Well, well, well...hasn't she gotten feisty:
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said officials at all levels eventually would share blame for an inadequate response, but she cited only the administration for the finger-pointing that followed the killer storm.The key White House talking point has been to say this is not time for "the blame game." One of the White House flacks actually said "It's not the time for blame" in response to Landrieu. Meanwhile, as Landrieu noted, the Bush Administration and the GOP are blaming everyone else for their colossal failures.
"While the president is saying that he wants to work together as a team, I think the White House operatives have a full court press on to blame state and local officials whether they're Republicans or Democrats. It's very unfortunate," she told CBS' "Face the Nation."
She said Washington was obligated to support local and state officials, "particularly in times of tragedy and stress, not to pile on them, not to make their suffering worse."
The other day, I quoted Jon Stewart, and I will again today, "When people don't want to play the blame game, they're to blame."
