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FBN’s Lou Dobbs separates the fact from the fiction in Obama’s 2007 speech on the government’s handling of Katrina.
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Where it looked up at a moderate.
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Come out the people domino Arlen.
They don't care about is much those folks down in New Orleans implying because they are black.
About the yeah.
The federal government.
The rest of us apparently didn't care about the folks in New Orleans in 2005 -- of course is then senator Barack Obama talking on.
The the fifth of June.
In 2007.
At video now obviously very.
Very well.
Documented -- The well the current president's view -- Korea mostly black audience of ministers that the country just doesn't terrorist much -- our black citizens as we do.
Our other citizens specifically -- Orleans residents.
What -- what -- wanted to do tonight is just put a few facts forward back get into the issue of all of the nonsense.
But what.
-- precisely what the president neglected to tell but audience are very influential black ministers.
And -- you decide.
Why he chose to leave information out.
Why he didn't tell them a number of things.
Why he didn't tell them for example that.
Less than two weeks before he gave that speech on the -- the June.
That he and bank had not voted to waive the Stafford act in question.
On the 24 of -- Of that same year.
He voted against a waiver.
On the -- -- which would of course permitted no responsibility on the part of state.
And local governments to provide one out of every ten dollars as he was telling an audience but vote by the way in -- -- state senate.
It was -- to fourteen.
Under the fourteen.
But the name.
Obama.
Voting against.
The waiver didn't contain a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq and so the senator said of course he couldn't vote for.
But it didn't tell those ministers that.
And while we're on the issue of how much federal aid was doled out after disasters.
As the president was pointing out -- hurricane -- talking about September 11.
September -- up.
Congress passed -- -- billion dollar.
-- twenty billion dollar.
Disaster relief measure toward -- billion dollars.
For hurricane Andrew congress approved eleven point one billion dollar -- disaster relief for hurricane and.
-- Eleven point one.
For Hurricane Katrina the federal government committed more.
-- 126.
Billion.
Dollars 126 billion dollars.
And yes 100% of that -- is obligation.
-- -- Stafford.
Law requirement for the locals state government to put up 10% of that.
126.
Billion typically the state testing packed pick up 25%.
Actual cost of between -- damage.
There's been estimated variously between -- -- -- 125 billion.
So Senator Obama was right.
We didn't treat Norman's different -- But unlike hurricane Andrew Marie provided aid for less than half of the damages in Katrina we supplied money into account.
For a 100% of the damages.
As they were estimated.
You have to ask yourself.
Why -- man seeking to the support.
Of that group of ministers.
Would make statements.
That didn't provide -- full.
The full scope of American.
Generosity.
To all.
Of ourselves.
