Don Fowler: Left Wing Nutcase

Don Fowler is highly offended that a "right wing nutcase" recorded him joyously hoping for a catastrophic hurricane during the Republican National Convention.

"One doesn't anticipate that one's private conversation will be surreptitiously taped by some right-wing nutcase," said Fowler. "But that's the nature of what we're dealing with."

Here's what he was overheard as saying:

"The hurricane’s going to hit New Orleans about the time they start. The timing is -- at least it appears now that it’ll be there Monday. That just demonstrates that God’s on our side. [Laughter] Everything’s cool."

Listen for yourself here.

I dunno. I'm having a hard time mustering much sympathy for Fowler. It seems to me that only a left wing nutcase would be wishing for the destruction of New Orleans. A left wing nutcase like Don Fowler or Michael Moore.

Bad News For Democrats, Gustav Weaker Than Expected (Or Hoped)?

The satellite image at left shows that Gustav is interacting with an upper level trough to its west. The trough contains dry air (the darkest regions of the image) and this trough was feeding that dry air into the storm's southern and eastern quadrant and was inhibiting its development as it moved over the loop current. Note the asymmetry in Gustav's convection in the next image, which was taken at about the same time. Convection if stunted in all but the southwestern quadrant. There are some very prominent Democrats who will find this very disappointing. The Weather Channel, whose quest for ratings and advertising revenue encourages hyping hurricanes is still holding out hope for a category 4 at landfall.

Democrats Rooting For Another Katrina

If you ever needed anymore proof that Democrats thrive on misery, listen to the former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee celebrating the possibility that New Orleans might be hit by hurricane Gustav during the Republican National Convention.



Fowler joins Michael Moore and Keith Olbermann as Democrats who've been caught on video. No doubt bigwig Democrats feel the same way, but just haven't been caught.