Originally Posted by
dhussdawg
I promise you Champ that I would not have blamed any president in office for the ineptitude of this situation. I have already stated that FEMA might have been a little late, but the state and local levels of governments did nothing. They are closer to the problem, they are the first responders and have to have plans for the immediate response. There was no response and no planning. I am not playing political games with this, I am just giving my observations. Our local and state governments were terrible, and that is what caused this situation to get out of hand, not FEMA or the federal government. Obviously, FEMA was decently organized when they got here though because crap got done after 4 days of nothing. Did you know Blanco said that buses shouldnt go into NO at night because of violence? How about their being violence because the rescued people were sleeping on the Interstate? How about Bush ripping Blanco a new one when he got there because of her ineptitude? I have always heard she doesnt like to take orders from a man and doesnt like to give up authority, but this takes the cake. She is done in Politics, absolutely done. Nagin might sneak by like a snake because of his low stature as a mayor in the grand scheme, but this will not be forgotten by many in his case. If I were to rate out blame, i would give FEMA 5%, Nagin/local-40%, and Blanco/state-55%. This is about doing your job, and trust me, Democrats need to stop politicizing this because it will blow up in their face. First of all, Blanco and Nagin are Dems. Second of all, the tried to get a first mover advantage by blaming federal/Bush first, but people will sniff out that rat real quick and look down upon them trying to politicize this so quickly. The Repubs grandstanded with the no comment and didnt politicize, a great move in my opinion. They will most likely come out smelling like a rose for that reason alone. I am not being partisan, those are just observations I have made.