It was Bush that asked the Gov and Mayor to order a mandatory evacuation, NOT their idea at all.

CNN ^ | Sunday, August 28, 2005; Posted: 11:47 a.m. EDT | CNN's David Mattingly, Susan Candiotti, Jacqui Jeras and Rob Marciano contributed to this report.

[joinedafterattack]

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said that President Bush had called and urged the state to order the evacuation.

[shield]

Tough Talk by W

[MNJohnnie]

GREAT find.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Great catch BUMPMARK

[guitarnick40]

Why is this not a surprise to any of us in this forum?

[Real Cynic No More]

And I understand their evacuation plan required 72 hours to complete.

I thought Bush was on vacation in Crawford? Do you mean that he interrupted his vacation to call the governor? Maybe the mayor and governor were on vacation until 24 hours before the storm was scheduled to hit.

[NavySEAL F-16]

That should have been the headline.

[Salvation]

BTTT for Bush!

[Southack]

Worth reminding those who conveniently "forgot" about this news last week...

[lexington minuteman 1775]

I heard this on one of news networks early on. I hope this story gets widespread coverage, because the public perception is GW was late coming out of the gate, when in fact it was Blanco and Nagin.

[jw777]

this is impossible. bush was vacationing and we all know there are no phones, computers or communications links in crawford.

eff you liberal swine.

[PilloryHillary]

GOOD FIND. As much as CNN and others want to pin everything that has gone wrong on President Bush, it's the local authorities that dropped the ball in the very beginning. It really says something when the POTUS has to call a state Gov. and "urge" him/her to order an evacuation. She should have ordered one and didn't.

[GOPRaleigh]

ANY Governor (including Gov. Tax Hike Mike here in N.C.) would have ordered an evacuation of its coastline and major cities. Except for Gov. Inept in Lousiana - she needed to hear from the President on this?!?. The non-leadership shown by the Governor of Lousiana and the Mayor of New Orleans is frightenling bad and has cost (and continues to cost)many people their lives.

President Bush has more patience than I do for idiots like those two....

[Steven W.]

Truth wins out over the blame game

[uncitizen]

Bump this over to DU.

[guitarnick40]

"Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said that it was President Bush that had called and urged the state to order the evacuation."

Tell this to the Black Caucus and Jesse (The Moth) Jackson. You can find him near the brightest camera lights screaming racism.

[Trust but Verify]

Are we sure the evacuation order was given on Sunday, not Saturday? If it didn't happen until Sunday, that is almost criminal.

[OldFriend]

I had heard that even before the storm hit.

And the CBC can go to hell.

The 'government' is us, the American taxpayer who provides the funds for relief and a lot of other things minorities enjoy.

We send money and our prayers and I for one do not appreciate being called a racist.

Jackson wants to pretend there are not evil low life scum in his community, then so be it.

WE KNOW

[NormB]

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said that President Bush had called and urged the state to order the evacuation.

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said that President Bush had called and urged the state to order the evacuation.

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said that President Bush had called and urged the state to order the evacuation.

[msnimje]

Dollars to Donuts this is going to DISAPPEAR off the CNN website. Does somebody know how to "mirror" a site to save this for latter?
PS I HATE CNN!!