John McCain has canceled all but the most necessary Republican Convention functions, is debating giving his acceptance speech from the Gulf Coast instead of the Convention Floor, and is giving his loyal followers the impression that he is willing to roll up his sleeves and do whatever it takes to save the day.
According to Faux News:
"We must redirect our efforts from the really celebratory event of the nomination of president and vice president of our party to acting as all Americans," McCain told reporters before the conventions events were suspended. He and Palin received a closed-door briefing by officials with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
The Maverick's latest costume change has him donning a do-gooder cape to right the wrongs of how his party handled the last serious crisis in New Orleans three years ago.
But what I'm wondering is, how many of McCain's seven to ten homes are taking in Gulf Coast evacuees?
It's a fair question. Even if he and Cindy are staying in seperate homes this week, that leaves from five to eight homes empty--aside from the butlers and maids. How better to make yourself look like a compassionate conservative than helping at least five families weather the storm?
The people of the Gulf Coast don't need John McCain to give his acceptance speech from their flooded streets, the damage and destruction behind him serving as a fitting backdrop of the disaster that his presidency would bring. They need shelter. They need transportation. They need comfort.
Those are things that a real compassionate Christian would give, particularly when they have so much in excess.
If poor Cindy McCain is so offended by Obama characterizing her husband as out-of-touch with the Middle Class...
"I'm offended by Barack Obama saying that about my husband," said McCain's wife Cindy.
When asked if Obama went too far in his criticism of McCain, Cindy responded, "I do. I do. I really do."
...then shouldn't she be trying her hardest to alter that image? Of course not. The McCains don't care about the people of the Gulf Coast; they care about how their actions this week will make them look to the Republican party and its flock.
By the way, Sarah Palin's decision to announce her daughter Bristol's pregnancy today of all days is convenient and tasteless.