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
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The facts will speak for themselves. We will tell our story when the time is appropriate.
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We were begging for more resources, and you know, eventually, we got enough resources. It just took more days than we wanted it to take.
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We have no counts whatsoever, but we know many lives have been lost.
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When folks who are desperate are trying to get home, it just makes it more difficult for us to get to folks whose lives are in danger.
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We have a tough, tough people, ... We party hard, we work hard ... we know we can get through this.
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The president addressed that issue when he removed Mr. Brown, and I thank him for that,
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The path that I've outlined - moving our people from shelters or the homes of in-laws or friends and into hotels and transitional trailer communities here in Louisiana - gives our people hope, ... It gives them a clear path that they can see, a path that will help them get their lives together and get them home to Louisiana.
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We pray that the loss of life is very limited, but we fear that is not the case.
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There are no fuel supplies, ... You can't buy gasoline at will to get in and out. You may end up stranded on the highway.
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We didn't lose as many lives as had been predicted although we're still in the process of finding those we lost.
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I care for you. I want to make life safer and better for you.
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When your whole system, your whole civilized system goes down, this is pretty much what you get left with. We have no communications, no running water, no electricity, no real help.