Posted on 09/06/2005 7:13:03 PM PDT by Reagangan1
I've been thinking about this: Has anyone considered that, maybe, Governor Blanco DELIBERATELY delayed acting because she knew she would create a human trajedy she could then blame on the President? The Mayor may be in on it too, but I can't believe that the governor of a state, faced with images of desperate people in New Orleans on TV, wouldn't have picked up the phone and BEGGED the President to move the ENTIRE military to her state/cities.
I mean, think about it: These people had been trying to "get" President Bush for years! The Jersey Girls (9-11 widows) didn't work, their sabotage of the Iraq war wasn't working, Cindy Sheehan didn't work. So maybe they figures "let's create a human disaster and trajedy on purpose, and blame Bush for it".
They knew their friends in the liberal mainstream media would only be too happy to give them "cover" and blame Bush ENTIRELY for the whole thing. So who cares if a few "black people" go without food and water for a few days?
The potential "upside" (from their point of view) would be HUGE! They could FINALLY "get" George Bush! They could call for INVESTIGATIONS! They could call for IMPEACHMENT! They could accuse Bush of "hating black people".
It's no secret that the GOP had been making outreach efforts to black people, and they were actually making progress. So (from their perspective) why not "kill two birds with one stone"? Why not make it IMPOSSIBLE for the GOP to make inroads with black people, and why not try and mortally wound President Bush.
They figured the "worst" that could happen is that their Governor and Mayor would be called "incompetent". But George Bush would be pilloried with charges of being "insensitive", a "murderer", etc.
Really. Just find a quiet place and THINK ABOUT IT for a minute or 2.
The people had been in the Superdome since SATURDAY NIGHT, and Blanco didn't even declare a state of Emergency until Wednesday! She fought efforts to have the feds come in until THURSDAY when she finally requested formal FEMA aid.
On early FRIDAY morning, federal troops STORMED into the city, and by late Friday were well on their way to turning the situation around. By Saturday afternoon, they had pretty much evacuated everyone from the convention center and had begun rescue/recovery efforts in the rest of the city.
Really. THINK ABOUT IT. Why would Governor Blanco WAIT so long? Maybe she saw all the misery that was being portrayed on TV and figured "we can blame this on Bush and ruin him!" So she waited and refused to let the feds come in. The mainstream media were ALREADY blaming Bush on Tuesday night (the levees broke on Tuesday at noon), when on Tuesday morning they were saying New Orleans had "dodged a bullet". I'm thinking someone in the media was tipped off that they were going to try and "get bush" and they were only too happy to help.
If you really sit down and THINK about it, I think you will come up with the same conclusion I am leaning towards:
President Bush was "set up" by Governor Blanco (and possibly Mayor Nagin), who used the poor people of New Orleans as pawns in a cynical, deadly game of POLITICAL-DEATH-ROULETTE.
Seriously. Think about it. Just find a quiet place and think about it.
I think it's a combination of being overwhelmed, not particularly competent and paranoid about allowing Federal help/control.
And thousands likely died as a result.
For Blanko, It was just plain incompetence.
I don't think that she is bright enough to have any grand strategies.
I think it was more like he didn't hink it was going to be that bad and if he did call for evacuations and it was minor, he would be criticized for wasting money and everybody's time for nothing.
And why would they kill off their voter base to get at a president that can't be re-elected anyway?
All I can say is that this thought has been running through my mind repeatedly over the last week, as I watched Blanco completely drop the ball. I wonder if there might be an email trail that might just expose her.
Oops , she I was thinking about the mayor.
Look what the left is doing to undermine our troops and our national security. For them to undermine Bush for political gain is no surprise. The left has been victimizing blacks for 40 years.
Is this a joke?
>>Governor Blanco DELIBERATELY delayed acting because she knew she would create a human trajedy she could then blame on the President?<<
Ridiculous! I don't think any American would do something that horrific.
quilt=guilty
That is absurd. But she did hesitate, and the reason(s) could be that she wanted to keep this under state control, or she just 'lost it' and couldn't handle the responsibility. One of my own theories is that she wanted control of the operation because she is hiding something, something to do with Money.
i don't think it was planned, but Blanco's hatred of Bush contributed to it, and probably caused more deaths.
I have heard her method of working called "deliberate". I think her mind works very slowly. This would be alright most of the time but not in an emergency. In an emergency she might come to the right decision but by then everyone would be dead. Unlike the President who has a mind that can integrate factors and probabilities very quickly.
First, Blanco underestimated the force of the storm and the prepartions by the city of NOLA.
Second she was afraid to admit her mistake and look like a fool. So.... she just delayed the inevitable and let people suffer. She behaved like a two year old in a power struggle over taking a nap.
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