Just reported on MSNBC. How many more will follow?
“Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job”
“I’m turning in my resignation today,” Brown said. “I think it’s in the best interest of the agency and the best interest of the president to do that and get the media focused on the good things that are going on, instead of me.”
Brown, who said he last talked to Bush five or six days ago, said the resignation was his idea. He spoke on Saturday to White House chief of staff Andy Card, who did not request his departure, according to Brown.
Of course the White House didn’t demand his resignation. They reward mediocrity. Word is he was in line for Secretary of State…
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And Chertoff and Bush.
Well if there is any decency and/or common sense, Nagins and Blanco will be as honorable as Brown.
Dugger
Is that the same mediocre Secretary of State that your hero, Barack Obama (or, Osama bin Osama Obama, if you’re Ted Kennedy after five Jamesons) voted to confirm?
Why does Barack Obama reward mediocrity?
“You lost a heckuva job there Brown Eye.”
OH Quaker – I get it – crap in crap out…hmmm…interesting…
I can’t imagine that the nominator will do any less crap nominee’s in the 3 years he has left…
“Why does Barack Obama reward mediocrity?”
I give up, PSU. Why does George W. Bush personify mediocrity?
Dugger,
Will Brown’s boss resign for nominating him in the first place? Sure, let them all resign. Goodbye Blanco. Goodbye Nagin. Goodbye Bush. Goodbye Barbour. Goodbye Chertoff.
Secretary of State… hell, he’ll just go back to working w/ Allbaugh or someone similar.
PSU94 WTF are you talking about? Or better still why?
Nevermind, it doesn’t matter – carry on
Don’t you love this heads-I-win-tails-you-lose form of political argument?
A Democrat votes against a Bush nominee is being obstructionist and voting aginst the nominee out of pure spitelful partisanship. But a Democrat who votes for a Bush nominee becomes part of the problem.
The problem isn’t with the votes for or against, the problem lies with the nominees and the nominator.
Wow! So Dugger’s best defense of Bush basically amounts to “Nagin and Blanco screwed up, too!”
Isn’t the President suppose to be a little more capable of handling this stuff than, oh…the mayor?
Since brown was up to his eyeballs in the Florida Election recount….you can be sure his resignation came with an offshore bank account…not a godl watch!.
I would also like to mention: Last week after Bush Cabinet meeting it was a nano- news blurb that disappeared faster than usual out of this administration:
The Cabinet had “…..found the flaw within Homeland Security and FEMA pre-planning for catastrophic events……”they had not considered the possibility of first responders being incapacitated…”
And to quote the man himself: ‘We don’t believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.’ G.W.BUSH
That just says it all!
“Unfortunately both are on the public record with their idiocies.”
This is how Republicans try to get Bush off the hook. Pathetic. Go back to bed, Dugger.
elrod, No
However, if Nagins and Blanco can clearly demonstrate that it was not solely their own horrific and deadly incompetence in play, and can pinpoint some of their underlings at fault, then they could be saved. Unfortunately both are on the public record with their idiocies. Somebody better tell Empty Nagins that at this point he is off on the New Orleans death toll by a mere factor of 5000% . Not bad Mr Mayor. After all, you are a Democrat and you may have been thinking about the ratio of tax revenues spent versus received. New Orleans is so lucky. Yeah, keep this guy.
Dugger
No one is trying to get Bush off the hook, nor should he be. It’s just that some of us believe that others should be joining Bush on the hook.
Maybe the Repubs will understand WHY Dems are “obstructionists” now.
Eh, I doubt it.
Quick, start picking on this guy:
“R. David Paulison, head of FEMA’s emergency preparedness force, will lead the beleaguered agency, according to three administration sources who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement had not yet been made.
Paulison is a career firefighter from Miami who was among emergency workers responding to Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and the crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Florida Everglades in 1996, according to a biography posted on FEMA’s Web site. He also has led the U.S. Fire Administration since December 2001, according to the site.
As chief of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department, Paulison led 1,900 personnel under a $200 million operating budget. He was also in charge of Dade County’s emergency management office, according to his biography.”
Hedley, at this point, the only thing I can see wrong with the selection of Paulison is that it wasn’t done long ago.
‘Maybe the Repubs will understand WHY Dems are obstructionists now.’
Exactly what every Dem should be saying as loud as possible until 2006: We are trying to protect the country from Bush’s rampant cronysim.
“Rummy you’re doing a heck of a job.”
“Rove you’re going a heck of a job.”
“Wolfie you’re doing a heck of a job.”
“Dick you’re doing a heck of a job.”
I can picture Bush sitting in his golf cart, hitting the cell phone speed dial.
JK
Here is what every democratic senator should say:
Mr Roberts, I was prepared to vote for your confirmation after only a few windowdressing questions. Now, however, even some of the presidents supporters are chastizing us for applying insufficient scrutiny his previous incompetent nominations. Therefore, Mr Roberts, prepare to have your ass grilled like a swordfish steak.
I think Wilbur and Johnny are on to something here.
Dugger,
You are aware that the first person to float the 10,000 figure was Republican Senator David Vitter, are you? Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if the total Katrina figure was in the thousands – if you include the outer parishes and Mississippi.
And as for idiotic statements, how about when Bush said, “Nobody ever thought the levees would break,” when he was personally briefed on that possibility by NHC Director Max Mayfield 48 hours before the hurricane hit. If idiotic statements and personal failiings are the prerequisites for resignation, I expect Bush to resign any time soon.
elrod,
I think Vitter overstated, but he carefully caveated his remarks with words to the effect that they were only his estimate for Louisiana. Nagins lashed out at the people around him and first spouted off about thousands of deaths and then mentioned the magic 10,000 – in New Orleans alone. Nagins is the King Daddy of hyperbole and incompetence and gross overstatement and should resign Can you imagine have him and Blanco together if another hurricane hits. Wonder whose fault it would be then: the closest geographical Republican no doubt. Theres no doubt Vitter and Landrieu have been emotional and exceeded logic and also overstated things, but their “crimes” are dwarfed by those of Blanco and Nagins. Both should resign ASAP. I just hope there’s not another hurricane with them in charge.
Dugger