The Governor of Louisiana has deployment control of the LA NG at her discretion .
This fact is still not getting out to the pea brains in the media.
Col Hunt of FOX News investigated Blanco for Bill O'R.
He found :
Gov Blanco had her Louisiana National Guard troops and assests prepositioned-but, did not pull the trigger.
President Bush should have realized the collapse of state govt ( my words ) and federalized troops.
Legal considerations here, but, that could have been overcome.
Louisiana National Guard were staged 30 miles north of NO- Governor had no eyes on the ground, no communication in NO to assess the situation-people not evacing, levees breaking,etc.
Everyone had 5 days notice storm was coming at state level and no prep was done.
Blame falls on Gov Blanco, Gov Blanco, Gov Blanco and secondarily -President Bush- for trusting that Democrat Governor Blanco had situation in hand and failing to step in earlier and federalize the entire military situation.
And of course, had President Bush stepped in and legally usurped Blanco- the Democrats would have gone ballistic.
Thanks for that info. Governor Blanco had the power and responsibility to deliver food and water. If that is the case and the troops were under her control, why is the President at fault for failure to deliver water for three or four days? Why is the President at fault for the transportation failures?
What did this Blanco do before becoming Governor, Walmart greeter?
Bush then could have been racist AND anti-woman at the same time.
"Why", Katie would ask, "are people saying that President Bush is afraid of strong women?"
He found : Gov Blanco had her Louisiana National Guard troops and assests prepositioned-but, did not pull the trigger. President Bush should have realized the collapse of state govt ( my words ) and federalized troops. Legal considerations here, but, that could have been overcome. Louisiana National Guard were staged 30 miles north of NO- Governor had no eyes on the ground, no communication in NO to assess the situation-people not evacing, levees breaking,etc. Everyone had 5 days notice storm was coming at state level and no prep was done. Blame falls on Gov Blanco, Gov Blanco, Gov Blanco and secondarily -President Bush- for trusting that Democrat Governor Blanco had situation in hand and failing to step in earlier and federalize the entire military situation. And of course, had President Bush stepped in and legally usurped Blanco- the Democrats would have gone ballistic.
There you have it!
This is preCISELY the way it looks to me.
Key point: for Bush to have asked Blanco to step aside on Monday would have been greeted with inconceivable outrage by the MediaDemocrats.
Well actually, all too conceivable - "Bush Coup d'etat!"