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Mary Landrieu: School Bus Failure Bush's Fault
2005-09-12
It was the Bush administration's fault that hundreds of city school buses weren't dispatched to evacuate the hurricane-battered residents of New Orleans two weeks ago before floods swamped the city, Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu said Sunday. Asked on "Fox News Sunday" why New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin failed to follow the city's evacuation plan and press the buses into service, Landrieu blamed Bush administration cuts in mass transit funding.
"Mayor Nagin and most mayors in this country have a hard time getting their people to work on a sunny day, let alone getting them out of the city in front of a hurricane," she said. "And it's because this administration and administrations before them do not understand the difficulties that mayors . . . face."
You mean like your father, Moon Landrieu, the former mayor of New Orleans?
Landrieu then added: "In other words, this administration did not believe in mass transit. They won't even get people to work on a sunny day, let alone getting them out."
What about getting the kids to school? Or were those hundreds schools buses up to their axles in water a opticial illusion? I'll bet the buses were running on election day as well
Saying she was unwilling to criticize Louisiana officials,
That would be difficult, seeing that her brother is the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
.. the Louisiana Democrat insisted that Mayor Nagin's evacuation efforts had been a smashing success.
"Because the mayor evacuated the city, we had the best evacuation . . . of any evacuation I've seen. I'm 50 years old; I've never seen one any better," Landrieu told FNS. That prompted FNS host Chris Wallace to remind: "But there were a hundred thousand people left in the city."

Landrieu once again blamed the White House, saying:
"They did [have] a hundred thousand people left in the city because this federal government won't support cities to evacuate people, whether it's from earthquakes, tornadoes, or hurricanes. And that's the truth."
Then her lips fell off. I don't watch these shows, but it's reported she also suggested that Blanco couldn't let the feds use the National Guard because they needed vacations after serving in Iraq. She also blamed the President Reagan for running up deficits which prevented President Clinton for spending more on FEMA to save New Orleans.
Posted by:Steve

#22  I'd still hit it with Mary Landrieu, just to make her say "Moooooooooooooon"
Posted by: Frank G   2005-09-12 22:50  

#21  there was too much lead [+.0000000001] in the bus fuel. wou'nt want to poooLute nutin woood ya?
Posted by: r   2005-09-12 22:25  

#20  I really wish the 'locals' would get their stories straight on why the emergency plans weren't followed.

First it was that most of the school-bus drivers were women, and they didn't want to expose them to danger.

Next it was Mayor Nagin dissing school buses and holding out for Greyhounds.

Then, according to NO's emergency director, it was that the city had no intention enacting the plan to use buses (Sept 12 WaPo).

Now it's because mass transit money had been cut.

What next?
Posted by: Pappy   2005-09-12 22:14  

#19  Yes B-A-R

Its known in Louisiana as Hollywood bookkeeping. Just like all that federal Homeland Security money sorta didn't make it into the hands of local officials who knew what the hell they were suppose to do. The same model employed by the former governor of New Jersey.
Posted by: Phereque Omineger4095   2005-09-12 22:03  

#18  It was the Bush administration's fault that hundreds of city school buses weren't dispatched to evacuate the hurricane-battered residents of New Orleans two weeks ago before floods swamped the city, Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu said Sunday. Asked on "Fox News Sunday" why New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin failed to follow the city's evacuation plan and press the buses into service, Landrieu blamed Bush administration cuts in mass transit funding.

Why would mass transit money be used on school buses??
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-09-12 21:45  

#17  3dc, LOLOLOL!!
I must admit, though, I met Connie the Short Bus Lady when she was living in a short bus converted to a motor home. Now she lives at the Deacon Blues Pork Palce, Potables Parlour, and Home for Wayward Animals and Women.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2005-09-12 19:38  

#16  Mary Landrieu a short bus senator.
Posted by: 3dc   2005-09-12 18:04  

#15  Camilla Parker Bowles?
Posted by: Shipman   2005-09-12 15:21  

#14  Muck, that lick should come with a coffee alert!

Wonderful
Posted by: john   2005-09-12 15:16  

#13  this is let me kno hoo to blayme at anee giver moment. :)
Posted by: muck4doo   2005-09-12 14:25  

#12  lmao db an rc!
Posted by: muck4doo   2005-09-12 14:20  

#11  What's not obvious about that picture is Ted Kennedy driving past in the background.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-09-12 14:16  

#10  Do mean like this, Muck? The President and former President on Vacation. I think it's rather tasteless myself.
bushvacation
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2005-09-12 14:12  

#9  I saw Sen. Landrieu's Fox interview and it was bizarre. Questions and answers were even more disconnected than previously seen from Lousiana politicians. Video link here.
Posted by: ed   2005-09-12 14:01  

#8  ima shure sum entrapanoorial spirit owt there werkin on it. :)
Posted by: muck4doo   2005-09-12 13:45  

#7  Muck, got one showing W stroking the guitar while death befalls the Big slEasy?
Posted by: Captain America   2005-09-12 13:38  

#6  get yore teeshirts heer:

http://www.cafepress.com/bushdoesntcare
Posted by: muck4doo   2005-09-12 13:13  

#5  "They did [have] a hundred thousand people left in the city because this federal government won't support cities to evacuate people... And that's the truth."

Given what we now know, how can anybody come to that conclusion? Even shameless exploitation or shifting of blame can't explain this outright lie. I truly believe these people are delusional.


Posted by: DepotGuy   2005-09-12 12:50  

#4  Sounds like she ghostwrites for Zarqari.
Posted by: Bobby   2005-09-12 12:39  

#3  The Left knows no limits, no shame.
Posted by: .com   2005-09-12 11:54  

#2  And THIS is a public servant!!!Need to put her in the same catagory as momma sheehan!! WHAT AN IDIOT!!!!!
Posted by: ARMYGUY   2005-09-12 11:28  

#1  The Moon Rocks, we never should have taken them. I blame Nixon.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-09-12 10:43  

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