Dems campaign on GOP's Katrina blunders (AP)

[motivez]

Originally Posted by thomez

it was a failure at EVERY level

Perception is everything anyway.. and when people think of Katrina and politics, they're going to think about Bush being on vacation while New Orleans flooded

They aren't going to care about whether or not FEMA had authority to help or whatever, that's far too complex to make into a 30 second soundbite.

You should all be aware of this by now.

[smokie700]

I can accept that but things got done once the military took over. Which Bush asked Blanco for and she sat on her ass instead of accepting the offer.

[Diesel66]

Originally Posted by Scrumtralecent

It's an excuse for the lack of federal response.

They weren't blocked from helping. They weren't equipped to handle a disaster and were caught flatfooted.

What the govt fucking up something important