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In this case, the paperwork is Federal Law. Can you imagine the howling from the Dems if W had done this?
The simple truth of Katrina is that it was an evolving catastrophe that turned into thousands of personal tradgedies. Many, many hurricanes had hit this coast before and many will do so again.
Nobody knew the magnitude of the problem that was developing and those closest to the problem, the New Orleans law enforcement and government, were far less responsive than they should have been. AWOL might be a good description here.
The LA State level response was equally wanting. The help that we expect our governments to provide was absent.
The Feds made available everything that was needed, but the state refused it either by commission or ommission. When the LA Governor finally asked for help, 30,000 troops were deployed within 24 hours. By any measure, moving that number of people with their equipment and supplies and the materials and provisions to feed and cloth a million other people is a pretty impressive response and cannot possibly be turned on like a light switch.
As with most Liberal attacks, simply pointing at the result which was a catastrophe, does not automatically afix blame to the targeted suspect. In this case, and in every case from the sinking of the Maine to Women's Soccer Team loss in the 2011 World Cup, Liberals blame W. It's a reflex by now. They cannot help themselves.
Oddly, they don't want to blame the Big 0 for anything.
One might suspect an agenda driven, prejudiced bias if one were a tad cynical.
If US Army Helicopters came in to rescue Katrina victims, Democrats would have cheered, just like all Americans
In a crisis, nobody cares if the proper paperwork has been filled out. Bush should have told them he was coming in to help and Louisiana could have tried to stop it. You and everyone else knows they wouldn't
If Bush truly let "They didn't ask me" to be the reason he didn't help Katrina victims....he truly is the worst president in US History
You keep ignoring the fact that it didn't take a lot of red tape. All the governor had to do was sign her name, she had the pen in hand, President Bush and Mayor Nagin standing right there, and she chose to wait 24 hours. I believe her reasoning was somthing like wanting to see if it was the right thing to do, or something like that.
You have no problem with that? No criticism?
And to say Dems would be cheering... Sorry, I call bullshit. Bush could have cured cancer, ended world hunger, and made a low fat brownie that tasted good and still not been cheered by Dems and Liberals. If he had broken federal law, the cries of Nazi would have been deafening and only drowned out by the cries for impeachment.
Well let's look at it this way then.....the Governor of Louisiana will be judged by history on her actions on Katrina as will George Bush. If you think Bush will receive high grades for his post Katrina performance, you are sadly mistaken.
When an overwhelming majority of Historians rank Bush as one of our worst presidents, that says a lot for his poor performance in office. Katrina is just one of his many failings.....but a failing just the same
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