From top to bottom, all forms of government failed Katrina's victims, governors said.
"I think it's unfair to blame President Bush here," said Richardson, a Democrat who is mulling a presidential bid in 2008. "What I would blame is the bureaucratic red tape throughout the system that is out of control with little credibility and way too turf-conscience. Rather than point fingers in blame, the state and the federal governments need to develop a new emergency system."
I've read a lot of people blaming the President about the mess but I've personally suspected it was red tape and a turf war that caused the problems. Looks like I might be right.
No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does. Anita Brookner
