Re: Attn: Republicans
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Go find somewhere where there was any meaningful criticism of the mayor's pre-storm preparation before the storm hit.
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So if it's not reported everywhere it's not viable criticism? Is this seriously what you're arguing?!
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The guy called for the evacuation of an entire, major American city, for Christ's sake. And most people thankfully heeded his call.
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New Orleans has a 27% rate of people without private vehicles (the lowest of any majory U.S. city). This amounts to over 100,000 people. Getting people with cars out is the easy part. It's getting those without cars out that is the hard part which the local government failed to do.
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Who knows how much worse this situation would be if he did not take the bold step of evacuating the whole city.
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How is calling for the evacuation of a city in the face of a Cat. 5 hurricane, which turned out to be the 3rd biggest hurricane to make landfall in the U.S., a "bold step"? Seems like one of the most obvious steps to me.
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The true problem, as most people with half a brain have recognized
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...and an axe to grind...
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is the post-storm reaction, most of which lies at the feet of FEMA.
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I concur that FEMA has not responded adequately, as has Bush more or less. Which, ironically, seems to indicate that maybe we need less government intervention rather than more.
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