Brown Defends Himself Over FEMA Response

AP/Yahoo News ^ | Tue Sep 27, 3:22 AM ET | LARA JAKES JORDAN

[cake_crumb]

The live, on-the-ground reports coming from the ground during Katrina were that the city had been mostly spared.

[sageb1]

I've been sitting here watching Brown with my mouth hanging open. Screw the media people who are commenting now. Brown is right. They want contrition? Why? Will the media be contrite? Will Nagin be contrite? Will Blanco be contrite? When they say Bush apologized, they forget how that apology was worded. "I am responsible to the extent that FEMA might have done a better job." (Or words to that effect). I give Brown credit for having the balls to stand up for himself and his agency and for putting the blame where it belongs.

[OXENinFLA]

"....That Louisiana was dysfunctional."

LOL!!

[Spunky]

LOL! I guess I am the turtle.

[Mo1]

The Media wanted a head on a stick and blame the President ... that is why they went after Brown

Yes, mistakes were made .. But the Media owes him an apology for all their Bogus reporting

[bornintexas]

He just said that his biggest mistake was not recognizing by Saturday that Lousiana officials were incompetent. LOL....(that was an understatement!)

[maica]

the Dems. are protesting this for some reason.

Because they are afraid of the truth


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Amazing, isn't it. They are cowards. They cannot spin the incompetence of Gov Blanco, in direct comparison to the Govs in her adjoining states, so they act like ostriches.

Uh-oh, William Jefferson Democrat Louisiana is now attempting to defend LA officials. What chutzpah!

[Rebelbase]

Representative William Jefferson, Louisiana (D) up to bat.

"I find it stunning that you lay blame for FEMA's failings on the Governor of La and the Mayor of New Orleans."

[Spunky]

Rep William Jefferson, says he is appalled that they started out laying the blame on Nagin, and Blanco.

[Rebelbase]

"Gov. Blanco requested a declaration of Disaster 3 days before landfall, The President declared it 2 days before landfall".

[bornintexas]

I thought that no dimwits were going to be there.....what's up with Rep. Jefferson being there???? He said he wasn't apart of the committee just felt like he should be there? Now he's getting onto Brown for blaming Blanco and Nagin..

[cake_crumb]

Jefferson? The guy who pulled TWO NG trucks and a rescue chopper from the rescue effort just so he could get to his posh, NON-FLOODED house and take some incriminating evidence out (IMO, anyhow; he's under investigation for misuse of campaign funds)

[Spunky]

"Gov. Blanco requested a declaration of Disaster 3 days before landfall,...

But she didn't call for a MANDATORY evacuation, did she Mr. Jefferson?

[jp3]

Michael Brown: Is there a question in there, William Jefferson Democrat Louisiana?

[Rebelbase]

Jefferson now falling back onto FEMA's worst case scenario of a major hurricane hitting South La. "the response capability of state and local would be overwhelmed".


Claiming that there was sufficent warning in published articles that should have led FEMA to coordinate with State/Local well before Katrina.

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I wonder if the fine mayor of NO will ever be descirbed as, "Embattled"? Or perhaps we'll soon read about the "Embattled" governor of LA? Probably not.

[Rebelbase]

Jefferson is hip deep in questionable La. politics same as Nagin and Blanco. Who better to cover for them?

[Spunky]

"Jefferson? The guy who pulled TWO NG trucks and a rescue chopper from the rescue effort just so he could get to his posh, NON-FLOODED house and take some incriminating evidence out (IMO, anyhow; he's under investigation for misuse of campaign funds)"

You got to be joking. Is he really the guy who did that? How in the world did they let him on this panel?

[maica]

The question will come at nine minutes 54 seconds into his alloted time.

[KC_Conspirator]

Brown said Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin "sparred during the crisis and could not work together cooperatively." He also described Blanco as "indecisive" and refusing to cede control of the Louisiana National Guard to federal authorities because "it would have undercut her image politically."

Because that is the truth about what happened at New Orleans.