Obama’s crew have declared emergency areas before the storm even left the Bahamas. They are doing everything humanly possible, propaganda-wise, to make him smell like a rose.
If Bush had done that in 2005, the media and the Left would have screamed bloody murder. Nauti-nurse and anyone who followed the Katrina live threads knows that it was Clinton’s former head of FEMA who advised Gov Blanco not to request Federal participation for one very bad extra day. And that was done specifically so that President Bush could not be seen to be “in charge.”
If Bush had done that in 2005, the media and the Left would have screamed bloody murder. Nauti-nurse and anyone who followed the Katrina live threads knows that it was Clinton’s former head of FEMA who advised Gov Blanco not to request Federal participation for one very bad extra day. And that was done specifically so that President Bush could not be seen to be “in charge.”
Two or three days before Katrina made landfall, I remember hearing something on CBS or ABC radio network news. President Bush was begging Nagin and the LA governor (Landrieu?) to declare a state of emergency -- or perhaps it was that Bush was urging that New Orleans be evacuated. I think they even broadcast a clip of him saying so.
But at that point, both Dems were denying the situation could ever get out of hand.
“If Bush had done that in 2005, the media and the Left would have screamed bloody murder. Nauti-nurse and anyone who followed the Katrina live threads knows that it was Clinton’s former head of FEMA who advised Gov Blanco not to request Federal participation for one very bad extra day. And that was done specifically so that President Bush could not be seen to be “in charge.”
I also remember Hillary calling Blanco tellling her not to do anything until she, Hillary, got there. Hillary arrived — held a news conference, (oh, ya Gov. Blanco was there sic), AND blasted President Bush for not responding.
That was when I lost what little respect I had left for the media -—