The Facts

The Republicans in a lame effort to find excuses for Bush say that Gov. Blanco did not request assistance from FEMA. Here is the sequence of events with links:

Friday, August 26, 2005: GOVERNOR BLANCO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY

Saturday, August 27, 2005: Governor Blanco asks President to Declare an Emergency for the State of Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina

Saturday, August 27, 2005: Bush declares emergency in Louisiana “The president's emergency declaration authorizes the FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts and to provide appropriate assistance in a number of Louisiana parishes, or counties.

I am no expert, but it appears to me that all the i’s were dotted and all of the t’s crossed.