Negatory, but nice try.

One "senior Bush official" went so far as to assert that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco had still had not declared a state of emergency as of Saturday -- a charge so inaccurate that The Post was forced to run a correction.
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A Sept. 4 article on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina incorrectly said that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D) had not declared a state of emergency. She declared an emergency on Aug. 26.


>>>I don't know what to believe at this point, but it seems logical to me that Blanco is the culprit. I know the state has to request federal assistance, and the washington post had a story saying she was the one who was holding them up.
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>>Not so.
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>>http://www.gov.state.la.us/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=976
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>>There's a blame game going on for days already, the feds are trying to paint local and state govt as "they didn't authorise us and our hands were tied".
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>You are using the governor's propaganda to make your point?<s> I think the washington post story makes more sense and is more reliable. They didn't have a vested interest in the story like the state gov did.