2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFailed Bush FEMA director Michael Brown doubles down on criticism of Obama's Sandy response
Current FEMA director Craig Fugate gave former Bush FEMA director Michael "Heckuva job, Brownie" Brown's criticism of President Barack Obama for acting too quickly in response to Hurricane Sandy exactly as much respect as it deserves:
"Its better to be fast than to be late."
That really could be expanded to "it's better to be fast and competent than late and incompetent," but people will probably get the point, anyway. But Brown, who is apparently now a talk radio host, seems to be taking the view that getting his name into the news is good, even if it mostly serves to remind people of his inaction as an American city drowned. So he doubled down:
"In the context of the election, I simply said he should have waited," Brown said. "The storm was still forming, people were debating whether it was going to be as bad as expected, or not, and I noted that the president should have let the governors and mayors deal with the storm until it got closer to hitting the coastal areas along the Washington, D.C.-New York City corridor."
In the context of the election? No, see, disaster response is something you do not in the context of elections but in the context of disasters that need responding to. What Brown is trying to argue here is that Obama responded quickly because of the election, I think, but that would be an example of the soft bigotry of expecting Obama to respond to disasters at the level Brown's old boss did. As for letting the governors and the mayors deal with the storm, New Jersey governor and fierce Republican partisan Chris Christie has praised Obama's response.
Some people really have no shame.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/31/1153238/-Failed-Bush-FEMA-director-Michael-Brown-doubles-down-on-criticism-of-Obama-s-Sandy-response
SubgeniusHasSlack
(276 posts)they are down in.
Socially unacceptable.
rightsideout
(978 posts)If he was paying attention he would have known how big the storm was.
It's obvious from his lack of knowledge on this storm and the Katrina he still doesn't know what he's talking about.
What an ass.
rightsideout
(978 posts)When I said "Um Duh" it was directed at Brownie. Not anyone here.
beac
(9,992 posts)If you want to edit/clarify your post after you posted it you can click on the "Edit Post" link and make any changes you want.
And a belated WELCOME to DU!
votetastic
(356 posts)so stop trying
catbyte
(34,472 posts)What a FABULOUS idea.
Does he realize how ludicrous he sounds? Naah, he's a Republican.
ncgrits
(916 posts)My mama taught me that if u can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all.... That was pretty nice.
smorkingapple
(827 posts)You'd think these guys would be in the 9/11 truther, birther, realm by now, but no, we still pay attention to them.
Kber
(5,043 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,049 posts)Big mistakes. Scored too many touchdowns early in the game.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)The President doesn't declare an emergency in a state until the state's governor asks for it. As for waiting, new legislation after Katrina allowed for more proactive declarations of emergency to help avoid future Katrinas. Too much time can be lost by waiting until the storm hits. Many things can happen to prepare for a storm if an emergency can be declared in advance of the storm.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)So revolting.