"Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who does not have the authority to speak publicly.
This line makes absolutely no sense. If you assume all responsibility, you get to blame the people you're taking responsibility away from? Is that what this nitwit is saying?
"Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who does not have the authority to speak publicly."
No. In the military, if you pull rank, it's your a$$. If you sign your name in corporate America, it's your responsibility and authority.
"Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who does not have the authority to speak publicly."
What it means is that if the Feds took control now (it is this Friday, not last Friday), and fixed the problem, they would look like the heros they are. The local Democrats don't want that.
This is shameful behavior from public servants. They started by not evacuating because they were afraid that if they did and there was looting, they would be law suits and they are ending like this. And who is suffering? The people who voted for them.
That statement didn't make sense to me either. If they had allowed the evacuation of New Orleans to be federalized, if it had gone badly, they could have blamed the feds.