Storms

Having already cancelled the first day of their convention (but it wasn't going to be on TV anyway, so what was this point?  The mega-billionaires will just have more time to party) GOPers in Tampa await the uncertain effects of a tropical storm/maybe hurricane.

But the news contains seeds of other storms: GOPer presidential candidate Ron Paul is refusing to endorse Mitt Romney, former Florida governor GOPer Charlie Crist endorsed President Obama for reelection ( "I'm confident that President Barack Obama is the right leader for our state and the nation. I applaud and share his vision of a future built by a strong and confident middle class in an economy that gives us the opportunity to reap prosperity through hard work and personal responsibility. It is a vision of the future proven right by our history.") and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee promises "fire from heaven" on behalf of disgraced senatorial candidate Paul Akin.

Meanwhile I've discovered the political dispatches of Andy Borowitz in the New Yorker.  In his post on the oncoming storm he writes that Mitt Romney has called on the federal government to respond to the danger with tax cuts for the wealthy.  "If this hurricane is as powerful as predicted, it could destroy many people’s second and third homes,” Mr. Romney said. “In that worst-case scenario, it would be inhumane to ask them to pay more than thirteen per cent.”  His running mate Paul Ryan warns against Washington intrusion.“If the federal government got involved with this hurricane, they’d make the usual mistake of sending food, water, and medical supplies,” he said. “Clearly, what this situation calls for is vouchers.”