More r0mney fail: "As governor, Mitt Romney failed Massachusetts when disaster struck"

[geckosfeet]

As governor, Mitt Romney failed Massachusetts when disaster struck

Mitt Romney is all about dismantling the federal government's role in emergency management and putting the states in charge, which sort of raises the question of how Romney responded to emergencies when he was governor of Massachusetts. Would it surprise you to hear that the answer is "not well"? In fact, Romney failed Massachusetts at both preparedness and response, as the Huffington Post's Jason Cherkis and Ryan Grim report.

In 2004, Romney vetoed funding for flood prevention in recently flooded Peabody, Massachusetts. Romney claimed he didn't have enough information about the project, though local officials said they had given him lots of information. In 2006, Peabody flooded again. Romney was there for a photo op after the flood, but Peabody probably would have preferred to have had the funding to prevent flooding in the first place.

When the city of Greenfield flooded, in 2005, Romney was too busy traveling the nation positioning himself for a presidential run to find out the extent of the flooding or declare an emergency. The most senior person in his administration, the city's mayor, could get in touch with was the lieutenant governor's chief of staff.

So mitt, that's how you envision a leadership role.

OK, do we really want to see this brand of leadership on a national scale? I. Don't. Think. So.

[tanyev]

1. Didn't even host a food drive for canned goods?

Boy, he's really exerting himself right now.