THANK for posting! I need this ammunition for my lib friends who are blaming the Pres.
I spoke, I guess really it was listened in disgust, yesterday as one of them blamed the Pres for everyhing. The storm was his fault- global warming, the gas crisis was his fault - failure to have an energy bill and to explore alternative fuels, the delay in evacuation was his fault, the delay in sending in the Guard and supplies was his fault, the looting was his fault...everything was BUSH's fault.
I finally said "read the Constitution and then get back to me because you need a refresher".
The Gov of the state is the only legal authority who can send in the NG. The President has to wait for the Gov to ASK for Fed help. The only exception to this is like in Arkansan in 1956. The Gov activated the guard to oppose a Supreme Court order to integrate their schools. Eisenhower (A REPUBLICAN by the way) sent in Regular Army troops to enforce the Courts ruling. The Gov of Louisiana STILL is refusing to ask for Regular Army troops as of 5:30 Central time Friday 9-2-05. Even CNN is reporting the facts that Gov of Louisiana did NOT ask for help until WENSDAY. Tell your leftist friends to actually LEARN something from this rather then cling so desperately to their hate.