Today's biggest dose of stupid
by digby
Fergawdsakes:
On “The Morning Joe Show” this morning, Mark Halperin said White House adviser David Plouffe was clever to convince the president to cancel his campaign event in Florida today and go to Washington to be the president of hurricane response.
I think the most important person in this election right now is not the candidates, for today at least, it’s David Plouffe, senior White House adviser, ran the President’s campaign last time. Brilliant at understanding the intersection between the campaign and the government. Lots of control over both, and, obviously, was central to the decision to say the President shouldn’t do this event in Florida today, should come back to Washington. And I think you will see David Plouffe doing a couple things. One, the symbolism of the office, making sure they don’t mess up.
Later that day ...
It's inevitable that we are going to talk about the political ramifications of this storm. We are a week out from what looks to be a very close election. But after Bush's Katrina debacle, it's perfectly obvious to any sentient being that the president had to go back to Washington and ... be the president. I can't think of any reason why Halperin would "speculate" about it unless he's a fool or a rightwing smart ass.
Meanwhile, here's today's biggest dose of stupid from a Romney spokesman:
I have to say that I don’t think anyone, most people don’t have a positive impression of FEMA, and I think Mitt Romney is right on the button. I don’t think anybody cares about that right now.
Uh, heckuva job?
Update: Can I just ask ... why?
@andreamsaul: Gov. Romney has also been in touch with [VA] Governors Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie about storm preparation
What's he going to do, offer some investment advice?
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