Blanco on Tuesday had vehemently denied that she waited until the eve of the storm to order an evacuation of New Orleans. She said her order came on the morning of Aug. 27 — two days before the storm — resulting in 1.3 million people evacuating the city.
"Such falsehoods and misleading statements, made under oath before Congress, are shocking," Blanco said in a statement Tuesday.
Rep. Christopher Shays (news, bio, voting record), R-Conn., said Wednesday that while Brown made mistakes, so did others. "He can't be the scapegoat. First responders are local and state, and the governor and mayor did a pathetic job of preparing their people for this horrific storm," Shays said on NBC's "Today" show.
Governor Kathleen Blanco, D-La., testifying before Senate Finance Committee on Capital Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005 in Washington. Blanco asked Congress for help in rebuilding her devastated state, saying Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 'knocked us down but they did not knock us out.' Blanco in her opening statement did not mention former FEMA director Michael Brown, who on Tuesday had blamed state and local officials in Louisiana for not responding appropriately to the storm. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
If Congressman Shays says other folks hold blame in Louisiana then why isn't that Democrat "witch" failure Kathleen Blanco befor his committee, along without that other New Orleans moron, Mayor Ray Nagin?
Can you imagine if we allow Landrieu's and Vitter's 250 billion bill to go through and let the dysfunctionals like the corrupt La officials ala Blanco and Raging Ray plus those levee Council dunces get hold of those big bucks what a scandal it will be as the next hurricane wipes the whole state out?????? La corruption is now so well known that not even the MSM can hide the fact that Dems like William Jefferson are in it up to their eyeteeth!