[TheDon]

I bet they advised her to refuse federal help because it might make Washington look good, and now they're all frantically trying to cover their posteriors.

A darker spin would be that they told her to refuse the help so that they could make President Bush look bad because he was "late with help" and "President Bush is a racist".

[syriacus]

A darker spin would be that they told her to refuse the help so that they could make President Bush look bad because he was "late with help"

Just last year, during a press conference about a hurricane in Florida the MSM was badgering Bush about slow FEMA response during Hurricane Andrew, which had occurred 12 years earlier.

Q There was some consternation after Andrew that the federal aid didn't arrive soon enough. Can you promise that there will be a more expeditious response this time?

THE PRESIDENT: It's happening now --

Q Sir --

THE PRESIDENT: Hold up for a second. We're moving a lot of aid very quickly and, again, you can ask the governor whether or not he's satisfied with how fast the aid is moving. All I can tell you is that FEMA was on the ground yesterday morning and there's a lot of supplies surging this way. [snip]

Q What about what happened in '92, with Hurricane Andrew? ....

The press has been trying to paint Bush as someone who is incompetent during crises, even when the crises are handled well.

[combat_boots]

"A darker spin would be that they told her to refuse the help so that they could make President Bush look bad because he was "late with help" and "President Bush is a racist".

Yes, but using the poor of NO makes them great pawns in this chess game for total global power.