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President George W. Bush consoles a resident during a tour of hurricane damage in Punta Gorda, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004.

President George W. Bush receives a briefing on hurricane damage from FEMA Director Mike Brown in Punta Gorda, Florida, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004

President George W. Bush meets with public safety personnel at the Charlotte County Emergency Operations Center in Punta Gorda, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004.

President George W. Bush, aboard Marine One, surveys hurricane damage over Fort Myers, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004

President George W. Bush speaks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 16, 2004.

President George W. Bush speaks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 16, 2004

President George W. Bush reacts to the response of the audience before speaking to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 16, 2004.

President George W. Bush greets veterans after speaking to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 16, 2004.

It's interesting that FEMA and its Director, Mike Brown apparently did such a good job handing the FOUR hurricanes, one right after the other, in Florida in 2004, that we didn't hear anything negative from the media about him.

It was only after the storm surge of Katrina broke the already decrepit levees in New Orleans, that the MSM jumped all over him. And the all powerful 'racist' charge was leveled against both the President and FEMA, because so many of those affected by the levee breaches happened to be black. I guess all those white and black folks who lost their homes in the four storms in FL in 2004 didn't matter, nor did those who lost their homes and livelihoods on the MS Gulf Coast in Katrina.

The MSM hammered continually about Katrina, and FEMA's supposed inability to handle the situation without acknowledging the media's role in FEMA's hesitance to enter the city, because of the reports of shootings at emergency personnel. Nor did the MSM report the mishandling of the situation by Louisiana and New Orleans officials, because those people happened to be Democrats.