Democracy Now! runs into New York Times columnist David Brooks at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. We get his reaction to Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech in Denver, John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin for the vice-presidential nomination, and the effect Hurricane Gustav will have on the Republican convention. “McCain should go down to New Orleans, grab onto a light post Geraldo-style and do the speech sideways, holding on while the wind blows him,” Brooks says. [includes rush transcript]