Posted on 09/11/2005 9:57:10 AM PDT by John Jorsett
I was just watching Fox News Sunday interview Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, and I couldn't believe what she was saying. Here's my transcript of part of it. Sorry if I've mangled any of the proper names; I'm not going to go to the trouble of looking them up:
Chris Wallace: "Was it incompetent and insulting for Mayor Ray nagin to order a mandatory evacuation, but then to leave buses -- and we have a picture of them -- hundreds of buses idle so that they could be flooded instead of using them to get people out?"
Senator Landrieu: "Well, Chris, I was there as you know through the whole ordeal with state and local officials, and was right there with Louisiana Democrats and Republicans, city council members, police chiefs, mayors, and governors. And could watch what Hayley Barbour was doing and Governor Reilly in Alabama. I am not going to level criticism at the local level. These people did ..."
Wallace: "But I'd like to answer if you could this one significant question ..."
Landrieu: "I will answer it. I'm not going to level criticism at local and state officials. Mayor Nagin and most mayors in this country have a hard time getting their people to work on a sunny day, less [sic] alone getting them out of the city in front of a hurricane. It's because this administration and administrations before them do not understand the difficulties that mayors, whether they're in Orlando, Miami, or New Orleans face. In other words, ..."
Wallace: "But but wait. Senator. Senator ..."
Landrieu: "... this administration does not believe in mass transit. They won't even get people to work on a sunny day less [sic] alone getting them out ..."
Wallace: "But Senator. Senator, there were hundreds of buses sitting in that parking lot ..."
Landrieu: "... less [sic] alone getting them out ... I'll tell you why ..."
Wallace: " ... can I just ask the question?"
Landrieu: "You can, but let me finish ...
Wallace" "Well ... well ... well there were hundreds of buses ... if I might ... here, we're looking at a picture ... there were hundreds of buses in parking lots. THe city ... It wasn't underwater before the evacuation."
Landrieu: "Those buses were underwater ..."
Walace: "They weren't underwater on Sunday ..."
Landrieu: "We had two catastrophes. We had a hurricane and then we had a levee break. When the levee broke, not only did New Orleans go underwater, but Saint Bernard went underwater, and Saint Tammany parish went underwater ..."
Wallace: "But they weren't underwater on Sunday ..."
Landrieu: "... and Plackman went underwater. And because the mayor evacuated the city, we had the best evacuation between Hayley Barbour and Kathleen Blanco of any evacuation I've sen. I'm 50 years old, I've never seen one any better."
Walace: "But there were 100,000 people left in the city."
Landrieu: "They did 100,000 people left in the city because this federal government won't support cities to evacuate people, whether it's from earthquakes, tornados, or hurricanes. That's the truth, and that will come out in the hearings."
...and she's doesn't have a license, certification or even a day's worth of flight training.
Mary L is smoking crack again.
Excuse me, but is anyone here fluent in gibberish?
I think Landrieu is scared to death of an investigation into Louisiana politics and Federal Fund distribution. She thinks if she keeps deflecting, it might keep the heat off. But we won't let it, will we? Her level of intensity shows that this is much more personal than she's letting on.
And the mayor and the governor didn't order the use of the buses why?
She's such a spinning liar...never answering the question that doesn't shine the proper light the way she wants it to. TRUTH IS NOT IN HER...Continuing to prove she is nothin' but a crook as her family in the past were.
I also take comfort in knowing a huge chunk of the Democrat voter base has been effectively shipped out. Now I'm hoping the people will punish the Democrat incompetent leaders come 2006/2008.
I saw that too.
Her constant blaming of the Bush administration, and then she says "now is not the time for finger pointing" when Chris Wallace tried to get her to answer a question. She was ridiculous and there isn't anyone watching who didn't see the absurdity of 95% of what she said.
What topped that though, was when Juan Williams is babbling on about FEMA and Brit had to explain to him what FEMA was, and that it was BLANCO who blocked FEMA positioned supplies from reaching those in need.
(My Bold)
Landrieu admits her political lack of objectivity.
When did Chris Wallace discover some stones?
WTF????
Pray for W, NO, MS and Our Freedom Fighters
Ironic they can get the people picked up and taken to the polls, but not picked up and out of a doomed city.
WTF? What are these people on? All they can spew is a bunch of gobbledeegook.
This administration doesn't believe in mass transit????
My God, what a bunch of fools.
So just what IS Mayor Ray Nagin's job again? It's up to a federal official-I would bet Landrieu means the President himself,in person-to come to NO and make sure that the people get on the buses and are driven to safety BEFORE the buses go under water? Again, just what IS the duty of the Mayor of the city?As it was,the National Weather Service had to specifically talk to him and impress upon him the potential magnitude of destruction from Katrina-I saw him on TV before the hurricane,standing there with his group of people,acting like this was nothing,acting like he was too cool to get worked up about a little ole Cat 4 or 5 hurricane-it was sickening and frustrating.
Only in Lousyanna could this little twitch be a senator.
Wait, wait, wait.....She said there were 2 disasters, the hurricane and the levee break.
Has not Bush been mocked as clueless for saying the same thing?
Why does she get to say it?
She's living proof that ALL the loons aren't in Minnesota.
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