Fallout Over ‘Katrina’
Let the political fallout begin. Immediately following Hurricane Katrina, politicians started pointing fingers. Now with Ex-FEMA director in the hot seat at a House Committee meeting today, the fingers are out. The white house and Louisiana officials are blaming Michael Brown for poor management and Brown is blaming the Louisiana officials, Homeland Security, and the white house.
He also said that in the days before the storm, he expressed his concerns that “this is going to be a bad one” in phone conversations and e-mails with President Bush, White House chief of staff Andy Card and deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin.
It’s easy for Brown to blame others especially since he is no longer in any political seat. Popularity is no longer an issue for him since he is relatively hated at the moment. No democrats and republicans that are still holding any kind of political office are quick to blame Brown. Why not? They can see that the people have been calling for his head since the storm hit.
When will we know the truth? I say let’s not blame the individual but just admit that the collective group of the state and federal government messed up on this one. FEMA didn’t work close enough and push enough to obtain the proper equipment. Homeland Security didn’t follow through. Louisiana officials moved a little too slowly. How about they all just say “we f**ked up and we are going to fix this”. I would rather know that this political mess won’t happen again then to know who is at fault. What will blame fix? Will the people’s houses get rebuilt once we know Brown screwed up? Nope!
UPDATE: Brown is now blaming the media. LOL!! Brown was also quoted as saying…
“My biggest mistake was not recognizing by Saturday that Louisiana was dysfunctional,” two days before the storm hit, Brown told the panel.
And some attacks on him…
“I’m happy you left,” said Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn. “That kind of look in the lights like a deer tells me you weren’t capable of doing that job.”
Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., told Brown: “The disconnect was, people thought there was some federal expertise out there. There wasn’t. Not from you.”
