...There must be a good reason why the people doing the actual work love President Bush. And why those who are genuinely affected appreciate him...
Posted on 10/26/2007 4:29:42 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
BATON ROUGE - As the California wildfires continued to rage Thursday, so too did the political feud between President Bush and Gov. Kathleen Blanco that has smoldered since the federal government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina.
The latest flare-up came when Bush, while touring the California disaster area, took an apparent swipe at Blanco's post-Katrina leadership as he complimented California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"It makes a significant difference when you have somebody in the statehouse willing to take the lead," Bush said, according to the Associated Press.
The president's statement, coming from a White House that seems determined to avoid a repeat in California of the public-relations disaster that followed Katrina, brought a swift response from Blanco.
In a statement forwarded by her press office, Blanco noted that it took federal forces nearly a week to arrive in Louisiana after the storm. "I was the only game in town, leading for nearly a week without the president's help," Blanco said.
"Of all the lessons learned from Katrina now being put into place in California, I would hope the one he would remember is that politics has no place in any disaster," she added, before taking a shot at the slow manner in which promised federal aid has been delivered.
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Yea !!! Doesn't GWB know that only the RATs can politicize a national tragedy (like blaming the fires on the Guard units over in Iraq).
“”It makes a significant difference when you have somebody in the statehouse willing to take the lead,” Bush said, according to the Associated Press.”
Telling it like it is.
This sleezy press will continue to mention Katrina as long as President Bush stays in office. Not once do they mention Mississippi or Florida, two states with compentant leadership. Hell, even Can Cun reacted better than the corrupt officials in New Orleans.
Yep! I heard that on the radio yesterday and shouted "FINALLY, he's putting the blame where it belongs!"
In today’s mamby pamby society, when someone tells the truth it’s “taking a shot.” Cant speak the truth anymore for fear of hurting someone’s feelings.
I heard him say this yesterday...it is the truth. If she says, she was the only game in town for a week, she’s full of it. The President was trying to get her to call for an evacuation 48 hours before the storm hit. All she was pray for us. Her ineptitude(and lapse of memory) is showing. .
Anecdote: Friend in NO enters elevator with a guy with 2 big bags, asks guy how long he has been there. He says, 2 years helping with the reconstruction. Friend says, how's it going. Guy replies, It's tough to help people that won't help themselves.
The MSM and their Dim Party can’t lie and get away with it anymore, we have real time facts as they happened, what EVERYONE said and when, who ordered what when, who called who when, who was warned when, and what action was taken when.
Those threads are devastating to the MSM’s fictional script, especially since they were called on it AS THEY WERE writing it!
Of course, note how the driveby media carries her water:
As the California wildfires continued to rage Thursday, so too did the political feud between President Bush and Gov. Kathleen Blanco that has smoldered since the federal government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina.
Clearly they're calling it "Bush's Fault" in the opening line.
Not true! Blanco was VERY busy during the run-up to Katrina - picking out shoes for her TV appearances!
It also makes a difference when you have a populace who isn’t used to sitting around and waiting for govt handouts as a way of life.
Well Blanco, then why didn’t you COOPERATE when Bush asked LEAD the coordination of LA Nat’l Guard?
I was the only game in town, leading for nearly a week while my cronies got rid of damning evidence before the feds got to see it.
Interesting that Bush did not even mention Blanco, but the liberal media knows he was referring to her. So apparently, his statement must be correct.
Everything anyone ever needs to know about Katrina is on Free Republic.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475443/posts
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what kills me is that all these people’s homes in california should not have been built, yet the situation in New Orleans is so much against people living there, nothing was ever said along those lines. I wonder why a Hurricane which takes days to leave and the state or locals did nothing in California these people got out of harm’s way with less notice.
Blanco is a shameless liar, but then she is a Democrat—same difference.
While Blanco and Nagin were soiling their underwear during and after Katrina, the Coast Guard (Feds) rescued over 30,000 people.
The National Guard(Feds) mounted a mobile, self sustaining(no water, food, or gas along the way—think about it)relief convoy that had to cut through downed trees and drive through the 18,000 square miles of flooded terrain that was New Orleans and Louisiana, and they reached NO in 72 hours—that’s 3 days.
In 3 days, there was a complete breakdown of society in the SuperDome.
It was so embarassing to Americans that their fellow citizens, in the midst of a national disaster, instead of displaying the grit, resources, and helpfulness that Americans have ALWAYS displayed in such disasters, these citizens were the most whiny, leaderless, and unreliant people I ever saw. It was like watchimg something in a Third World country unfold.
Hey Blanco—President Bush is NOT a first responder. You and Nagin were the first line of defense and YOU FAILED MISERABLY.
Oh, and let me not acknowledge two other cretins who helped make it look like Katrina was Bush’s fault—Shep Smith and Geraldo Rivera. Idiots.
Over 5 times as many people evacuated in CA vs. NO. Look at the difference in the number and tyoes of incidents reported.
Blanco and Nagin need to be reviled everywhere they go for the rest of their life and never allowed to get away with their lying nonsense.
Good point.
Exactly. And I’ll bet we won’t be hearing about looters running amok in San Diego or Malibu. Sorry, no iconic photos of ‘looter guy’ types from these widfires. Civility ruled the day.
The followup and placement of these people and how well the insurance companies come through will be absolutley crucial, though.
It’s just too bad that GWB has waited seven years to start giving it back to these lying dims!!
The gov had more than a week’s warning plus more than a week of pleading to do something from the WH. “Only game in town,” to pull the covers over her head, maybe...
The libs have a weekly program called Kville, which is about the post-katrina life in New Orleans. The show is blatantly anti-bush and constantly reminds the viewer of Bush's alledged failures.
To the author of the article: you mention the federal government’s slow response, be aware that the feds have to respond to the request of state leadership (Gog. Blanco), not the emergency itself. Get a copy of a text called the “United States Constitution” and you’ll understand why the feds can’t just march in and take over.
Blanco was slow to respond.
Your statement applies to conservatives commenting on leftists and liberals. That’s “taking a shot.”
When the left does the same, even (especially) when it’s a complete lie or personal attack, it isn’t “taking a shot” but “speaking truth to power.”
You’re right. See my post 25.
Bush lied, people died, Halliburton
No doubt, just as Haley Barbour took care of his people. The disparity between the republican governors and the democrat governors is huge.
Bush never mentioned Blanco’s name. So why did she recognize herself? The fed gov is not supposed to be the first responder and she knows it. Those people had five days warning to get out of NO. I watched the weather myself and heard Bush himself warn them to get out a couple of days before. I am sick of these people and the media.
If she’d taken the lead, as she said, she wouldn’t have been afraid to run for re-election...
Wayyyyyy too late.
...'bout 2 years too late.
Apparently, a guilty conscience needs no accuser.
I thought that would be K-villes agenda, thats why I never wasted a second watching it. Thanks for confirming.
I am so sick of hearing about Katrina and anything about it that I would probably vomit before the opening credits were over anyway.
The Kali wildfires don't quite have that sort of influence. Never-the-less, Bush is right about Arnie having a better take charge local presence than the Blank One. I also don't think the administration or FEMA had to beg Arnie to ask for help so they could mobilize federal assets.
7 actually...
If the President would have used language like this from day 1 of his administration instead of the “new tone” crap, he would be sitting pretty right now. That’s why Reagan was loved by some many. He was not a mean guy, but when he got spit upon by the media or the Rats, he’d let them have it in a “nice” way. Calling them out like Bush did with Blanko is exactly what Reagan would have done.
Kathy Blanco’s leadership involved mainly crying on TV. Literally.
This is another myth constantly spouted on these threads. Katrina wasn’t even formed a week before it hit. Everyone knows Blanco is a clueless idiot with no leadership skills. No need to make things up.
I guess you see what you want to see. I have watched the show every week and have seen none of that.
I guess "swipe" is the new left buzz work for truth.
Thanks, meant it a figure of speech since from my POV any number between 2 & 7 years would've worked for making a valid point.
Nevertheless I completely understand your quest for precision, accuracy.
More often than not, we Wisconsinites?
...we're like that. :o)
...There must be a good reason why the people doing the actual work love President Bush. And why those who are genuinely affected appreciate him...
Yup. In my opinion it is the press that has done so much to hurt our Country.
The press framed Katrina just the way they wanted. Had Bush stepped in earlier, they would’ve complained about Federal gestapo tactics and not letting the people of the state help themselves, and Bush trying to politicize a disaster, etc, etc (just like they are now in California).
The sad part is we saw it happen right before our very eyes and now they’re trying to do it again. We need to compete better in this war of words. So far, the Republicans barely even show up. Like you, I try to talk to people and give them the real facts, but it’s hard to compete against a teary-eyed, vengeful leftist talking head that gets to blather unchallenged before millions at a time.
The driveby media/main stream media/press of this country is the single biggest reason anyone even votes for a democrat today.
Excuse me but I watch the weather in the Gulf pretty closely since I do waterborne business to customers from Panama City to Sunshine to Houston. There was plenty of evidence of a big blow a full week prior.
BOO-YAH!
I guess I’ll just watch out for snakes — the sneaky little f%ckers
A cat 5 aimed at N.O. more than a week out? You could see that? You’re pretty good then. I live down here and I didn’t see it and believe me, I pay attention.
‘In a statement forwarded by her press office, Blanco noted that it took federal forces nearly a week to arrive in Louisiana after the storm. “I was the only game in town, leading for nearly a week without the president’s help,” Blanco said. ‘
Apparently the voters of louisiana disagreed with you to such a level you are no longer viable politically, you moron.
Some of us remember you telling the President ‘I need 24 hours to think about it’.
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