Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Babineaux Blancoserved from January 2004 to January 2008 as the 54th governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to have been elected as governor of Louisiana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 December 1942
CityNew Iberia, LA
CountryUnited States of America
breach control priorities rescue search trying
Search and rescue operations, evacuations and trying to control the levee breach are our priorities for today.
boy bush leave send
Send Bush here and we'll make him a po' boy and tell him to leave us alone,
brought dry ground people
Some 700 people have been brought to dry ground during the night,
agree both life people president private quality shelter
Shelter life is not a quality life, ... The president and I both agree that people in shelters need more stable, private housing.
escaped worst
I can't feel we escaped the worst, because we don't know what the worst is.
anyone city great hear orleans remains spirit
New Orleans and the surrounding parishes may be ravaged, but our spirit remains intact, ... To anyone who even suggests that this great city should not be rebuilt, hear this and hear it well: We will rebuild.
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Obviously it is a lot easier this time because the assets have not left Louisiana, ... So I believe that what we are preparing for will give us the strength to take care of the situation, however it works itself out.
facts speak time
The facts will speak for themselves. We will tell our story when the time is appropriate.
foremost search
We don't like looters one bit, but first and foremost is search and rescue.
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We began the process of debriefing each other, sharing what our unique experiences were, ... I know the mayor felt very desperate in his hour of need.
advance asked asking louisiana million people southeast
As we asked southeast Louisiana to evacuate in advance of Katrina, and probably one million people or more evacuated safely, we are asking the same southwest Louisiana,
allow saving
allow bureaucracy get in the way of saving lives.
accept bring hear home people soon thanks
Accept our thanks and hear our resolve: we will bring our people home as soon as we can. We need and we want our people back,
adequate partisan
It's (federal response) going to be more adequate as we go on, ... I do not feel partisan difference.