There is no doubt that Democrats are addicted to the low road, but the idea that they (the governor and the mayor) would murder thousands of innocent people for the national Democratic Party...
Really, you should seek professional help! Much can be done nowadays for good old fashion stupidity.
Murder is alive and well, but even idiots don't murder thousands (even possibly tens of thousands) just to help the Democratic Party.
It is surreal that one even feels compelled to respond to this post. Pinch me please...wake me up!
You need to turn down the hyperbole. We're just considering an -- admittedly "out there" -- theory, that's all. No need for you to get all DEFENSIVE. Now, I'm going to ask YOU to answer the following questions as well. You can get defensive and "outraged" after we get your answers.
1. Why no police at the Superdome?
2. Why no food/water at the Superdome?
3. Why no authority to National Guard to assist police in peacekeeping?
4. Why wait until Wed to declare an "emergency" when the levees broke on Tuesday AT NOON, and the city was 80% underwater by Tuesday evenihg?
5. Why wait until Thursday to formally ask FEMA to come in?
Can ALL OF this be "incopetence"? C'mon. Really. Really?
And my prior statements stand: Would you (and did you) feel it was "surreal" when Michael Moore compared the terrorists to "freedom fighters"? Did you feel "outraged" when Ted Kennedy accused Bush of "creating a war on terror in Texas"?
The original post contained NOTHING about "murdering thousands of people". You need to R-E-A-D more carefully. The oriignal -- admittedly "out there" theory -- simply stated "what if they believed they could create a human trajedy she could then blame on the President." This said nothing about "murder". That is YOUR hyperbole and desire to defend an incompetent Governor.
My original theory was simply to think (out loud) that "governor Blanco believed that keeping food and water from obviously desperate people would create a PR DISASTER for the Bush administration since the MSM would be sure to blame him, and him ALONE for it." IF the theory is true, she probably thought "we'll just deny them some food and water for a couple of days and let the horrible images keep getting played on TV". Then, when all the looting and misery has reached a boiling point, we'll finally ask the feds in." Which she did on THURSDAY night, fully 4 DAYS after the hurricane went through the city.
Now YOU ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. And they you can be "outraged" and feel "surreal" aftertarwards, OK?