If anyone is wondering what Karl Rove is doing....

[Cocoa]

and what the FUCK was the Wash Post thinking running this story based only on an anonymous White House source? Did they check with Blanco before running the story?

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054596

'Wash Post' Runs A Key Katrina Correction

By E&P Staff

Published: September 04, 2005 11:30 PM ET

NEW YORK In its Sunday edition, the Washington Post quoted a "senior Bush official" that "as of Saturday Blanco still had not declared a state of emergency." This, of course, was meant to make the governor look foolish and spread the blame around for the disastrous response to the disaster, though it was hard to imagine on what grounds the newspaper would quote an unnamed source in this case.

Several hours of blogosphere howling ensued. Later in the day, the Post ran this correction, or rather, 180-degree turn:

"A Sept. 4 article on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina incorrectly said that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D) had not declared a state of emergency. She declared an emergency on Aug. 26."

[leftchick]

1. too late

Karl's lies are already embedded in the tiny brains of the uninformed.

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. Oh boy! Isn't that the truth!

I shouldn't be surprised how quickly all the FReepers and kool aid chuggers got on the same page, really. :wow:

[Be Brave]

2. Rove plays dirty. I suspect he's a student of third world dictators. n/t

[kentuck]

3. It's obvious he's now back on the job...

setting up photo ops for the Chimp. His vacation may have been a few days too long...

[MadeinOhio]

4. Its going to backfire.....His image is going to be toast. n/t

[Cha]

6. Well, it's good to know for me..cause when

a freeper tries to get in my face with that "no state emergency" Bullshit I will throw it back that .."Yes, she DID, on August 26, 2005!

And nero was fiddling around as usual.

[Cocoa]

7. did ANY of the Wash Post reporters verify with Blanco?

there are SIX FUCKING REPORTERS credited on this story.

Anyone have their email addresses? Let's DEMAND they tell us who that source was, and why they had to be anonymous on something so simply factual like this. A governor's declaration of emergency is hardly a secret.

Spencer Hsu
Manuel Roig-Franzia
Justin Blum
Dana Milbank
Jacqueline L. Salmon
Josh White