Here comes the Katrina question for Vitter in the hopes of getting him to say something ugly about Bush.
Vitter is disappointed it wasn't mentioned in the SOTU but then points out that in real terms, he's kept his promise.
Why do they think it's such a big deal to get mentioned in the SOTU? It's much more important what you do! I think this is just ludicrous.
Bush has a responsibility to make sure the funds and materials are allocated for N.O.; but that's all. The biggest problem down there is and always will be the total corruption and lack of organization at the local level.....plain and simple.
In Louisiana:
– There is an insurance crisis that existed pre-Katrina.
– There is healthcare crisis that existed pre-Katrina.
– There is an education crisis which existed pre-Katrina.
– There is an economic crisis (existing businesses are closing or leaving) that existed pre-Katrina.
– There is an out-migration crisis that existed pre-Katrina.
– There is a highway crisis that existed pre-Katrina.
– There is a corruption crisis that existed pre-Katrina.
– There is a coastal erosion problem that existed pre-Katrina.
– There is a inequitable tax code that existed pre-Katrina.
–The “Governor Kathleen Blanco Road Home Program” is a dysfunctional program that was created by Governor Blanco post-Katrina.
How would any of the above problems have been resolved if President Bush had mentioned Hurricane Katrina in his State of Union Speech?