Drudge-Developing: WHITE HOUSE MULLED SEIZING RELIEF MISSION

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[msnimje]

This isn't really news. I am glad they didn't but sad people had to die because of BLANCO-NAGIN's incompetence and indecision.

[oceanview]

there would be calls for impeachment right now if this were done.

where the administration made their mistake, was not going political right away - had they started questioning the governor and mayor right at the first sign of this, they would have set the early tone for the explanation of why the federal response was 24 hours late. But our guys don't know how to play gutter politics, and its costing us (to some degree) on the backside, and once again we have to battle from the defensive position.

[Torie]

and particularly when human lives and safety are at stake.

[queenkathy]

I don't think she has yet to declare the state of La an emergency...has she? Or rather order a mandatory evacuation...sorry

[Jeff Head]

...and that was just that eight hour delay.

Even the Mayor, who messed up himself terribly, has come to the conclusion (either honestly or as a way to try and save his own hide) that the governor's delays, indecision, and bad decisions have cost lives.

[ShadowDancer]

Then you shouldn't be living here. Period.

[kingu]

He should have if he thought it would make a real difference.

Tuesday AM we had a clue how big it was - evacuate the remaining citizens in New Orleans, deal with a flooded area big enough to be a great lake, and storm surge and wind damage area large enough to cover England. He should have done it then, but I think it'll come out that the initial assessments provided by local authorities indicated that most people evacuated, most that didn't were in relative safety (on dry land) and that the biggest and saddest action item would be recovery of remains.

[satchmodog9]

The idiot Mark Kirk rep, IL. has stated Constitution be damned, the feds should take over all situations like this immediately. What a freakin' moron.

[Jeff Head]

...or in Alcotraz.

[dufekin]

Isn't it an irrevocable, undebatable certified decree of Truth that Bush already is the moral equivalent of Hitler?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Damn if he did and damned now that he sat in frustration over Blanko's indecisiveness. I think Bush made the right choice in doing the latter.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I'm going to don my tin foil hat and give another possible reason for Blanco's inaction. It was so President Bush would have to do what amounts to removing a governor's power. Kind of like an "I dare you" from the Dems. Then at some time in the next year, major "spontaneous" civil unrest starts up in another state. Like Florida. The Dems put President Bush on the spot as why he doesn't remove Governor Bush as he did it before in Louisiana.

Then again she could just be stupid or guided by the corrupt.

[Torie]

But I will be, and intend to be, until I assume room temperature.

[kingu]

there would be calls for impeachment right now if this were done.

The sun is up, there are calls for impeachment of Bush. (there's always calls to impeach him.. God help the next president that has liberals in charge of congress... Correction. God help us!)

[Jeff Head]

MOst importantly...it has cost lives. See lesson five on thios thread

[sissyjane]

I believe that is exactly what happened, but as usual the American press is not interested in the truth.

[mabelkitty]

Then you'd have calls for impeachment.
But not from the "crazies".
End of story.

[Shermy]

I think the legalisms were lost on most people who wanted to see something done.

Nagin was demanding for days that the "chain of command" be cleared up.

[GoLightly]

What does a President do when confronted by corrupt/incompetent local Government during an emergency and american lives are at stake?

He realizes people get the government they voted for & does as much to lessen the consequences as he is legally allowed.

[Cboldt]

He should have if he thought it would make a real difference.

The calculus is more complex than "make a difference."

The last time a president asserted control without a request from a duly-authorized state agent was the civil war.