The Rethug Convention will be missing two of its most anticipated speakers, Dumbya and Dead Eye Dick, who have used Hurricane Gustav as a convenient excuse to duck the convention. We would have loved to have heard them speak of the glories of the last 8 years. There's talk that the Rethugs will convert part of their convention to a telethon-like event for victims in an attempt to seem "concerned" after the Hurricane Katrina debacle three years ago last weekend. St. John McAncient and his running mate Who? are in Mississippi staging photo ops and trying to look like they're actually in charge of something, while their presence diverts local law enforcement and firefighters from assisting in hurricane relief.
The Rethugs have wisely decided not to use "Family Values" as a theme for this year's convention, with the catalogue of scandals and corruption from the last 8 years hanging over them like an elephant's fart. That's not to say that Minneapolis/St. Paul hasn't seen an influx of prostitutes in the last few days, hoping that conventioneers will have left their "morality" at home, as Rethug politicians so often do. Party on, animals!
UPDATE: Oops! They took the "party on, animals" seriously according to Wonkette. Shades of Larry Craig!! (warning: not family values language)
(photos: Sen. David "Diapers" Vitter, left, and Sen. Larry "Wide Stance" Craig)
