[prion]

"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.

Isn't that exactly backwards? If the locals didn't control it, they couldn't be blamed.

[MNJohnnie]

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. Isn't that exactly backwards? If the locals didn't control it, they couldn't be blamed.

Exactly. I saw that two and thought the exact same thing. Even the lies told by the Democrat spin machine are breaking down.

[singfreedom]

This argument makes no sense to me either. I also thought the reasoning was backwards.

[Vigilanteman]

If the locals didn't control it, they couldn't be blamed.

It is a clear case of CYA. Virtually all of the mismanagement and bungling is behind us now that the adults are here to take charge. Blanco and the NO Mayor know it. They want the resources without giving up the control so they can continue their Monday morning quaterbacking routine of claiming there is plenty of blame to go around.

The President's only mistake in this whole sordid affair was being such a gentleman and trying to follow proper channels in working with the local and state authorities. In 20-20 hindsight, it would have been better to bitch-slap Blanco, declared martial law and sent in federal troops as Eisenhower did in Little Rock. However, who would've believed until now that even a political hack could be so astoundingly stupid?