K-lo and Jonah, I don’t think that Major Garrett story can be talked about
enough. Since the President is under attack for being “oblivious and
dangerous” and Tina Brown thinks that the failures of Katrina-relief
management are a call to arms for the plucky heroes of the left,
obviously we must enter the Blame Wars, even if only in a defensive
posture.
For me, Major Garrett’s report that the Red Cross was barred by LA
state officials from delivering food, water, and supplies to the
Superdome on Monday (the storm day) is the great missing link of the
saga. As I watched the events unfold, the one thing I couldn’t
understand was why the evacuee situation at the Superdome was so dire,
as I clearly remembered from the weekend pre-storm coverage that the
people who couldn’t get out of the city on their own were being told
to go there. Why send people to a facility, but then not bring them
what they need to survive? Garrett’s reporting tells us that LA state
officials, answerable to the Governor, not the feds, didn’t want the
Red Cross to bring supplies in on Monday because they wanted evacuees
to leave the area.
I suspect the HuffPoo will have found a way to vilify the Red Cross by noon.