In the holy shiite department

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by dissention

He'll shoot up 20 points in the polls.

and that is exactly why he did it. Sadly, Blanco did not think of it first as she would have stolen his thunder. But, I have to give it to W, he took it on the chin here.

[amber]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

and that is exactly why he did it. Sadly, Blanco did not think of it first as she would have stolen his thunder. But, I have to give it to W, he took it on the chin here.

If I was her, i wouldn't really think it's my fault.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by amber

If I was her, i wouldn't really think it's my fault.

Well, Blanco committed several error that were avoidable. Her first error was not knowing how to mobilize the requisite number of troops under her command despite FEMA's intervention. Blanco also seemd scared to make a decision instantly, which will bite her in the end. So, she most certainly has egg on her face - even that Newsweek article acknowledges that. But the point is, if she had said, a la Bush, mistakes were made at the state level and I take responsibility for those and we are going to make sure they are never made again, then W's alleged epiphany would have had less prominence.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Well, Blanco committed several error that were avoidable. Her first error was not knowing how to mobilize the requisite number of troops under her command despite FEMA's intervention. Blanco also seemd scared to make a decision instantly, which will bite her in the end. So, she most certainly has egg on her face - even that Newsweek article acknowledges that. But the point is, if she had said, a la Bush, mistakes were made at the state level and I take responsibility for those and we are going to make sure they are never made again, then W's alleged epiphany would have had less prominence.

Give her time. She probably will. I mean, the woman is reeling from this.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Give her time. She probably will. I mean, the woman is reeling from this.

Oh I think she will, but W sort of sucker punched her. He was all about "now is not the time to place blame," etc. and then he takes some blame. But, look at how he words it very carefully "Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government and to the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility" (emphasis supplied)

While there were errors at the state and local levels, none of them really were as significant as FEMA turning away help after the storm past and then taking five days to get their own help to NOLA. I think this fact sadly will get lost in the media frenzy surrounding this new statement. I hope, however, that I am wrong and no one should take this as me thinking W/Rove is anything more than a calculating politician I despise.