How can Republicans sit there and ask for aid to Gustav ?

Question

How can Republicans sit there and ask for aid to Gustav when they WAITED during Katrina?

Answer 1

Turn the channell, or do you have hooves like Obama?

Answer 2

Because lessons were learned.  With Katrina it was more about disorganization and poor communication and that has nothing to do with a political Party.  Get real.

Answer 3

because you Democrats are going to be expecting a handout

Answer 4

They have learned from their past mistakes and fixed them....Can you please give me a death count for Gustav?  So far its been very smooth how the Republicans have handled this disaster....

Answer 5

Actually that idiot woman who was the governor of LA during Katrina didn't ask for help until it was too late.  Mayor Nagin didn't really realize how bad it would be either and ordered the evacuation too late too.  After the levees broke, National Guard units were hindered from getting in due to the floods and, I have to give everybody kudos this time for the early evacuations and the great coordination between governments on the local, state and federal levels.  They have done a great job because they learned from the mistakes of Katrina aftermath.

Answer 6

It's called Civility.  

Answer 7

I have seen a lot of dumb people in my time, but you take the cake.

Answer 8

YOUR ALL MIXED UP.YOUVE BEEN DRINKING TOO MUCH CNN KOOL-AID MY FRIEND.DURING KATRINA,THE LOUISIANA STATE GOVERNMENT IS TO BLAME FOR DELAYS IN NOTIFYING OUR GOVERNMENT UNTIL IT WAS WAY TOO LATE.MIKE BROWN DID A GREAT JOB CONSIDERING THE TIME HE HAD TO MOBILIZE THE FIMA RESOURCES.YOU SEE,MAYOR NAGIN AND THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA WERE AT ODDS TO WHO WOULD LEAD THE EMERGENCY AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS FROM THIER STATE.AS THEY WERE DOING THIS FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS,KATRINA WAS BUILDING IN STRENGTH.STILL THEY WERE TOO SLOW IN MOBILIZING THIER STATE RESOURCES AND ARGUING ABOUT CONTROL OF OPERATIONS.SO WHEN IT WAS TOO LATE,BOTH OF THEM CRIED TO THE GOVERNMENT AND FIMA TO GET IN ASAP.SO ALL OF A SUDDEN,IT WAS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS FAULT.NOW DURING GUSTAV,YOU SEE A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.THIS TIME,THE STATE WAS READY AND COORDINATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT WAY AHEAD OF TIME.THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE DURING KATRINA BUT AS THE STORY GOES,IT WAS NOT.THIS FIRST DAY AT THE CONVENTION WAS A SMART WAY TO USE THE MEDIA TO PLEAD WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO DONATE TO THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER VICTIMS OF GUSTAV.THATS ALL THEY DID THERE AND THEN AJOURNED THE MEETING.

Answer 9

It is an election year....pandering.  I'm waiting for Barbara Bush to make a donation with the stipulation that the money be spent buying educational software from her son Neil.  People had no homes...yet she made a donation for software.  

Answer 10

Actually McCain celebrated his birthday w Bush during Katrina

Answer 11

OH give me a break.  The Democratic governor turned down Bushes many offers to send in the National Guard.  It's the Dems fault.

Answer 12

Check your facts...2 Democrats caused the delayed response after Katrina hit

The chain of command for major disasters goes like this:

Mayor (Ray Nagin-DEMOCRAT) : It's the mayor's responsibility to assess the situation and act first, utilizing the police force, and other city agencies...Usually taking on the responsibilty of taking preventative measures...Levies should have been reinforced, cities evacuated (mandatorially), power stations shut down to avoid fires, electrocution, and more potential damage, etcetera...No preventative measures were taken in this case....SO, then it would be the mayor's responsibility to act AFTER the fact, helping to evacuate people, securing the city, etcetera...

When the task is too much for the mayor to handle, which understandably it CLEARLY was...The mayor then has to turn over the job to the...

Governor (Kathleen Blanco-DEMOCRAT) : The governor, once contacted by the mayor, would then have the SAME responsibilities as the mayor (before or after the disaster, depending on when he/she was contacted by the mayor)...But, he would have much more power and assistance (state agencies) at his disposal to do a more effective job...The governor failed to act appropriately, or he was simply contacted too late to be of much use...

If the governor cannot properly handle the situation...He then has to request help from the...

President/Government: The president is unable (by restriction of law, and the 'chain of command') to respond to a situation unless and until assistance is requested from the governor...His hands are tied, until a formal request is made...In this case, that request took way too long, and seriously delayed action...

Once the President/Government's assistance IS finally requested, the president has EVERY agency at his disposal...Including the military and FEMA, among others....In this case, FEMA was overwhelmed with the responsibility of handling the task, their 'assistance' was woefully inadequate...And again, much too little, much too late

The ONLY thing that the President CAN do without a request, is declare an area as a 'natural disaster' which is necessary to achieve funding for, and acquire assistance (including the military, FEMA, etcetera) for the area....In THIS case...Bush declared the area as a natural disaster BEFORE the hurricane even hit, so that when the time came (when the request for assistance came from the governor), everything would be ready to send out forces, and try to do as much as possible as soon as possible...But, he still had to wait for that request from the governor before he could act...That HAD to be frustrating

The 'Republicans waited' because they had no choice, thanks to the DEMOCRATS s******g everything up on THEIR end

Answer 13

Louisiana had a Democratic governor and New Orleans had a Democratic mayor when Katrina hit. The mayor parked the public transportation rather than using them to help evacuate. The blame for the Katrina debacle falls squarely on the shoulders of the Democratic leadership in Louisiana. Maybe that's why Louisiana has a Republican governor now. Don't forget that the people sheltered at the Superdome devoured a few days worth of food in about six hours. Those are your typical waiting-for-a-handout people, as opposed to the people in Mississippi, who got to work repairing the damage rather than waiting on Uncle Sam to bail them out. It wasn't the Republicans who waited during Katrina, it was the lazy, good-for-nothing, Democrat Party-supporting leeches who waited for their handouts so they could spend the aid on a new big-screen TV.

Answer 14

Ummm maybe we learned the first time around, unlike liberals we actually admit when we are wrong and try to correct our mistakes.

Answer 15

Sorry idiot, it was the democrat leader ship in the state that was the hold up on the katrina aid.   Your lies are old and tired.