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Thousands of innocent people would be alive (who are now dead) if the president had done what he should have done, which I outlined in a previous post. Innocent Life TRUMPS the rule of law, ANYDAY, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. LIFE is the HIGHER VALUE.

Hindsight is perfect. If all those people hadn't died, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Instead we'd be discussing what Bush could do to defend himself from overstepping his federal powers. DU and the MSM and the DNC would be yelling about states rights.

I know you're a Bush supporter. I wouldn't question that as I know you. What I meant was that this is becoming partisan VERY quickly. I know myself well enough to know I'd be livid if Clinton, Gore or Kerry were in the same position. I'd be eating them for breakfast no matter what they did.

This from Gov Blanco made me livid:I ask that you direct the assigned Federal Coordinating Officer at the Department of Homeland Security (FEMA) to co-locate with my Homeland Security and Emergency and Preparedness Office at the Federal Joint Task Force headquarters. This would make the Joint Interagency Operations Center a truly integrated operation.

Governor Blanco Announces Executive Orders

Even now, she'll not relinquish any power.

This is NOT a situation where it was hindsight or a tough call. Sorry. It was as plain as the nose on your face. A NO BRAINER. I was shocked that no one did what needed to be done. Even I, a peon and a nobody, realized someone in authority had to act BEFORE the hurricane hit. When the incompetent boobs in Louisiana failed, the president should have taken control.

People of various professional backgrounds, have been warning for years that a CAT 4 or 5 would cause flooding in NO and there was a several day warning that this storm was going to hit the city. Someone posted on another thread the position of the hurricane several days prior to it's hitting New Orleans as an argument that the Mayor and Governor were well aware the storm was going to hit and had plenty of time to act.

The same arguments holds true for the President (who was in CRAWFORD, TX then), though his time was less as he had to give them an opportunity to act first. When they didn't he should have done what I previously outlined.

This is one occasion when I believe the president really does deserve part of the blame. If you were truly honest with yourself, you would likely believe it as well.

"Even now, she'll not relinquish any power."

In a situation which so threatens the olives of so many innocent people and you are the President of the United States, You don't wait for someone who has failed to act to relinquish their pwoer. You step ina and do what needs to be done to save those lives. Period. Louisina IS not and independent country, separate from the United States, it is PART of the United States.

Defend the the President all you want. He should have stepped in BEFORE the hurricane struck, saved those thousands of innocent lives and to hell with the incompetent Louisiana boobs. That is what a TRUE LEADER does. In this scenario, he failed.