Posted on 09/18/2005 8:52:36 AM PDT by Happy2BMe
LATEST DEMOCRAT DISASTER STRATEGY WOULD BE A DISASTER FOR LOUISIANA
By Michael J. Gaynor
MichNews.com
Sep 18, 2005
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Having tried mightily (and skillfully) to shift blame to the federal government and having secured an unprecedented bailout commitment, Louisiana's Democrat leaders are salivating at the thought of controlling begged billions of dollars, despite their rotten record, and shrilly blowing the whistle to end partisan politics, in the hope of leaving a grievous misimpression as to responsibility (and irresponsibility) in place in the minds of millions and appearing statesmanlike instead of being exposed as the utterly irresponsible villains of the piece determined to perpetuate themselves in power.
Make no mistake: the Democrats have controlled the city government in New Orleans and the state government in Louisiana for generations.
Corruption and incompetence reigned.
There was no preparation for a hurricane above category 3 hurricane.
Governor Kathleen Blanco admitted that President Bush urged Mayor Ray Nagin to order a mandatory evacuation, but the Mayor delayed.
And Governor Blanco delayed when President Bush offered to have the federal government take control, requiring 24 hours to ponder the possibility.
The current Louisiana Democrat leaders, like their Democrat predecessors for generations, utterly failed to prepare, but they played politics (with the biased media's help), sometimes brilliantly, after Hurricane Katrina wrecked havoc in and around New Orleans, the mostly below sea level city on America's Gulf coast.
Putting the blame on white Republican men--FEMA Director Michael Brown and President Bush himself--instead of the white female governor and the black male mayor.
And racism.
Now that the whole story is catching up to the lies, the strategy of the sly Democrat scapegoaters is to look forward, not backward. And to try to keep others doing the same.
Of course! Let's not fully understand what happened, allocate blame appropriately, and prevent a repetition of the disaster.
Instead, let's take the financial bonanza, courtesy of the American taxpayers, and play Louisiana politics as usual!
The following is a transcript of the Democrats' radio response to President Bush's weekly radio address:
"Good morning.
"This is Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.
"I speak for a grateful state to thank people across our nation who have lifted Louisiana in our time of need. Your generosity and support renews our faith in God and in the human spirit.
"Nearly three weeks ago, the unforgiving winds and wrath of Katrina bore down on Louisiana and Mississippi, leaving a path of devastation and human tragedy unprecedented in our history. The destruction is almost beyond comprehension.
"We have lost hundreds of our loved ones. Entire communities have been destroyed, others crippled, and countless businesses destroyed- and with them the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people. And more than a million people have been displaced from their homes.
"Even as the storm winds and surging waters passed, the people of Louisiana began responding, with breathtaking courage and in overwhelming numbers.
"Their story needs to be told.
"While the storm winds were still whirling in fury, National Guard soldiers and airmen, wildlife agents, law enforcement officers, fire fighters, emergency medical personnel and the Coast Guard selflessly went into action, pulling survivors out of the water and from roof tops.
"They were followed by hundreds of ordinary citizens who answered the call for help from all over our state, bringing their own boats to save their fellow Louisianans.
"They gave no thought to their own safety-only to help and to serve.
"They were not alone.
"They were joined by thousands of their fellow Americans, who came from all across the nation: military personnel, rescue workers and police officers, fire fighters, doctors and nurses, Red Cross volunteers, EMS personnel and just plain folks driving to Louisiana in trucks laden with food and water and love.
"I offer our profound thanks, to all of you who opened your homes, your hospitals, your classrooms, your churches, your wallets and your hearts to our people.
"As long as the Mississippi River flows into the gulf, we will never forget your generosity.
"Accept our thanks and hear our resolve: We will bring our people home as soon as we can. We need and we want our people back.
"We will rebuild New Orleans and the surrounding communities of Southeast Louisiana. We look forward to returning your hospitality in a safer and more secure Louisiana, vibrant, just, and diverse, her cultural wealth restored to the world.
"We need the help of Congress and the Federal Government in this epic task of reconstruction, because only the resources of the federal government are adequate to the challenge ahead.
"I want to take this opportunity to thank President George W. Bush. He has recognized that Katrina was no ordinary hurricane and that our federal government will have to help us in extraordinary ways. We are prepared to work as partners.
"Some issues reach beyond party. In the face of the human tragedy, which lies behind us, and the task that lies ahead of us, there is no room for partisan politics.
"Let the people of America know: We must all work together. We will all work together.
"Once again, I thank you for your help and I ask for God's blessings on the people of Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
"Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America."
HAVING SHAMELESSLY BUT EFFECTIVELY PLAYED PARTISAN POLITICS AND EVEN RACIST POLITICS, THE DEMOCRATS ARE POISED TO TRASH THE TRUTH AS PARTISAN POLITICS.
BRILLIANT!
BUT, all the good people, white and black, who have been ill-served for so many years by Democrat masters and mistresses of partisan politics deserve far better.
As do the people who will be footing the bill for the corruption and incompetence of those cunning Democrat partisans.
President Bush, help the good people, but provide crucial guidance and supervision as well as billions.
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