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Governor caught politicizing Kansas
The governor of Kansas was on a radio station this morning being interviewed and she admitted to politicizing the tornado and blaming Bush and the federal government for lack of response. A stark reminder of Katrina when the governor blamed the Bush administration for everything under the sun.
I heard on the local radio yesterday a man blaming the federal government for not doing anything to shore up the levees and causing the floods in Missouri. Since when is it the job of the feds to take care of local issues? Like the levees in New Orleans millions upon millions of federal dollars were sent to shore up levees and for flood control. It is and was the locals to include state government that spent that money for other projects and failed in the responsibility to protect the people. FEMA and the federal government respond only after they are declared a disaster area and are asked for help.
Bush was on the phone asking the governor if she needed anything just a few hours after these tornados and she said she didn’t need anything. Then the politics started. What a bunch of crap and these people need to be held accountable for what they say and do.
Democrat Governor caught politicizing Kansas
A brief summary: A source apparently close to the situation has told Quinn that Sebelius called Brownback shortly after she made the Katrina-like statement to the press to apologize. She allegedly told Brownback that she had been instructed by Howard Dean and Dick (Durbin?) to blame the fictional “lack of response” to the hurricane on the absence of National Guard troops and equipment, which had been diverted to Iraq (not true).
She said she would not have said these things “unless she had to,” and that she was told not to pass up an opportunity like this.
KS Governor Sebilius (D) said:
1. Howard Dean called me at 5AM this morning and said we needed to “use this”.
2. [Senator] Dick [Durbin] called about two hours later and told me not to ask for federal help.
3. We had “too many” National Guard personnel
Sounds like the same scenario in New Orleans. Blame Bush for not responding immediately when the Gov didn't even request help.
If this is true these people should be removed from office and run out of the state.
“I heard on the local radio yesterday a man blaming the federal government for not doing anything to shore up the levees and causing the floods in Missouri.”
I heard that too but the report went on to mention that the levees in question weren’t federal ones but local ones. The landowners were responsible for the upkeep.