Posted on 08/18/2019 7:26:35 PM PDT by DCBryan1
Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has died following a long battle with cancer, sources say.
She was 76.
In a statement, the family said, Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco peacefully passed away on August 18, 2019 at St. Josephs Hospice Carpenter House in Lafayette, Louisiana, surrounded by her beloved husband Raymond, her children and family."
The 54th governor of Louisiana was the first woman elected governor of the state.
Born in New Iberia, Blanco spent 20 years in public office before becoming governor in 2004, including five years in the
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Prayers to her family and may she Rest In Peace.
Probably. His book was full of common sense from a person who spent his whole life in a natural-disaster-prone area.
Maybe Peter Fonda held the door for her...
This is Bushes fault too ...
Racism causes cancer - everyone knows that
But seriously, the stress at being nationally identified as such a useless piece of crap weakened her ?
Here Lies Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
First Female Governor of Louisiana.
Last Female Governor of Louisiana.
Fitting. New Orleans still a stinking shthole barely recovering from her (and not the Hurricane, really). They have not finished fixing stuff the latest tropical storm almost demolished it
Bourbons street is impassable
with Kathleen Blanco as herself
She is hopefully in Hell. Hope Nagin soon follows.
Yep. I remember some of the press conferences when you could see Blanco glancing toward Mary Landrieu, as if to ask "NOW what do I say?!". Not even subtle about it.
Maybe the door knob was too hot for that. 😁
Let’s just assume that all major Democrat leaders of Louisiana (up till now) and all Democrat leaders of New Orleans were incompetent, corrupt, political buffoons, and a disgrace to the good people of that city and state.
PS: Even out of state cops get robbed in New Orleans during Marti Gras. It happened to three of them who were with my friend (these cops didn’t have their guns with them, my friend did, but was outnumbered by the “brothers” who had more guns and were willing to use them).
RIP Governor Buckpasser, D-LA
Before Katrina hit, four times Bush asked Blanco directly to make a decision on what NOLA needed from the federal government... and four times she said she wasnt ready to decide. Then, when the hurricane rolled in, she ran to the nearest TV cameras and ginned up tears, while the criminally corrupt Nagin cussed up a blue storm, blaming Bush for a total lack of federal resources.
That, along with Nagins refusal to use those 400+ school buses, I will never forget or forgive. Both Nagin and Blanco deserved severe consequences for criminal negligence. Raw politics was more important to them than an orderly evacuation of NOLA.
She opposed sending in the National Guard saying that she didn’t want good people to be put in harms way.
Scary military guys with guns are a no no.
Much like PR’s rat infested government that sat back waiting to blame Trump
Bye bye, Blankstare
RIP.
The incompetence of dims running government was on full display during Katrina. Nagin was a complete racist and an idiot.
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