palin campaign over the next two months.

And the beat goes on... Happy Labor Day!