Is Hurricane Isaac God’s Wrath On The GOP?

The Republican National Kvetch-a-Sketch™ scheduled to begin tomorrow has been set back due to the approach of Hurricane Isaac. On other occasions where natural disasters wreaked havoc on Haiti, New Orleans, or the Virginia city from where Pat Robertson broadcasts his television show, there was a deafening outcry that the reason for the tribulations was that God was angry and was punishing sinners.

So what does Robertson and his ilk have to say about the hurricane bearing down on Tampa, the second consecutive hurricane that has disrupted a Republican convention (remember Gustav in 2008)? It seems like the Lord has some issues with the GOP. But suddenly the explanations of divine intervention have come to a screeching halt. If there is one message that can be taken from this affair it is this: When the Republicans launched their War on Women they forgot that Mother Nature is a woman.

GOP War on Women

While mocking sanctimonious right-wingers and Tea-vangelicals is fair game, we should not forget that hurricanes are no laughing matter. Isaac has already resulted in fatalities in the Caribbean. And even if it misses Tampa, there is almost certainly going to be devastating damage to persons and property elsewhere before it is done.

The media, however, seems wholly focused only on how the hurricane will impact the political party goers at Mitt Romney’s coronation. If Republicans don’t take some time during their convention to acknowledge the suffering of Isaac’s victims, it will be emblematic of their notorious insensitivity toward Americans who aren’t fortunate enough to be members of Romney’s elite class.

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4 thoughts on “Is Hurricane Isaac God’s Wrath On The GOP?

  1. Oh never fear. Word has it that when threatened by a legitimate hurricane, the Republican Party has a way of shutting that whole thing down.

    • oh, that’s just brilliant, Gail. I’ll never stop laughing.

      no sarcasm – just in case you wondered.

  2. One of the first things that came to my mind when the reports of the storm were coming in and it showed it was coinciding with the republican convention.

  3. Really? God is mad at the Republicans for opposing abortion? That is one of the most asinine statement i have ever seen. I’m no Republican supporter by any means. How is opposing the murder of babies supposed to be a war on women?

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