this Government always had trouble dealing with realities.
Now that the grim realities are not on the other side of the globe
it is starting to hurt.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson offered Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco help from his state's National Guard last Sunday, the day before Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana. Blanco accepted, but paperwork needed to get the troops en route didn't come from Washington until late Thursday.
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Trent Lott says here: “It is hard to put a positive spin on this”.
Poor guy. He certainly has problems.