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The Mayor of New Orleans is incompetant. There is just no question. You just need to compare his response to this crisis with Rudy Giuliani. After the planes hit the towers Giuliani took charge. He didn't start blaming the federal government for not preventing this, he didn't start saying he wasn't given enough help, he just went in and did the job.
Pataki and Bush were required to do stuff, but Giulian took control and got it done.
Bush did not ask to federalize all the resources in New York City because the job was getting done. Bush asked to federalize all the resources in NO because the job was not getting done. If the job had been getting done, then Bush would have been out of line in trying to change the pitcher.
You may be able to blame Bush later not making sure the levees were solid (just like the federal government could be blamed for the failure of intelligence in 9-11) but the post disaster response was clearly in the hands of the mayor. The man on cite. And he screwed it up.
Any defense of the Mayor is pure partisan B.S. He was faced with a crisis and he did not act.
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