[OpusatFR]

What is this all about?

"Tracking Katrina: Blanco Requests Federal State of Emergency
Saturday, August 27, 2005


From the NewsChannel 6 Storm Spotting Team:

Governor Blanco requested $9,000,000 and a federal state of emergency declared Saturday. She sent the following letter to President Bush:..."
http://www.newschannel6.tv/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=8601

The left is using this to prove that Bush was in charge and she is not culpable.

To me, at any rate, it just looks like she is requesting support and as far as I can tell, Blanco and the Mayor ignored their own disaster plan that she states will be followed for evacuation.

Anyone? Bueller?

[MNJohnnie]

Tell the Left they are idiots studying to be morons and failing. As them why the Sun Sept 4 WASHINGTON POST reported that the Bush Administration was asking Gov Blanco this WEEKEND to turn operations over to the Feds. She is STILL refusing. Declaring a State of Emergency does NOT give the President any legal authority to order troops into LA to perform Law Enforcement operations. All it does is give the State access to a whole lot of Fed emergency money and resources. She is STILL in charge under a Declaration of Emergency. She is commander of the State NG not Bush. So why, after all we saw last week, did she ONLY send 300 Armed NG troops to NO on Thursday??? She had over 10,000 Guards at her disposal and she STILL only sends THREE ZERO ZERO in armed? The Left is grasping at straws and like the rest, this just another LIE.

[wildwood]

but, i think, the issue is that national guard troops, which can keep order, can only be requested be the governor. she did not do that. she also fought any federal intervention,as she appeared to have antipathy toward the administration.

the complaint is that she wanted the money more than anything.