GOP: Hurricane Sandy Means God Wants Obama To Win?
Hailey Barbour on CNN blaming Romney's lost momentum Hurricane Sandy The latest republican narrative about why Mitt Romney lost his momentum is that Hurricane Sandy diverted attention away from the "awful economy". First, this is not true. Romney's momentum was lost even before the hurricane. Markos Moulitsos at DailyKoz proves that point quite well. But the most curious thing about this narrative is the ongoing GOP thinking on natural disasters. The fringe and not so fringe elements of the right are always blaming natural distasters on groups and policies they disagree with. How many times have we heard that God is punishing the gays by sending earthquakes and hurricanes... and locusts? So, it stands to reason that if God sends calamitous weather to make a point and if that calamitous weather is benefiting President Obama...well, you do the meteorology!! God is endorsing Obama!! Rabbi Noson Leiter blaming gay marriage on Hurricane S...