Maybe Republicans are assuming the governmental response to Gustav will be another disaster else why the cancellation of much of day one of the RNC? If they thought the government would respond competently then, seems to me, they could hold a dignified session while pointing out how much better a Republican administration is doing now.

But they aren’t, and they want George Bush nowhere near any of them as Gustav hits. I’m not buying the McCain excuse that he doesn’t want delegates in party hats tooting noisemakers as Nola floods. The Republican cadre tends to be quite disciplined and could simply be told not to do that, with a ban on funny hats and noisemakers on the floor.

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A lot of big name Republicans are, y’know, busy and stuff, and just can’t quite free up time from their hectic schedules or being indicted to make it to the RNC. Plus, I’m guessing, many of them would rather run screaming from the room than be seen anywhere near Bush whom, no doubt, the party faithful hopes will stay away from the convention because he needs to tend to Gustav. Or at least pretend to.

And the Polizeros Political Cretin Award of the Month goes to …

… Former DNC chair Don Fowler and Michael Moore (who usually rocks) for saying that Gustav shows that God is now on the Democrat’s side. I’m sure all the folks who will lose homes and family in the next few days will find that to be especially rib-tickling.

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(Map of police raids from The Uptake)

The pre-RNC raids by police are escalating clearly in a deliberate attempt to stifle dissent and protest. That they will be wallpapered with costly lawsuits that they will lose is a given. In the meantime, this grotesque abuse of police power for political purposes continues. Since they clearly want a repeat of Chicago 68, that may well be what they get. Unless someone reins them in now.

Firedoglake:

Inside an RNC raid

We’re now hearing that “snatch squads” are picking up random people off the streets in the Twin Cities, and someone from Democracy Now has been detained.

Twin Cities news coverage from on the ground.

Twin Cities Indymedia. Much of their steady stream of news appears to be from cell phone messages and is rated for credibility. They are doing an amazing job of aggregating reports from all over the city. And they have an RSS feed too.

The Uptake

Minnesota Independent

Also, “track RNC” on Twitter or Tweetscan RNC if you don’t have a Twitter account.

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