E-mail suggests Blanco asleep at switch

The Times-Picayune ^ | Dec 8, 2005 | Bill Walsh

[abb]

MEEEEEEEEEEEMAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

[maggief]

Asked whether she thought the focus on the exchange revealed an effort to make the governor look bad, Bottcher said: "I find it highly suspicious that only Washington reporters got this e-mail."


LOL!

[Peach]

So Blanco was literally sleeping when FEMA needed to speak with her. At 1:30 in the afternoon! LOLOL

[johnmecainrino]

This is the first I have seen of this. Where is the MSM?

Brown's Fashion God comment got a lot of press time.

Anyone see anything about this on the networks. Has Brian Williams brought up the competence of blanco? Has David Gregory? Has CNN?


Jay Leno and Letterman went after Brown non stop. But nothing on Blanco.


I am so sick of this bs.


Chertoff was trying to contact her before the storm and she was napping in the middle of the day. What a disgrace. Damn our media.

[Neville72]

MeeMaw BLANK-O's poll numbers had fallen to 18% to reelect--and that was prior to the release of all of these documents.

Even the Rats know to stick a fork in her and are trying to convince John Breaux to run in '07.


Don't blame me, I voted for Jindal.

[Reactionary]

Liberals care so deeply. They care so much. They're full of compassion, and they always want to help.

I mean, when they're not busy taking a long nap as a Category III hurricane is about to slam into your house.

[RushLake]

"Jay Leno and Letterman went after Brown non stop. But nothing on Blanco."

Leno and Letterman are mostly shills for the communist wing of the country. If there is a way to attack America, blame George Bush, poke s#it at the normal people, it will be on their programs being spewed by such giant intellects as Doprah, Howierd Dean, Hitlery, etc.

[NautiNurse]

"I think she's asleep now...Governor Blanco is unavailable at the present time...You may reach her at approximately 3 p.m."

Blanco-got-more-sleep-than-we-did ping

[FeeinTennessee]

....not to mention how badly Ray Nagin screwed up. He is skating away, no one is holding him accountable for not using buses that could have moved people to safety.

[johnmecainrino]

This was a coordinated attack from the dems and the media to attack Bush.

They were more worried about blaming Bush than saving lives.

[maggief]

[mewzilla]

...You may reach her at approximately 3 p.m."

You get what you vote for....

[Neville72]

That picture is......PRICELESS. Hopefully MeeMaw will be retired back to that bayou in short order.

[AlGone2001]

No doubt this is her last term as Louisiana governor.

[abb]

And the injustice of it all is that those of us who didn't vote for her must suffer along with everyone else...

[mewzilla]

And the injustice of it all is that those of us who didn't vote for her must suffer along with everyone else...

I live in NYS. I know what you mean :(

[FeeinTennessee]

That's for sure!

[Liz]

LOL. Nails it.

You describe liberals to a tee......bunch of phonies.

[Liz]

Some astute FReepers permanently wrote off FOX's Krauthammer, Newt Gingrich, and Cal Thomas, because they kept repeating the mantra that "Bush was slow to respond" or that he "bungled the handling of Katrina" without a word about the absolute incompetence of Nagin and Blanco.

Krauthammer and Gingrich (never having been among my favorites) need a fast lesson in federalism. They apparently believe the US should behave like a Third World country in which the tin horn leader sends in the federales to elbow the locals aside in an emergency.

In fact, the federal govt is most definitely not among the first responders in state emergencies.

There are key differences between a constitutional democracy and a Third World Banana Republic. States rights prevail.

The federal gov't in the person of Pres Bush was also compelled to abide by protocols that stipulate they wait til states ask for assistance.

Dumbocrat Blanco apparently did not know, FEMA takes orders from governors, not the other way around.

Probably even a camouflage-dressed generalissimo in backwater Guatamala would not place dumbos Blanco and Nagin in positions of responsibility.

[abb]

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