[Peach]

NAGIN: The president looked at me. I think he was a little surprised. He said, "No, you guys stay here. We're going to another section of the plane, and we're going to make a decision."

He called me in that office after that. And he said, "Mr. Mayor, I offered two options to the governor." I said -- and I don't remember exactly what. There were two options. I was ready to move today. The governor said she needed 24 hours to make a decision.

S. O'BRIEN: You're telling me the president told you the governor said she needed 24 hours to make a decision?

NAGIN: Yes.

S. O'BRIEN: Regarding what? Bringing troops in?

NAGIN: Whatever they had discussed. As far as what the -- I was abdicating a clear chain of command, so that we could get resources flowing in the right places.

S. O'BRIEN: And the governor said no.

NAGIN: She said that she needed 24 hours to make a decision. It would have been great if we could of left Air Force One, walked outside, and told the world that we had this all worked out. It didn't happen, and more people died.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0509/05/ltm.01.html

[Vigilanteman]

Velly interesting. We have a RAT mayor blaming a RAT governor.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[She said that she needed 24 hours to make a decision. It would have been great if we could of left Air Force One, walked outside, and told the world that we had this all worked out. It didn't happen, and more people died.]

Blanco cried and people died.

[Obadiah]

NAGIN: She said that she needed 24 hours to make a decision. It would have been great if we could of left Air Force One, walked outside, and told the world that we had this all worked out. It didn't happen, and more people died.

Needs to be repeated.

[DaveTesla]

BTTT

[DaveTesla]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478459/posts

FEMA Pilot: Rescue Began Just Hours After Flood
NewsMax ^ | 9/6/05 | NewsMax


Posted on 09/06/2005 11:15:54 AM EDT by wagglebee


Helicopters from the Federal Emergency Management Agency were conducting rescue operations in New Orleans less than a day after breaks in local levees began flooding the city.

But the lightning quick fly-out mission had to be abandoned that same night because local marauders were shooting at the FEMA choppers. "We first got in on Tuesday night," a FEMA pilot, who identified himself only as "Randy," told Fox News Radio's Tony Snow this morning.

[NittanyLion]

As far as what the -- I was abdicating a clear chain of command, so that we could get resources flowing in the right places.

Presumably, that should be advocating. But if he actually said that, that's quite a Freudian slip...

[SeaBiscuit]

"NAGIN: She said that she needed 24 hours to make a decision."

Says it all, Blanco went blank.