They have found a scapegoat. LA governor Blanco (D)!

[thereismore]

They (repugs) are saying that Bushturd's hands are tied unless the governor formally requests federal help. She hasn't done so - that's at least the implication of it. Trying to blame Turdboy's second "deer in the headlights" moment on a democrat. Typical. I hate these people. I hate them. They deserve to be prosecuted. I've had enough. Impeachment as soon as the people are erscued. Impeach the bastard.

[soleft]

1. Miles O'Brian was hammering her this am on CNN

Like a prosecutor, grilling on her on what she asked for and when she asked for it. It was discgraceful.

[Waya]

3. What, the Feds can't see....

...that this is a disaster? They need a written request for help? Are they for real?

[katsy]

2. How can they do that?

I thought it was declared a "national" disaster?

[yellowcanine]

12. It was. FEMA has been in charge since Friday.

[tk2kewl]

4. it is not going to fly with anyone but the fascist base

there will plenty of blame to go around but a huge heap of it will land on bush's doorstep and he won't be able to blame his way out of it

[habitual]

5. HAHAHA

then we have an image of bush at crawford riding a bike saying "i know it's coming, but she hasn't called me yet, so fuck it!" YEAH THAT IS A GOOD EXCUSE! He is a worse leader than ever then, he should have been on the phone saying: "You are gonna need our help, fill out that form."

SOrry, that avenue won't work.

[havocmom]

6. Been saying all week she is getting the Gray Davis Treatment from BUSHCO

Remember the Calif energy crisis? Blackouts in hot weather which led to some elderly dying? Remember the tapes of ENRON employes laughing about 'Grandma Millie'? Remember the recall? The govenor to be in a hotel meeting with ENRON officials?

I remember and will keep reminding others. Join me. BUSHCO lets people die if they have a DEM governor, then blames the governor. SOP

Blaming Blanco is just same shit, different DEM.

I also noted they were saying all the Guards from other states coming to LA would be HER responsibility. Hmmmm, can you say 'set up like a bowling pin'?

edits: typos

[iamjoy]

7. What Are The Responsibilities

Of the governor, the local (city/county) officials, etc.

Who calls up the national guard? Who is responsible for an evacution plan? Who is responsible for coordination between local officials (as in New Orleans to other cities, counties, etc)

In a disaster of this magnitude, who is responsible for getting water into the city?

I think maybe everyone thought everyone else was responsible. And no one did anything.

[CTyankee]

18. A caller on Rachel Maddow today

said it was a Federal responsibility when it reached the category 4 level. The caller had been in charge of hurricane relief operations in NO in 1998.

[Panda1]

22. An interesting caller to Randi said

part of the plan is to discredit a Democratic Governor. Send all those folks over to Texas and tell them their governor failed them.

We heard her begging for 40,000 troops.

[autorank]

8. If this is their "out" a) they're on crack and b) they're toast.

Of course she has, this is insane.

They are desparate.

This excuse will last about 15 minutes.

The end for the Republicans is near.

Everybody knows now, nobody in this country is save with Bush in charge.

[calico1]

9. I don't think it will fly this time. n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. Duplicitous bastards!

[Vickers]

11. I guess he couldn't use, "The dog ate my relief efforts"

:eyes:

[Burried News]

13. The Irony: A massive spinning wind stops the spin machine.

Pinocchios in the belly of the Whale and they don't know it. Trying to cook up another shit storm while they are being digested.
They will be vomited out or crapped out.

And Judy Miller - how are you this morning? Still think the builders of Lake George can spring ya?

[Imagevision]

34. She requested Federal help - she's covered it's documented.

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[karynnj]

14. Shades of Hurricane Andrew

Bush1 blamed GOV Chiles of FL the same way when he was criticised for not responding fast enough. Bush1 still was blamed. Here it's even clearer because it IS a multistate disaster and the states were declared a disaster area.

[EVDebs]

32. GHWB toured the LA riots aftermath riding in a limosine !

I always thought the pics of that alone caused his to lose the '92 election.

Needless to say, when the NYTimes stops giving 'official cover' and editorializes on the non-leadership on display, our fearless 'leader' is a complete lack of inspiration...

We're on our own people. Get used to it. Grover Norquist has won.

[A Brand New World]

15. Yes I could see this happening several days ago. I'm not surprised.

n/t

[bribri16]

16. All they have to do is to post her July 24 letter to Bush. That will take

care of that.

[Igel]

17. There's plenty of blame to go around.

Same thing I said in the "how dare they say anything bad about Nagin" thread.

The NG in Louisiana could have bee mobilized on Saturday. Evacuation could have started before. The state's not helpless or stripped of responsibility for its own citizens. Neither's the city of New Orleans.

There'll be lots of time to figure out who could have done what to minimize the disaster, and it should most definitely be done, without being partisan, *if* we actually care about avoiding problems the next time it happens. But I'm sure people on both sides will seize on specific acts that weren't done, even though others could have also acted to minimize the damage, because *that* is what's really important.

Should be an interesting lawnchair and popcorn opportunity. I just hope people don't waste time with it this week. Or next.

[AX10]

19. BULLSHIT! She already requested help on Monday.

[iamjoy]

26. Why Didn't She Request Help Saturday?

Ask for help accomodating NOLA evacuees?

Why didnt' they send in buses to get out people who wanted to leave but couldn't?

the federal response is dismal, but why didn't local & state authorities have a plan in place before hand? They knew the worst case scenarios.

I think there is plenty of blame to go around, but if she doesn't want to be a scapegoat, she better have answers, and she better hit back - hard and fast.

[blitzburgh55]

28. Blanco sent a letter to Bush on 8/27/05

Governor Blanco asks President to Declare an Emergency for the State of Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina


BATON ROUGE—Today Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco forwarded a letter to President Bush requesting that he declare an emergency for the State of Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina. The full text of the letter follows:

http://gov.louisiana.gov/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=976

[OneTwentyoNine]

31. Better make LOTS of copies before that page em...dissappears n/t

[EVDebs]

33. He didn't read it. Just like the Aug. 6, 2001 PDB.

[iamjoy]

35. Now I Know She Messed Up

She sent it to the White House.
Didn't she know Dubya was vacationing in Texas?

What a fool she is.
:sarcasm:

[PA Democrat]

20. I'll bet Bush called the Republican governors and OFFERED help

and I'll bet he didn't do the same with Blanco. If I were president and saw this horror unfolding, I'd be on the phone offering all the resources these people needed, rather than playing a juvenile and very deadly game of whining, "Well she didn't aaassssk."

[Javaman]

21. Bullshit, he could have federalized the national guard...

damn any grade schooler knows that who takes gov't 101.

bottom line: moron* fucked up as always, should we expect more from him*?

[2Design]

23. She asked for help many days ago - FEMA blocked help

They did not let people into the state
WH has turned down aid

She is a rove scapegoat
this is bs

She has asked for help over and over and over

she said two days ago - they needed help NOW, TODAY - she emphasized it

[slor]

24. She is at fault...

for thinking that the idiot in chief would be able to handle this. And then she is at fault for not calling them out on this! Get the picture DEMS, stand up to these assholes, before they destroy us all!

[1democracy]

25. Rove was on the plane

with *ush today. I saw him get off the plane with his briefcase with the shoulder strap.

[OhioBlue]

27. I heard them spewing that crap

The Mayor and the Governor have both been begging for assistance. How do they ignore what is in their plain sight every GD time?

[Imagevision]

29. Sure blame Blanco and Kagan fuckem -tired of Rove bullshit!!

aren't you?!!

[Nikki Stone 1]

30. Oh, honey, we called this one early this morning

It was clear that she would be the fall guy.