LOS ANGELES Apr 23, 2006 (AP)— Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sharply criticized the Bush administration Saturday for refusing to declare a pre-emptive federal disaster for California's fragile levees.
President Bush offered California some aid Friday, issuing a rare directive letting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers help with badly needed levee repairs.
"I think the response that the federal government has given us is unacceptable," Schwarzenegger said. "We need the federal government to come in and help us so we can build the levees as quickly as possible."
The state would begin strengthening the levees in June regardless of federal help, he said.
"We're not going to wait for their response," Schwarzenegger said. "We have seen what happens in New Orleans when people waited for the federal government. Their response was terrible there and we don't want to be a victim of that."
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So, why didn't Ahnuld say: "The Republican-led Federal response was terrible, and we don't want to repeat that here"?
Spin, spin, spin.
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