Poor McCain’s having to re-think his approach at the Republican convention due to the coming storm–Gustav–towards Louisiana.
At least that’s what I read online. Poor guy.
I feel for the folks who have to evacuate.
Lower Ninth Ward resident Rev. Willie Calhoun looks over his belongings near his Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer before evacuating New Orleans, Louisiana from Hurricane Gustav August 30, 2008.
Can you imagine what Willie is thinking? I mean, it’s gotta include some thoughts in this order:
- Hurricane Katrina comes, wipes out my house.
- I’ve been living in a trailer from the federal government now for some two years…
- Here comes Katrina’s bad brother… and my new house isn’t even yet built.
I feel worse (of course) for the folks who are having to evacuate. For the changes their lives are about to face in the coming weeks, months… and (we can hope not) years. My own McCain jabs aside, I sure hope we don’t botch this recovery like we did the last time.
This is America, and we deserve so much better. I hope both candidates take a good look at what takes place and what can be done to improve the quality of life of the folks affected. And if good ideas come about from either one (as, no doubt, they will both not be able to fight the urge to make something political out of this), I hope the folks in charge now are smart enough to listen.