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September 14, 2005
Blanco, in her own words. . . .
People are still trying to latch onto a myth that "Bush should have sent troops in earlier." When you press these people on it, they come up with lots of touchy feely reasons why he should have overridden Blanco and rolled into Louisiana. However, they can't seem to come up with a LEGAL AUTHORITY for Bush to send Federal troops into the state. President Bush DID NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO SEND FEDERAL TROOPS INTO LOUISIANA WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE GOVERNOR. The only way that Bush could have sent troops in over the Governor's head was through an act of Congress (which was on vacation) or by invoking the Insurrection Act. I'm doubtful that the Insurrection Act would have gone over well with anyone, and Congress was out of Washington, so that left Bush in the position of waiting for Blanco to stop crying, blaming and whining and ask for troops.
So I thought I'd help out a bit. For those that are saying "Blanco did ask for troops!!!" I give you this. A video that shows Blanco herself admitting that she DID NOT ask for troops.
The video is a bit long, almost 5 minutes. If you're impatient, then skip ahead to about a minute in and you'll hear Blanco admit that she knows she didnt' ask for troops and that she needed to do that. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN ON WEDNESDAY. Shortly after the interview, she called the White House and asked for troops.
I may try to shorten the video down if it starts killing my bandwidth, so feel free to save the video by right clicking and spread it around.
--Jason
Posted by JasonColeman at September 14, 2005 10:52 PM
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