Blanco: 'The buck stops here'

AP ^ | 14 Sep 05 | Fidelio

[fidelio]

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Echoing the words of President Bush a day earlier, Gov. Kathleen took responsibility Wednesday for failures and missteps in the immediate response to Hurricane Katrina and pledged a united effort to rebuild New Orleans and the surrounding parishes ravaged by the storm.

“We all know that there were failures at every level of government: state, federal and local. At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility,” Blanco told lawmakers in a special meeting of the Louisiana Legislature.

[ShadowDancer]

What an incredibly pathetic woman.

[GSlob]

Wrong translation. Especially in Lousiana, "the buck stops here" is to be understood literally, when accompanied by a pointing gesture in the direction of one's wallet or purse.

[A.Hun]

Did she bust out crying?

[frankjr]

"My fellow Louisianers...so I was on the phone to Bush, just like this here, and how was I supposed to know that I needed to request stuff????"

[arasina]

Buck off, Blanco. :-#

[beansox]

proving yet again that she is a follower and not a leader!

[don-o]

I thought the buck stop where you shoot him with you gun in his head

[Brimack34]

Now Gov. BLAMEO decides to stop after weeks of blame. The differance is the President never blamed anyone else.

[spotbust1]

Did anyone else hear Blanco say "spunt".

This is paraphrased from what I heard. She said that she asked the Federal Government to pay 100% of the what it would take to rebuild New Orleans, just as was "spunt" in New York on 9-11.

Did I misunderstand her or is that what she actually said?

[Coastal]

Non-reg. link


http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/12646304.htm

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Uh, Governor BlankoJerko....Bush BEAT YOU TO IT...he already apologized. Once again you're a dollar short and a day late. will someone get the theatre hook and get her to STFU !!!

[Pukin Dog]

I'm trying to cut back. Next week I'll be fishing in Alaska. No FReeping.

[mcg2000]

lol

[F16Fighter]

"The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.”

If she has, she won't mind what the folks with pitchforks and torches have in mind for her.

[Hat-Trick]

Dear Governor Blanco:

[zzen01]

Do any of you think that LA will dump this bitch?

[nuffsenuff]

LOL!

And on point.

[P-Marlowe]

Watch out for flying pigs.

[jdm]

I think she must have just discovered the creation of the Impeach Blanco web site:

ImpeachBlanco.org

[PGalt]

Lot$ of our buck$ will $top there.