" the mishandling of Hurricane Katrina"
I'm sick of this charge being leveled and no one calling anyone on it. Could things have been handled better? I'm sure. But it wasn't the total screw up the MSM and the Dems like to claim!
Could have been, should have been, handled better ... but the responsibility was first and foremost with the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana ...
Take a long hard look at the effective way Gov. Haley Barbour handled matters in Mississippi ... they were hit just as hard ... and they are miles ahead of Louisiana in their recovery. Gov. Barbour rolled his sleeves up and got to work ... literally ... and so did Mrs. Barbour.
... while Gov. Blanco was having her hair done for photo ops ...
... and Mayor Nagin was screaming hysterically at people to "get off their asses" and predicting 10,000 casualties ...
Louisiana was, and continues to be, an embarrassment.