Posted on 09/06/2005 9:41:07 AM PDT by djfox1
"But perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential photo opportunity; and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment. The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast -- black and white, rich and poor, young and old -- deserve far better from their national government.
This blatant LIE in time of national tragedy and amid herculean efforts to repair damaged levees almost rises to the level of an impeachable offense, in my opinion. Senator Landrieu, those repair efforts at the levees were NOT "photo-ops", ...they were an ongoing process, as anyone who watched the news coverage of the choppers dropping sand bags on the breach can attest. The 17th street levee repair was completed, in fact, on Sunday.
Your outrageous behavior and irresponsible comments are unforgivable. The good people of Louisiana deserve better. Enjoy your last term in office.
Dave
I think I read about a Landrieu who is lieutenant Governor (?) of LA. Is that her brother?
This woman, and the one who serves as the Gov of LA, define STUPIDITY. They make me - as a woman - ashamed.
She's got a real legacy when it comes to infrastructure...
Wasn't her daddy's most celebrated contribution to the safety of NOLA the "Moon Walk"...the boardwalk that let tourists see over that pesky levee along the Mississippi river?
90,000 sq miles devastated.
Over here, in this one section of 20-50 yards, Bush and the FEMA have not acted quickly enough. Doesn't matter that Mississippi was destroyed. Bush needs to concern himself 1st and foremost with this area of 20-50 yards.
Some perspective!
Methinks there is going to be one whale of a well-funded challenge to Landrieu that will overwhelm anything we've seen before.
Can somebody grab a screen capture of her web site, so she can't deny it later?
Not Bobby Jindall I hope.
I just sent this to Drudge. Others should do the same.
All the crookedness of earlier Lousiana political dynasties, but none of the ability.
If there was justice in the World, all these Louisiana politicians would lose their jobs, and be forced to do honest work.
Would Senator Landrieu care to explain the incompetence of her Governor? Would she care to explain how other States are capable of handling natural disasters, but not Louisiana? Would she care to give us an accounting of where Federal disaster planning and relief money has been going over the years?
Do you think Senator Landreau is worried that the quarter million democrat-voting refugees now in other states may decide to never call Louisana home again?
Also proves the silly strumpet knows nothing about construction.
Jindal may have saved everyone a fair amount of money/effort that would otherwise have been wasted down the road.
Jindall was bshing Bush this morning on Bill Bennett's show.
The politicos of LA are circling the wagons.
She'd make a great waitress in a greasy spoon diner.
I'd leave her a larger than usual tip.
Yes. The Landrieu family goes way back in LA politics.
THIS IS GETTING MAJOR AIRPLAY OVER SEAS.
I saw this commentary on Greek Sat TV which was translating it from a BBC feed.
This is having the international media in a feeding frenzy. The international "street" does not know from D or R. They only know "hate GW Bush". They then feed this into the GW Bush is stupid mantra and GW Bush is handled.
We are going to see more of this because democrats' own incompetence has removed them from the relief loop. The real leaders are doing, the loosers are talking to the MSM.
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