Fox News Sunday w/Chris Wallace

Fox News ^ | September 11, 2005

[abb]

Fox News Sunday up now on FNC.

[cpdiii]

What they seem to be missing is that the people could have been evacuated from the Super Dome even after they let the buses flood. If you will look at the satellite pictures you will see that from the corner of the Dome's dry parking lot to the off ramp is only 75 feet. I measured using cars for scale. Cars that were up on the ramp and did have easy access to the West Bank. The able bodied could have easily waded to the ramp and walked up it and across the totally unobstructed bridge across the River to the West Bank. The West Bank was dry and not flooded and had roads leading out of the area. The sick could have been assisted across the small stretch of water in boats and or the "LOUISIANA NATL. GUARD UNDER GOVERNOR BLANCOS CONTROL" could have quickly put up a very short pontoon bridge. The civilian population on the West Bank could have been organized into bringing trucks cars etc to the off ramp to pick up people.
If the people had to stay in the Dome, which was a decision by the Governor of Louisiana, the Red Cross could have brought food, medicine, and help to the Dome via the same off ramp. The Red Cross was blocked from doing this by the Governor of Louisiana. She would not let them in to New Orleans, for several days.
The whole point is Nagin and Blanco for reasons that I do not understand did not want those people out of the Dome. If that is not the case they suffer from a degree of stupidity on a scale that can not be measured. They need to be asked WHY WHY WHY!

[Soul Seeker]

Vitter is an unprincipled politician passing out grades of failing to the federal Government, because he's trying to save his own skin and fears backlash from the people of LA.

I dont care if Vitter wasn't granted more time to speak, he's shown himself to be nothing more than a political hack in the other arenas he's been given voice so far. Frankly I think time was better spent humiliating Mary L. then giving him another two minutes to sell out Bush and the Feds again.

[kellynch]

Yes, because her father, Moon Landrieu, was a popular politician. Using her maiden name meant that she would have instant name recognition.

Now, as for your other comment, the one about the P&P movie, the answer is no. It will not be a theatrical version of the 1995 mini-series. It is a made-for-the-theater movie starring Dame Judi Dench as Lady Catherine DeBourgh, Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet, Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Bennet, Matthew MacFadyen as Mr. Darcy and Keira Knightley as Elizabeth.

For more info, check out imdb's page, here

I actually liked the Greer Garson version. Despite its lack of fidelity to the book, I believe it has its own special charm. I especially love the archery scene! I am also a fan of the 1979 BBC version. I watched it during my senior year of college (1981), but it had been shown in the UK on the BBC in 1979.

[SauronOfMordor]

From wikipedia: Landrieu (born November 23, 1955) is a Democratic United States Senator for the state of Louisiana. She is daughter of former New Orleans mayor Maurice Edwin "Moon" Landrieu and the sister of current Louisiana Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu.

And lets not forget her aunt Phillis on the Board of Directors of the New Orleans school system

From her senate home page we also have "Sen. Landrieu is married to Frank Snellings, an attorney from Monroe. They have two children, Connor and Mary Shannon. The daughter of former New Orleans Mayor and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Moon Landrieu and Verna Landrieu, Sen. Landrieu is the eldest of nine siblings and the proud aunt of 36 nieces and nephews."

Oh, and her Senate page also has her As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Landrieu is a strong and effective voice for Louisiana, while bringing her record of fiscal discipline to the committee that approves more than $300 billion in federal discretionary spending annually. From her seat on one of the most powerful panels on Capitol Hill, she fights for Louisiana’s jobs and economic interests. In addition, she serves on several appropriations subcommittees of great importance to Louisiana, including Agriculture, Labor, Health and Education, and Military Construction.

Military Construction...anything to do with the Corps of Engineers? Y'know, the people who do things like build and maintain levees?

[whizeup]

I have had the same feeling about Vitter from the beginning of this and the things he has said...I do wonder how far in deep trouble rep. or dem are in, alot of graft, positions or money from lobbyist...including the enviro's who have hated and helped stop the Corps of engineers for years about the levee's..I feel there is alot more to this.

[SauronOfMordor]

Oh, wait, it keeps getting better (more from her senate homepage): "Eight years later, she successfully ran for Louisiana State Treasurer, and spent two terms finding innovative solutions for the state’s fiscal problems, including establishing responsible debt limitations and improving investments for educational initiatives."

She was state treasurer for two terms. In a state with a reputation for financial corruption. Oh, the things that a thorough investigation could discover on her...

[pieces of time]

You are absolutely right. DOJ is already investigating, seizing materials and indicting. This is the perfect way for the good ole boy network to yell "Bush is out to get us because we criticized his response to Katrina". MSM will march behind the Dems lockstep.
The attack on Bush was well orchestrated, too fast with no facts.

[SauronOfMordor]

And Mary's husband Frank Snellings appears to be the Frank who was LA Secretary of State for two terms, a post he took over from Marie Louise Snellings (a relative?) and passed back to Marie Louise Snellings after his two terms

[maica]

Juan demonstrates that he believes what his colleagues at NPR say. He always looked shocked! by Brit's rebuttals. Why doesn't Juan just spend a little time on FR. He would lose the deer in the headlights look if he actually briefed himself. I bet he thinks that reading a Washington Times, or a Weekly Standard or a National Review article would be going over to the dark side.

[SauronOfMordor]

Mary's also part of Bill Clinton's New Democrat clique

[justkillingtime]

EXACTLY!!! I have yet to hear of any complaints and /or blaming from Florida, Alabama , or Miss......very telling!!

[maica]

I am choking here! Does the LA Secretary of State perform a similar function to the FL SoS? No wonder the dems screamed bloody murder about Katherine Harris and the 2000 election. EVERYTHING they accuse the Rs of doing, THEY ARE DOING! I keep forgetting this fact.

[kellynch]

The more I read, the more I realize that Louisiana really does make New Jersey, Chicago and Nassau County under Al D'Amato look like amateurs.

[generationfixit]

Sen. Mary Landrieu states she can't get people to work on a sunny day much less a hurricane....hmmm just what is she saying here. What the heck kind of a response is that and why did Wallace let that one slide...I mean is she saying that LA is a bunch of lazy sob's that won't even work to save each other?

Wow I hope the Repubs in LA were recording this

[Soul Seeker]

I've only seen a brief few minutes of FNC so far, recorded it and watched one segment with the panel first.

McCain's mouthpiece is, as usual, useless. Brit was smacking down Mara and Juan. And Juan tries to say Brit is stuck too much up in the beltway? Brit was the only one NOT spouting Beltway jargon. He came with the facts and humiliated them all. Not only them, but he slammed all reporters in general that don't seem to have a clue what FEMA really is. Took everyone to task in this segment.

I'm really impressed with Brit. Excellent job and he's more than proven the last week he is NOT a member of the elitists in the Beltway that make conventional reality, rather a journalist out for the Truth.

[generationfixit]

So Sen. Mary Landrieu...I don't think Dean can save you now. Let's see Chris says that she is doing the finger pointing and she says she isn't then she proceeds to blame everything on Regan and Bush and BushII.

Then he asks about the buses and she says they were under water ( yeah AFTER the storm and levee broke ) which Chris points out so she rebuts with not being able to get people in her state to work on a sunny day much less a hurricane....man she is a fool of epic proportions

[kellynch]

Talk about fodder for a campaign commercial! Any opponents would be foolish not to use it.

[abb]

We have it. And we're gonna use it.

[eeriegeno]

I never noticed that mouth tic on Bloody-Mary before

Seems to me she only does that when she's thinking of Bill Clinton? Watch out Hillary, maybe another Monica on the prowl?????

[Republic]

I just downloaded it (it took FOREVER on my dial up...geeeeeez) but it was WORTH IT!

I thought Vitter was much more engaged than many here gave him credit for...and Landrieu? She was heinous.

She was politicking like crazy and Chris had had it with her long statements.

She knew she blew it at about the middle when Chris said more than once to her ridiculous bus comment about them being under water, "those buses were not under water on Sat. and Sun."

And her face at the end...that long camera withdrawal from her psycho mug...AMAZING! She was 100% COMPLETELY PISSED! (Poor Mary....shocked that the press in this case was not completely pro-liberal democrat!) hehe