McLaughlin: You Should Have Gone to Kentucky, Mr. President

by Benjamin Domenech on 12:42 pm February 2, 2009

The state of Kentucky has, for the past six days, been under a state of emergency declared by Gov. Steve Beshear last Tuesday in the aftermath of heavy winter storms that knocked out power lines and is being followed by flooding as the snow melts. On Saturday, the state finally called up the entire Kentucky National Guard, its largest mobilization in its history, and the storms have been blamed for at least 42 deaths across the region. But President Obama is still at home.

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