From the 'Damned if you do...' files.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Rita, it is once again shown that, no matter what he does, the press will complain that President Bush did it wrong. Bush ponders military response
Still, this is supposed to be less about the AP's glaringly evident bias against the President, and more about irony.
Given the numbers of people who are complaining about the Federal response to Katrina, and given the investigative committee which seems quite ready to crucify Brown for the entire episode; one would think a plan to have the military become a first-response group...
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Sunday that Congress ought to consider giving the U.S. military the lead role in responding to natural disasters, as he heard one general describe the Hurricane Katrina rescue effort as a "train wreck."
in bigger natural disasters would be a slam-dunk.
One would, apparently, be wrong.
Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu (news, bio, voting record), a Democrat, expressed reticence about that approach on CNN's "Late Edition."
Landrieu said the military has a strong role to play "but so do our governors and our local elected officials." [emphasis added]
Senator Landrieu is going to have a tough time selling that idea to Blanco and Nagin, I think.
... sometimes, all one can do is shake one's head in wonder.
Landrieu needs to be added to the recall efforts here.