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Blanco and Bush met privately at his insistence, Nagin said, after which Bush came out and told Nagin that he had given Blanco two options, and she requested a full day to decide.

In other words, Blanco wanted to consult with her handlers at the DNC before making a simple decision. Is it any suprise that a former Clinton crony has now been appointed by Blanco to serve as some kind state disaster coordinator? I bet the good folks at DNC headquarters we busy coordinating a political strategy with their stooges in the media last week when people were dying.

I bet the good folks at DNC headquarters we busy coordinating a political strategy with their stooges in the media last week when people were dying.

At one point early on (I think it was Monday) we Freepers that were still worried about the possibility of flooding, were attacked here. There were I think 3 people working together to ridicule us as 'crying wolf'. I got the impression that they were operating in the same room, if you know what I mean. Thats was after Shemp floated the 'New Orleans Dodged a Bullet' story. It was really weird the way the story changed so drastically so quickly. All of of sudden because the last measured max speed dropped a few MPH and the track shifted slightly, "New Orleans Dodged a Bullet". If I was one of those conspiratorial type individuals, and I took a look back across everything that happened, its almost as if they were going to use this natural disaster, and lull Bush into a slow response. Then hit him with the nasty press coverage we saw later in the week. Thank goodness I am not one of those conspiratorial types.

I think she also had pressure from below, powerful local leaders ( names most of us wouldn't recognize ) who got her elected and were calling in their markers. A good man or woman would have told them all where to go.

She's obviously stupid as she ignored the lessons from 9/11 and Rudy. I don't know what the rest of the Dems have over her head, but taking the bull by the horns made Rudy mostly "bulletproof" as far as future politics go. She's finished.

Nagin's place in all of this was in her face the whole time until things got done.

The former Clinton crony is James Witt, former head of FEMA, who coincidentally just made a cool half million not too long ago when he helped Louisiana and/or NO with their evacuation plans. Sounds like he's being brought in again to cover up any tracks...