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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Bush couldn't call an evacuation. Nagin was managing the logistics on the ground and was the best person for the job. Plus the 2000 plan didn't call for planes, it called for buses.
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Bush has the power and has even used it twice in his administration. Apparently this time wasn't as important.
Come on, stop making excuses for him just because he's an R.
You want some other things he had the power to do and didn't:
Mobilize the military.
Mobilize federal workers. Brown asked for 1000 people to do PR duty 6 hours after the storm was over. That's it.
Issue orders to that boat in the Gulf.
Open barracks on federal military bases.
Approve Blanco's requests to deploy several states' national guardsmen promptly - it took 3 to 4 days!
Why didn't he do it. And what about the planes!
