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."
"People may think I am crazy"
My fear is that you are not crazy, I would feel safer if you were.
Yep - that's the one! I thought her daggers were going to break that camera lens.
LOL.....I just heard her say that.
Do you think she really believes the things she says.
If she does, she needs a lobotomy.
She looks a little "flushed," doesn't she?
"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."
According to bablefish (in french)
"ils ont fait 100.000 personnes à gauche dans la ville parce que ce gouvernement fédéral ne soutiendra pas des villes pour évacuer des personnes, s'il est des tremblements de terre, des tornades, ou des ouragans. C'est la vérité, et cela viendra dehors dans les auditions."
Oh she is a real brain trust isn't she? That was the worse spin and avoidance of a question I have ever read. She should have said, "it all depends on your definition of what a bus is is." That would have been better!
I assume the little ones are Blanco and Nagin.
Translation: "We're incompetent on a good day. How the he** can you expect us to perform when the news is telling us the weather is going to be bad??? SHEEEEESH."
That was nothing. At the first press conference after the hurricane hit, she was twitching, flinching, blinking and out of control nervous. She's on the hot seat - and probably doesn't like it a whole bunch. Just think - most of her loyal voters are now proud Texans...
Landrieu: “... this administration does not believe in mass transit.”
Obviously, Louisiana Democrats don't either...
Obviously, Louisiana Democrats don't either...
Mary's dial was set to 'full spew'. I really don't think it mattered what the questions were. She had her speech prepared and got the word out. Didn't make a lick of sense, but what the heck...
Oh, reeeeeeeeeally.....
"Both of the above. Demokkkrats are desperate to spin this into a Bush mistake because if blacks across the country realize what really happenend, that DEMOKKKRATS left them to drown instead of activating their evacuation plan, the demokkkrat party will be out of business. Fact is, demokkkrats dont leave them behind on election day, the buses run when the demokkkrats need these folks to vote for them. On that day, however, the tables were turned, the poor folks needed help from the demokkkrats, the demokkkrats left them to drown. Too bad for the poor folks of nawlins it wasnt election day."
IMO, that's the best summarization of the issue, period.
"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"
Wow! Thanks for the post. Is she saying certain people are lazy and cowardly? I can't believe it. She has gone over the edge just like Nancy and Harry.
I think it says a lot about women in power ()in their party that is) look at hileereee...she hasn't done squat. Neither had Feinstein nor Boxer except Boxer to make a bigger ass out of herself than she is normally. Blanco cried at the mike.
Give me women of substance like Condi Rice, Laura Bush, Barbara Bush, Liddy Dole, Margaret Thatcher. THose are women of substance who stand up to the line when called upon to help. People like blanco, and her ilk just showed some women do not deserve to be in power. they can't handle it and are not equipped to do so.
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