When U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, a black Democrat from California, requested security escorts for a New Orleans visit, the head of state police denied the request, saying troopers were busy elsewhere.
Johnny Anderson, an assistant chief of staff to Blanco, warned colleagues to be cautious in dealing with Waters, who is often outspoken about race.
"Please handle this very carefully," Anderson wrote in an e-mail. "We are getting enough bad national press on race relations."
Worried about PR instead of saving lives
There are innumerable and meaningful references in these documents to "our national surrogates" -- a transparent reference to the Democrat leadership and the MSM.
Interestingly, the term does not appear in this report by the AP...