Posted on 11/09/2010 10:49:36 PM PST by STARWISE
*snip*
The Katrina chapter expresses Bush's clear frustration with then-Governor Kathleen Blanco, who refused to federalize the National Guard for the incident.
“I did not need the federalization of the Guard because that would've taken police powers away from the National Guard. And goodness knows, we needed that,” she said.
Bush said on Oprah, “I said to the governor, give me the authority to send in federal troops. By law, the president cannot send federal troops to conduct law enforcement without a declaration of insurrection."
An insurrection declaration would've given the military police powers.
“He didn't discuss that with me. He didn't discuss it in that frame ever. It was a one-way conversation with the president and his advisers, not including anyone from Louisiana,” Blanco said.
(Excerpt) Read more at wwltv.com ...
Bush is such an unbelievable freaking looser.
Here is a guy that has the truth, the evidence and the undeniable, documented facts on his side and STILL he bows in defeat for the sake of being gracious and above it all.
Well you aren’t above it all, you are a coward and a disgrace for not standing up for yourself and the TRUTH.
Just please shut up and go away....
No speech then? Well, good.
Hugs and prayers.
Going to go get bundled-up.
I TIVO’d Oprah & Hannity.
ex-Governor Kathleen Blanco>>>>>
A stone cold liar and incompetent. Generations of corrupt, bribed, Democrat hacks gave New Orleans a useless system of levees and dikes and Blanco is fine example of this type
Three days after the levees were breached, Democrat pukes in Louisiana and DC started laying it all off on George Bush. I was amazed because this was due to city and state failures not some far off power in DC
Total lies. If you’re not totally buzzed or drunk,
it would be wise to read the dang thread before
you kneejerk into zombieland and embarrass yourself.
Blanco is a liar. I explained this to an ex girlfriend of mine from Britain because she could not understand how come federal aid just sat there in trucks.
Yep .. remember Queen Shep ?
did Blanco have command of
the National Guardsmen
that came from other states?
Her lawyers should’ve known it, even if she didn’t. I don’t trust her; her state is in shambles and she needed 24 hours to make a decision? It was all politics on her part.
ray had a plan, he just ignored it while the storm approached.
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part V
NHC - NOAA ^ | 28 August 2005 | NHC - NOAA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1472323/posts
Blanco, Mary “Land-drew” and other cronies had a get togather in New Orleans when President Bush arrived in Baton Rouge to help address the Katrina problem. This POS governor of Louisiana made no attempt to greet the President.
The fault for 95% of the Katrina problem rests with dirty Louisiana elected critters.
TOTALLY!
I recall that she was hard to convince, even by other governors, that she should take the troops they were offering from their states.
But then, it looks like the weight of the world is off his shoulders.
It surely is .. and what a mighty weight it was
that he handled with such devotion, focus,
dignity, class and compassion .. and still does.
would Blanco have had command of
the National Guardsmen
that had come from other states?
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if yes, what was the hangup?
http://newsbusters.org/node/2072:
“A key criticism, the governor’s slowness in requesting federal troops. She told the President she needed help, but it wasn’t until Wednesday that she specifically asked for 40,000 troops. That day, in a whispered conversation with her staff caught on camera, the governor appears to second-guess herself.”
Blanco: “I really need to call for the military.”
Unidentified female aide: “Yes, you do. Yes, you do.”
Blanco: “And I should have started that in the first call.”
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That makes more sense; I just misunderstood. She procrastinated, not refused.
What I said from jump - it was a local responsibility, not a federal one. None of my brilliant friends could understand the idea.
Why is it then that ONLY Kathleen Blanco had such a large magnitude of trouble and not the neighboring... umm.... REPPUBLICAN GOVERNORS. It seems as though only Blanco and Nagin (both Democrats) seemed to have had the trouble.... ummm..... GOVERNING!!!!
Sound familiar?
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