# Focus on the Family wants Obama Drowned Out. Literally.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 13, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/focus-on-the-family-wants-obama-drowned-out-literally/459851 "2008-08-13T15:38:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/focus-on-the-family-wants-obama-drowned-out-literally/459851/101 "2008-08-28T22:19:37Z")

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[QUOTE=3acresandatruck]  
Perhaps they’d like to wait until the hurricane season (June 1 to November 30) is over before having their convention.  
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This is an excellent idea.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/focus-on-the-family-wants-obama-drowned-out-literally/459851/102 "2008-08-28T22:35:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]  
I think they’re more concerned about the convention getting bigfooted by hurricane coverage, as well as the bad image of appearing to party while the Gulf states drown.  
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I can see the split screen already; Dubya addressing haves and the have mores, while the levees break again in New Orleans.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/focus-on-the-family-wants-obama-drowned-out-literally/459851/103 "2008-08-29T08:46:17Z")

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From watching the music & speeches at the stadium, their prayers for a flood of rain don’t appear to have worked – it looked like a beautiful (and dry) afternoon & evening.

Maybe Focus on the Family just doesn’t have that close a connection to God’s ear anymore?

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