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More Louisiana Republicans blame the poor Hurricane Katrina response on President Obama than Bush

Hurricane Katrina went down as one of the five deadliest hurricanes in United States history - resulting in 1,833 deaths and approximately $81 billion in property damage. This occurred in August of 2005, when George W. Bush was serving his second term as president. Bush's delayed and awful response played a major factor in his plummeting approval ratings in the succeeding months and years of his tenure.

Why do I bring this up now - 8 years after the fact? Because Public Policy Polling (PPP) just released a poll which asked Louisiana Republicans the following question - "Who do you think was more responsible for the poor response to Hurricane Katrina: George W. Bush or Barack Obama?"

The results for this question are:

George W. Bush - 28%

Barack Obama - 29%

Not sure - 44%

I'm not sure which is worse - the fact that more Louisiana Republicans feel that Barack Obama is more responsible for the poor response to Hurricane Katrina than George W. Bush, when Bush was president at the time of the disaster, or that 44% weren't sure who was more to blame.

With results like these, I imagine Louisiana Republicans would also believe the following:

- Hillary Clinton was to blame for the Great Recession

- Barack Obama was to blame for Iran-Contra

- Bill Clinton was to blame for Watergate

- Jimmy Carter was to blame for the Great Depression

- Marilyn Manson was to blame for the Holocaust

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/obama-hurricane-katrina_n_3790612.html

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-louisiana-gopers-unsure-if-katrina-response-was

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  1. AnonymousAugust 25, 2013 at 10:21 PM

    Wait, you mean Marilyn Manson WASN'T to blame for the Holocaust? *scoff* My life has been a lie...

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    1. The RozAugust 28, 2013 at 10:00 PM

      Yeah, I know, right? So what if Manson was born in '69 and the Holocaust occurred just a FEW years prior to that? ::sighs::

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