re: Bush slow to go to New Orleans---Obama slow to go to the border

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Yeah, Nagin was eventually found to be a piece of shite in stuff he did after the storm, but he wasn't robbing anything during it.

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That was his constituents' job

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Yeah, Nagin was eventually found to be a piece of shite in stuff he did after the storm, but he wasn't robbing anything during it.

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Don't be naive. There was plenty of fricking corruption related to the disaster with many people in the area.

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...as they waited for evacuation.

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Who was responsible for this evacuation? Who had authority to order the inhabitants to leave the area?

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List the things you want done with those children and then list the things Obama is doing. 

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House them, feed them, give medical care while we find out their countries of origin. Tell said countries that flights will start arriving in one month. If they need short term help setting up receiving stations and medical care while they figure out what to do with the immigrants than I am open to that.

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Yeah, Nagin was eventually found to be a piece of shite in stuff he did after the storm, but he wasn't robbing anything during it.


Don't be naive. There was plenty of fricking corruption related to the disaster with many people in the area.

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It's not about being "naive." There's been no evidence that he was doing anything shady in the IMMEDIATE aftermath of the storm (i.e., before the feds rolled in). If there was, it would have come out in his corruption trial. Yes, he went to shite at some point thereafter, and there's many things that would reasonably suggest he basically broke down in the IMMEDIATE aftermath, but that wasn't corruption.

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you doubt me I'll cite the articles confirming this. 

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I don't doubt you. I downright know that's false.

Let's bet. Self ban for one month. You in?

Here's a timeline. Self correction. The time was 8 pm

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LATE MORNING — LEVEE BREACHED: “A large section of the vital 17th Street Canal levee, where it connects to the brand new ‘hurricane proof’ Old Hammond Highway bridge, gave way late Monday morning in Bucktown after Katrina’s fiercest winds were well north.” [Times-Picayune]
11AM CDT — BUSH VISITS ARIZONA RESORT TO PROMOTE MEDICARE DRUG BENEFIT: “This new bill I signed says, if you’re a senior and you like the way things are today, you’re in good shape, don’t change. But, by the way, there’s a lot of different options for you. And we’re here to talk about what that means to our seniors.” [White House]
4:30PM CDT — BUSH TRAVELS TO CALIFORNIA SENIOR CENTER TO DISCUSS MEDICARE DRUG BENEFIT: “We’ve got some folks up here who are concerned about their Social Security or Medicare. Joan Geist is with us. … I could tell — she was looking at me when I first walked in the room to meet her, she was wondering whether or not old George W. is going to take away her Social Security check.” [White House]
8PM CDT — RUMSFELD ATTENDS SAN DIEGO PADRES BASEBALL GAME: Rumsfeld “joined Padres President John Moores in the owner’s box…at Petco Park.” [Editor & Publisher]
8PM CDT — GOV. BLANCO AGAIN REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM BUSH: “Mr. President, we need your help. We need everything you’ve got.” [Newsweek]
LATE PM — BUSH GOES TO BED WITHOUT ACTING ON BLANCO’S REQUESTS [Newsweek]

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Each and every time you guys say we defend Obama at every turn while you guys criticized Bush, you turn around and defend him at every turn. This is yet another example.

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That's bullshite. Everybody criticizes Bush here.

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Let's bet. Self ban for one month. You in?

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What? Bet that you can link a bullshite article made up of complete falsehoods? Eat a dick

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This is yet another example.

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No, it is not. It is a delineation of federal versus state/local authorities. The tragedy that happened in New Orleans was a direct result of a failure by Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco. There was no federal response (NONE) that could have immediately overcame the failure on their part. His failure was taking a hands off approach and letting his FEMA director handle the matter. In a disaster of that magnitude he should have been more engaged. And he should have landed, despite what his staff advised him.

Stop whitewashing/ignoring the Democratic leadership failures in Katrina. If you want to let President Obama off the hook for Iraq (which is fine with me - Bush's fault) then you have to let President Bush off the hook for Katrina (Nagin's and Blanco's fault).