BUSHO MAGNIFICO

For those of us who thought Bush did all he could, he didn't. He, along with the other "leaders" was also afraid to act. There is a little known law called the Insurrection Act. Here are a few sub-sections that absoultely applied to Governess Blanco's pathetic indeciveness:

332. Use of militia and armed forces to enforce Federal authority

Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State or Territory by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion.

333 Interference with State and Federal law

The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it—
(1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States within the State, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the constituted authorities of that State are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or
(2) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws.
In any situation covered by clause (1), the State shall be considered to have denied the equal protection of the laws secured by the Constitution.

334. Proclamation to
disperse
Whenever the President considers it necessary to use the militia or the armed forces under this chapter, he shall, by proclamation, immediately order the insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their abodes within a limited time.

Up to you to decide if Bush acted or sat on his ass along with the rest of them. My POV: He and his totally clueless White House Staff was paralyzed, afraid of what the press might say.

Very late add: NYT has a very good (for once) over view of the challenges facing all parts of the Bush Administration. There is a serious flaw in the Patriot Act in that it doesn't spell out any authority for the Feds to take control of a local situation and just move in. But as the Governess wandered around in her Clinton Advisor mode it was clear that Bush needed to take the political risk of basically removing a WOMAN member of a MSM darling political party, and they decided the risk wasn't worth it. I think this means that all of us, in our zeal to lash our political opponents, have made it next to impossible for an Administration of one party to oust a governor or mayor of another party in times of crises. Now, with the Left screaming bloody murder, will Congress be able to upgrade the Patriot Act? Any bets? Oh, and don't forget the race hustlers. Can you imagine the hate filled press conferences if Bush has ousted both the Black Mayor and Black Police Chief? Thinking the entire thing through, I may have behaved like Bush too. It would have been political suicide because the MSM would have taken the side of the "poor woman" and exploited Blacks.