[Sir_Humphrey]

Landrieu also blamed Bush for cutting funding for levee improvement, before bursting into tears on camera

Correct me if I am wrong, but this wasn't exactly a cut- it was a reduction in the amount that was to be spent in 2006!

[cgbg]

The levee improvement argument is a total canard. Much of the MSM has nailed that one:

--The levee improvements have been underway for years and will be underway for many more years. Cuts or maintenance of funds would not have changed that fact.

--The levee improvements were only engineered for Cat 3 storms. They would have made no difference in this case.

--The particular main levee that broke was not considered sub-standard and was not in the improvement plans.

Louisiana's three stooges--one mayor, one governor, one senator.

[Citizen Soldier]

When did a liberal let the truth get in the way of a sound bite?

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

The real story is that the funds that were cut would not have been spent on the 17th Street Canal or the Industrial Canal, they two that broke.

[bethtopaz]

Love your tagline. Also read a good line about nuts the other day: She's as nutty as squirrel's turd.

[sweetliberty]

"Landrieu also blamed Bush for cutting funding for levee improvement"

Honey, I believe your boy, Clinton, beat him to it.

"-- in 1998 the Army Corps of Engineers provided a Draft Request to pursue the protection of noted areas in the Gulf region, to enhance their ability to survive heavy hurricane damage. The project was summarily REJECTED BY BILL CLINTON as not important." Story here

[Arizona Carolyn]

She is blowing smoke... the levee problem goes back generations. Clinton didn't fund it, either... and whoever thought an earthen dam/levee would protect a major American City built below ground was nuts.

[pepperdog]

She burst into tears on camera? What is it with these people, don't they know how to do ANYTHING but cry and whine and threaten? I know people usually get the government they deserve but I can't believe any of the poor folks in Louisiana deserve these fools.