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.

[mcg2000]

Let me translate from the Cajun speak ...

"The term ends here."

[Pukin Dog]

Too late, bitch.

[cubreporter]

Too late you silly little woman. You bashed Bush too much. YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE ALL ALONG AND SO WAS NAGIN. Too little too late.

[Michael Goldsberry]

Ditto.

[cubreporter]

Too late you silly little woman. You bashed Bush too much. YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE ALL ALONG AND SO WAS NAGIN. Too little too late.

[Paloma_55]

Who got her off the "Its all Bush's fault" line??

The Dems will be pissed...

But then again, they have already saturated the media with that claim and gotten everything they can out of it.

[don-o]

Finally got her meds adjusted. What a pantload!

[kddid]

CopyCat

[Just mythoughts]

Guess this is what happens when Hillry fails to get a "commission" and the republican leadership is wanting to have a Congressional investigation.

Could it be a "truce" is now being sought???

[evad]

Is it time for another Dawg rant? :)

[AlGone2001]

She surely got a hold of some good polling data.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Too late, bitch.

Of course the lame-stream media will suck this up like piglets on their momma's teats...

[uncitizen]

Who got her off the "Its all Bush's fault" line??

Uh. Bush i would guess. They've got the goods on Blanco, Nagin, and Landrieu.

[ncountylee]

She's trying to polish a turd!

[Argus]

as your governor, I take full responsibility,”

You can prove it by resigning.

[Chong]

"The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility,” Blanco told lawmakers in a special meeting of the Louisiana Legislature."

You should've said,

"The buck stops here, and as your EX governor, I take full responsibility,” Blanco told lawmakers in a special meeting of the Louisiana Legislature."

[Jorge]

Wow..this is amazing.

First Bush takes "responsibility".

Now two of his main accusers, Nagin and Blanco are following his example, and doing the same.
I'm impressed.

[Tax-chick]

Who is helped by having this or that politician declare, "I take responsibility!"? It doesn't change anything that happened, it doesn't fix anything for the future, and it doesn't come with any consequences for the "responsible" party. In fact, she probably thinks that saying it will relieve her of consequences (such as losing the next election).

They act like saying "I take responsibility," is the equivalent of pleading guilty in a criminal case. No dice, I'm not impressed.

[msnimje]

Damn! She is the most indecisive Governor I have ever seen.