Reply #52: The most important part of Broussard's story is

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that the woman died on Friday - Russert said she died on Monday - Broussard still maintained that she died on Friday in today's MTP. That is the critical point - the freaking storm came on Monday and the first REAL Federal response started on Friday the same day of the freak in chief's first photo op. Sure the state and locals made mistakes - but they DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES to respond to such a disaster - that's why I think we have a FEDERAL Emergency Management Agency - there is NO EXCUES for tht e four day delay of getting Federal help to these people - FEMA should have been set up to go into action BEFORE the storm happened in order to move in immediately after the storm - in fact the Feds should have had someone bolstering up the levees on Saturday and Sunday.

The point of Russert's interview was to move the blame from the Feds to the state and locals and there is no freaking way this is possible.

If the Feds didn't make mistakes how come they got Federal assistance set up before Rita hit - seems to me by their actions for Rita they admitted they made a big fat fucking mistake for Katrina.


edited to include Broussard's comment from today that the woman died on Friday after the strom not the Monday of the storm:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9438988/

Mr. Broussard: "Sir, this gentleman's mother died on that Friday before I came on the show."