How Gustav missed New Orleans

A few days before the Republican Convention in the Twin Cities, and in advance of Gustav’s landfall in the Gulf of Mexico, we saw the evacuation of all platform rigs by a flock of helicopters. We also heard that Bush and Cheney wouldn’t be able to attend the Minneapolis event because of the hurricane, but what the TV didn’t show us was that the same choppers picked Bush and Cheney up and dropped them on two oil platforms; it now appears that Karl Rove had told them to gesticulate and appear “really scary” as the hurricane would make its way towards the Big Easy. It’s not that Gustav could easily be scared; he sure made a mess of the few islands he hit on its way, and was certainly ready for more in the USA, but Rove had strategically placed Dick Cheney on the farthest platform in the open sea, while George Bush stood on another, located just fifteen nautical miles behind. So, when Gustav came in sight of a bald Cheney menacing and gesticulating, it really got scared, panicked, violently hit the brakes and veered off to the left avoiding a frontal hit with the city of New Orleans. Once more, Karl Rove had the right insight and saved the day, the convention, John McCain, Sarah Palin, and their superb family values…