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This doesn't warrant it own thread, but should be on the record........

Clinton's excerpted comments to Larry King tonight in a telephone interview.

KING: You're going to be in Houston I know on Monday and then you head to Asia and former President Bush will be with us on Monday night. What do you make of this whole occurrence? Could this have -- the levees, could something have been done? What's your read on this, Mr. President?

CLINTON: Well, I do believe we have to -- we probably have to wait a little bit for the emergency to die down and for us to deal with it before we know that. I know that in 1995, some people drowned and I know that we started a levee improvement program but whether they would ever have been able to sustain water at this level of power I don't know.

I heard the man from the Corps of Engineers, the officer saying he didn't believe they'd ever been designed to withstand this, so I can't say but I think the erosion of the wetlands played a role, lots of issues. But right now we need to get everybody to safety, get them food, get them water, get them decent shelter and start thinking about the future. That's what I'm working on. I know it's what Governor Blanco is working on.

Full transcript here

[George W. Bush]

CLINTON: Well, I do believe we have to -- we probably have to wait a little bit for the emergency to die down and for us to deal with it before we know that. I know that in 1995, some people drowned and I know that we started a levee improvement program...

Protecting the 'legacy'. But Clinton refused to fund it fully. If he had, it would have been closer to complete or maybe even done. Clinton had money for Kosovo and Bosnia and Somalia and the money to bomb aspirin factories. But not for NOLA.

That's why he's acting like no one is to blame. He's afraid they'll (rightly) blame him.