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Ted Koppel blames Bush for failure to evacuate poor prior to the Katrina hitting New Orleans
2 Sep 2005 | Philip Freneau

Posted on 09/01/2005 9:33:54 PM PDT by PhilipFreneau

Tonight on Nightline, during an inteview with the FEMA director, Ted Koppel demanded to know why the Bush Administration did not send fleets of buses into New Orleans to evacuate those too poor to evacuate themselves -- PRIOR TO KATRINA HITTING NEW ORLEANS.

For previous hurricanes the Federal Government did not participate in evacuations, only in clean up and recovery. That did not seem to matter much to Koppel since he obviously knew that Mike Brown was too much of a gentleman to smack him for attempting to deceived the American people.

However, Koppel does have a point, in a way. The Bush Administration should have known the Louisiana and New Orleans governments would be too incompetent to do anything right, and should have planned for it.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abcnews; blahblahblah; bush; fema; katrina; koppel; neworleans; nightlie; tedfloppel
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To: JFC

at this point I am beyod sick of the blame Bush syndrone.It has taken on almost comic proportions. Sad part is half th ecountry believes this crap. MORONS


61 posted on 09/01/2005 9:51:22 PM PDT by hoboken109
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To: lndrvr1972

if clinton were in office.. he would be lauded with praise and it would a worse disaster.


62 posted on 09/01/2005 9:51:31 PM PDT by Americanwolf (To all in the States of MS, AL, and LA effect by Hurricane Katrina my heart and prayers to you all!)
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To: Dems_R_Losers
I also think people in New Orleans were lulled because the storm moved east at the last minute

The was the tiniest of wobbles right before landfall, and any decisions people made about whether to leave were already long made.

NHC did as much beating over the head as they possibly could.

63 posted on 09/01/2005 9:51:37 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: PhilipFreneau

Memo to Kopell:

The president called the mayor and Governor and urged them to order a mandatory evacuation. They had previously been so urged by the National Weather folks. They waited until 24 hours before the storm struck to order the evac.

The president signed emergency legislation for LA on Sunday, 24 hours before the storm struck. This put FEMA on the ground outside LA before the storm even struck.

The storm struck on Monday. The storm was still raging and just leaving Mississippi at 1:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.

The levee broke Monday night. The looting and water were out of control by Tuesday morning, at which time the president put the full force of the federal goverment behind the relief effort.

When FEMA tried to get into town to help, they were shot at and had to withdraw. THis was after finding the roads inaccessible and the water from the levee danger to travers. Remember the white caps on the water Tuesday? It was shocking.

Gangsters have shot at FEMA, police, National Guardsmen, relief workers trying to rescue children from hospital rooftops and boaters and civilians trying to rescue children from attics. Gangsters have raped and murdered women and children.

I suggest if Ted Kopell thinks he could do better, he get a job with FEMA.


64 posted on 09/01/2005 9:51:46 PM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: AForrest
"Bush had already declared the Gulf a disaster area before the hurricane hit land. And that -- declaring a place a federal disaster area -- is all he can do. After that, anything else Bush does/did is merely ceremonial."

And when he did that, MSM was already grumbling that Bush called a national disaster before there was one. MSM's hatred for this nation and the President is pissing me off to no end. I've had enough of it. It's time to DEMAND that it stop, and people be imprisoned for misleading the public and instigating kaos in this nation. This isn't 'free speach" or freedom of the press. This is an attack on the nation.

65 posted on 09/01/2005 9:51:53 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Wild Irish Rogue
PRIOR TO KATRINA HITTING NEW ORLEANS.

And then what?

What does Ted think Bush should have done after THOSE buses got trapped in the flood waters?

Send more buses?

66 posted on 09/01/2005 9:52:13 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: PhilipFreneau

By the way, why does it seem that half the refugees they show on TV are about 5' wide?


67 posted on 09/01/2005 9:52:16 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Shadow V

Did it occur to Koppel that Bush used to be governor of Texas?He knew who to trust.


68 posted on 09/01/2005 9:52:18 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: Azzurri

Well put.

See #43 for my answer.



69 posted on 09/01/2005 9:52:57 PM PDT by I see my hands (Until this civil war heats up.. have a nice day.)
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To: hoboken109

"at this point I am beyod sick of the blame Bush syndrone.It has taken on almost comic proportions. Sad part is half th ecountry believes this crap. MORONS"

YES!!!


70 posted on 09/01/2005 9:53:24 PM PDT by knightshadow
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To: GeorgiaYankee

>> "Someone emailed Rush today saying that the Dems can drive all those inner city people to the polls to get their votes, but they wouldn't drive them out of the city to save their lives!"

I heard the caller say that. That was righteous!


71 posted on 09/01/2005 9:53:52 PM PDT by PhilipFreneau ("The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." -- Psalms 19:1)
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To: auboy

If only Ted Koppel knew how incredibly insignificant he is. A truly small man.

...........

You really learn how small a man is when his HAIR out weighs his brain.

~ sunnyside


72 posted on 09/01/2005 9:53:53 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: DJ MacWoW

LOL>......I know.....if Bush had sent MORE buses before, what does Ted think he should have done after Bush's buses ended up right beside those?

I know....I know.......then Koppel would have been asking "Why did you send those buses into New Orleans before the storm, Mr. President?"


73 posted on 09/01/2005 9:54:02 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: Peach

Good brief.


74 posted on 09/01/2005 9:54:16 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: PhilipFreneau

Ah, Ted, the person who deserves the blame is the governor. Don't let the facts get in the way of your liberal bias Ted.


75 posted on 09/01/2005 9:54:21 PM PDT by John Lenin (Liberalism: Where shame is a virtue)
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To: PhilipFreneau
Why just NO Ted? What about Alabama, Mississippi, the Panhandle....?

Idiot Dems, they always overplay their hand.
76 posted on 09/01/2005 9:54:23 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: jpf

I think a tv station told them this, but how would they broadcast to the people in the city without power? Im not really sure


77 posted on 09/01/2005 9:55:25 PM PDT by Tiger Smack
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To: PhilipFreneau

Everyone was told to leave. These people just didn't follow the instructions!


78 posted on 09/01/2005 9:55:26 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: tbeatty

The New Orleans city page online?


79 posted on 09/01/2005 9:55:46 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Scouts Up! http://www.scouting.org/media/katrina/unithelp.html)
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To: joesnuffy

They have no problems driving them to the polls. Over and over and over and over...


80 posted on 09/01/2005 9:56:00 PM PDT by Fledermaus (I wish those on the Left would just do us all a favor and take themselves out of their misery.)
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