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Kathleen "Blah, Blah" Blanco held a press conference today to announce that she had suddenly come to the realization that, she was indeed Governor of the state of Louisiana. "What a shock," she exclaimed, "when I realized I was the one in charge here." "I mean, I vaguely recall winning this election and moving to Baton Rouge but I guess I thought, it was like, winning a Publishers Clearinghouse contest or something." "I thought all I had to was live in this nice big mansion, hold press conferences, and shake taxpayers down for some money. I never realized I was expected to actually DO anything like mobilize the National Guard or coordinate relief efforts. Geesh, you think someone would have mentioned that to me before I got this far, right?"

In an interview with CNN the day prior, the Governor, forgetting her microphone was on and she was being filmed indicated to her press secretary that indeed she should have made it clear that she should have asked for federal troops sooner. She then went on to admit, when pressed on the issue, "...I really don't know what day it is at this point." "All I know is that it is George Bush's fault. He's the one running this show you know." At this point, the press secretary reminded the Governor again that she was the leader of the people of Louisiana. "Oh, damn, I keep forgetting. What was the name of that hurricane again? If I had known this job was going to be this complicated, I sure as heck would have thought twice about that whole election thingy."

Upon hearing this, Senator Mary "Fists of Iron" Landrieu stepped in and punched the Governor, knocking her out cold. "You want a piece of me, you want a piece of me," shrieked the Senator, "now where in the hell is the National Guard and that chopper. Momma needs to check out her beach house."

Thus ends another day in Louisiana politics were someone once remarked...."half this state is underwater and the other half is under indictment"