Ex-Dem Chair Apologizes for Hurricane Remark

Political Radar: Ex-Dem Chair Apologizes for Hurricane Remark

ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Former DNC Chairman Don Fowler apologized on Sunday for joking in a private conversation that the timing of Hurricane Gustav demonstrates that God is on the side of the Democrats.

Fowler was secretly recorded by the person sitting behind him while flying from Denver, Colo., to Charlotte, N.C., following the Democratic National Convention. His conversation with Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., was anonymously posted to YouTube and highlighted by RedState.com, a conservative blog.

"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."

Fowler, a superdelegate who endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2007, was caught on tape 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.

I love the reaction anytime a Democrat gets caught doing something they wouldn't want people to know about: "where did you get that!...or...that was a private conversation!". It is a true testament to their character.

One of my favorite sayings is a definition of 'character' attributed to many people and slightly altered depending on whom it's attributed to:

Character is who you are when you think nobody is watching.

I guess we know the character of Don Fowler and John Spratt, don't we?