Before I begin, I see the Liberals are complaining about Kenyon getting a contract. Don't worry about it, again the truth will clear the Bush administration and indict Kathleen Blanco. Just a simple warning to you liberals.

I was pleasantly surprised by Governor Kathleen Blanco's speech tonight. Did she change my mind on whether or not she should be impeached? No. Did she just save her job as Governor? Probably so. Is it politically correct to take responsibility? Obviously.

Highlights of her speech

"We all know that there were failures at every level of government: state, federal and local. At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility,"

It's about damn time she realized that it's her job as Governor to oversee the well being of the state. Not the President's, not FEMA's, not Ray Nagin's, not even Gullianni's. It's her job, and it's about damn time she accepted the responsibility that came with it. Anymore procrastination from this lady and we can take her out of the oven cause she's done.

"President Bush is a friend and partner"

Exactly right Governor and it's about time you realized it. I can say a lot of negative things about President Bush but when our state needed him the most he was there. He was there from the beginning and he's going to be there for us until the end. Hopefully this is a strong sign that you put your childish politics to the side and realized that in order for us to conquer this we need the President on our side.

Governor, I also hope that from now on, for the rest of your term, you are more warm to the President instead of giving him the snub and running off with Saints owner Tom Benson to give him more of the state's money that should have been used to fix the levee in the first place.

"I assure the Congress and every American taxpayer that every nickel will be properly spent,"

Exactly right, Governor the citizens of this state have for too long long been the victim of corruption on just about every level of local government, from cities and township governments to the state level. Before your speech, I was just thinking that corruption in this state is so bad that we ought to hire an independent organization to oversee the independent organization that oversees how this money is spent.

Our state owes it to the citizens of this nation that opened up their hearts and their wallets, every penny is spent properly and is accounted for. More importantly, the state owes it to the victims of Katrina the victims of mismanaged government that has abused funds appropriated for the levees in the past, to finally spend the money that they, the victims, worked hard for and was forced through government to give in order to fix the levee! We ought to be pissed that government misappropriated money before, don't misappropriate money anymore.

"I am telling each and every one of you: we want you back home,"

Kathleen, had the state not misappropriated the money in the first place, the good people of Nawlins would never have had to leave. Now this is perhaps the only politically motivated part of the speech, at least that I caught. You see, New Orleans IS the Democrat base here in Louisiana, without New Orleans the Democrat party dies. New Orleans has a long history of being controlled by Democrats and only through permission of New Orleans do Democrats do anything.

Now those Democrats are scattered all over the United States, many not coming back as they are often treated better in their new communities than they are in Nawlins. Nawlins, according to some had more murders this year than New York City. Truth or Myth? I don't know, I am still trying to confirm it.

Regardless of it's validity, the fact is that the city was running rampant with murders, had a high poverty rate, and well, it's not a place I would live. Of course if you're a Democrat, it's the ideal location.

Outside of sounding whiny and having the almost distressed look on her face the speech was just fine. Bottom line? I'd give Governor Kathleen Blanco an A minus.

The Dead Pelican has a much different take on Kathleen Blanco's screeetch.
As does Emily Metzgar