Bush’s FEMA Director During Katrina Criticizes Obama For Responding To Sandy Too Quickly

[ashling]

Source: Think Progress

Former FEMA Director Michael Brown offered criticism of President Obama’s early responses to Hurricane Sandy yesterday, including a dig at the administration’s response to last month’s attack in Libya.

Yesterday, ahead of the storm’s pummeling of the eastern seaboard, Brown gave an interview to the local alternative paper, the Denver Westword, on how he believed the Obama administration was responding to Sandy too quickly and that Obama had spoken to the press about Sandy’s potential effect too early.

Brown turned then to a reliable right-wing attack on the President’s response to the attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi that killed four Americans:

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/10/30/1110901/bush-fema-director-katrina-hits-obama-sandy/?mobile=nc

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Blah, blah, blah blah, blah blah

No, this is not the Onion


also Hardball

‘Heckuva job Brownie’ rips Obama for moving too fast on Hurricane Sandy

Michael Brown doesn’t think President Obama is doing a ‘heckuva job.’ The problem, says Brownie? Obama’s disaster relief efforts are moving too fast.

[valerief]

1. Brownie, you and Annie should go put the feedbags on your dancing horses and stay the fuck

out of politics.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

70. Exactly

[Volaris]

81. I concur...for a party trying to do everything possible to get the American People to FORGET BushCo,

and how much they sucked outright at, well, basically EVERYTHING they tried to do, trotting out this motherfucker, of ALL people, seems... counter-productive?, and that's a NICE way to put it....

maybe they really are just this stupid lol.

[fishwax]

2. Nobody cares what you think, Brownie.

[ashling]

5. Oh, no ... by all means, Brownie, go on

The comparison couldn't be starker

first Christie effusively praising the presidents "pro-active leadership"
(as opposed to Romney's retroactive nature)

and now this. It is a gift ...

[freshwest]

8. +1. Yup, sure, Brownie, you tell 'im! You did such a great job during Katrina:

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[Stargazer09]

92. Linkin Park really did a good job with that video

I loved them before seeing this, but I love them even more now.

[msanthrope]

3. The Onion is not LBN. Oh, wait.....nt

[99th_Monkey]

32. That was my first thought too. The GOP is putting the Onion out of business

by actually DOING AND SAYING what once could only be found in the Onion
.... back in the day.

[FVZA_Colonel]

80. At this point, if the Onion were to ever shut down, their last issue would be a single sheet long,

and would consist of the words "WE QUIT!!!" over an image of a pile of their corpses in the middle of their office.

Because, at this point, where on Earth could they go from here?

[xtraxritical]

79. Does everyone know what LBN means?

[SkyDaddy7]

85. Latest Breaking News

I think.

[xtraxritical]

96. I'm just not reading anymore posts where I have to ask what the acronyms mean.

It's bullshit.

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. Yea, let's wait until people are climbing onto their roofs

to escape the onslought of flood water. Or until they've run out of food and water while imprisoned in the 'shelter of last resort'. Or until the cops start shooting at unarmed survivors trying to leave the city on foot.

Oh, wait . . . wrong hurricane.

[CTyankee]

20. don't forget the photos of floating bodies in New Orleans...

[eyewall]

22. Better yet, let's wait a few days past that point.

Then it really would be deja vu.

[christx30]

31. A few days on

The roof is good for you. Builds character. Starving and being shot at by cops builds even more character. Dont want to come to the aid of people too early. They won't have the opportunity to find their bootstraps under the water.

[SoapBox]

6. THANKS for reminding America, about the SHIT job you and Bush Co. did...

Good timing, idiot...to remind millions of us what a "heckuva" job YOU did!

Another worthless Bush Co. asshole.

[hockeynut57]

7. you have to wait more poor people die before you send help nt

[Sophiegirl]

9. Seriously!!!

I mean...Seriously too early. I guess being prepares for a disaster is just stupid?

[dickthegrouch]

94. He knows too high a bar is being set for a GOP led FEMA

He's already making excuses for the next disaster that they're in charge of. Which I hope is never.

[chelsea0011]

10. He's right. He should have waited until hundreds of dead bodies were

floating around before a response. What a load of crap from a failure of a human being.

[KansDem]

11. In keeping with the tradition of the Bushistas...

Brown would have said, "This damage wasn't done by Hurricane Sandy. It was another one named "Hurricane Saddam!"

[elbloggoZY27]

12. Bad Comment

I was waiting for such a comment.


Seems to me the President stepped in since Sandy had no sense of humor.

President Obama stands much taller then former President Bush.

[appleannie1]

13. Funny. I have not heard of thousands deceased like when you headed FEMA

[Blue Owl]

14. Heckuva dumbass.

n/t

[funkhowser1]

18. Yeah Brownie ...

Did someone approve your clothing before you appeared on TV? And, like daddy, like son, when daddy Bush left Miami to hang after Hurricane Andrew, when Homestead Air Force base was wiped off the map. Gone and never rebuilt. State officials had to embarrass him into acting, begging for the calvary to come help with the devastation.

[Berlum]

15. What an ass clown. Not surprisingly, he's a Republican FAIL freak.

[beac]

16. Thanks for the great reminder of how inept the REPUBLICAN president was

handling a similar issue and what hypocrites Republicans are in general.

Heckuva job, Brownie!

[wordpix]

25. yes, we're thankful for that, a-hole (Brownie, not beac)

[the_chinuk]

17. Well, he'd know about that, wouldn't he? n/t

[davsand]

19. How's 'bout YOU go stand on your roof waiting for help to come while the floodwaters surge.

Let's see how long you think it should take to get some help after that experience. Maybe you'd prefer to go to the Superdome for a few days and wait there along with a few kerjillion of the other disenfranchised residents of your city...



Nauseating. Absolutely fucking nauseating.



Laura

[onecent]

21. BWAAAAAAA Doncha just LOVE it??????????????????????????????????? N/T

[ThoughtCriminal]

23. Gen. Custer criticizes Sitting Bull's tactics

But thanks Brownie, just in case anybody need a reminder of how Republicans handle this sort of emergency.

[ashling]

27. This is like John Wilkes Booth

criticizing Lincoln for leaving before the second act

[wordpix]

24. spoken by one of the * appointees with zero credibility

what an assshat

[leftyohiolib]

26. please proceed, brownie

[LaPera]

28. "Brownie" you lying partisan republican prick - Shut The Fuck Up! Fucking loser!!

[argiel1234]

29. yea, Obama should have waited around

for a few days strumming a guitar and then sent in armed private contractors to shoot the "looters"

Im SO glad that Bush is no where near any levers of power anymore

[benld74]

30. Whatever he's smoking makes you say stoopid stuf!!!!

[Rider3]

33. Ask those who need the help if it got there too soon.

What an ass.

[JDPriestly]

34. Did we EVER get an accurate count on those who died due to Katrina?

[Tribalceltic]

51. No and we never will

There were far too many "entire" families that were lost that were not recorded. Gov't estimates were around 2,000. That was under Bush and subject to a lot of guesswork. People who were there and worked it as disaster relief or citizens think the number may be as much as twice that. Many who received the red cross or FEMA money cards have "disappeared" after the money was gone.

[Plucketeer]

35. Hey! I got a "brownie".

OH....... so THAT'S how he got that nickname!

[ck4829]

36. Oh. My. God.

[Wind Dancer]

38. Exactly my reaction!

You just can't make this $hit up!

[Liberal1975]

37. Wow!

You would think that, regardless of what he felt the effectiveness of the response was or wasn't that he would keep it to himself. Is he not aware of just how spectacularly he shit the bed? Heckuva of a moron. Does he really think he is in a position to criticize disaster relief administration? What's next? Chaney writing a treatise on hunting safety tips? These douche bags are unbelievable.

[MyOwnPeace]

54. O!M!G!

My keyboard will NEVER be the same!

Cheney writing hunting safety tips?

[heaven05]

39. hundreds died on his watch.

he's got a lot of nerve.

[electionwatcher]

40. No shame!

These people have no shame! Ask the people suffering in the wake of Sandy if they think the President should be dealing with the crisis more slowly. The President is demonstrating what a true leader does in a situation like this. Even Gov. Christie acknowledges this.

[and-justice-for-all]

41. What kind of a shithead says shit like that??!!

WTF!!

[ProfessorGAC]

95. Exactly My Take

This is so dumb, why would anybody say it. If he meant "overreacting" he should have said that, but it would be hard to overreact to sattelite images of a storm with a 300 mile diameter.

At least "overreact" would have made SOME sense. It would be wrong, but still have made some sense.

His statement is just pure stupidity.

[Zoeisright]

42. Fuck you, Brownie.

Go crawl back under your rock, you turd.

[Andy Stanton]

45. My Feelings Exactly

[okwmember]

55. + 1

[LiberalAndProud]

43. Brown's self delusion knows no limit. He really thinks he did a heckofajob on Katrina.

Typical Republican bureaucrat -- clueless and heartless.

[olddad56]

44. Obama was going to get critizied one way or another.

[Bossy Monkey]

46. Heckuva douchebag, Brownie. n/t

[felix_numinous]

47. Better too early

than too little too late. Major Fail.

[cheezmaka]

48. What will these Republicans say NEXT!!!

How many crazy people are in their PARTY?

[The Last Democrat]

60. All of them!

[LisaMCdonald]

49. the Boy scout 6 p's

Somebody was not in the Boy scout if he was he would know the Boy Scout 6 P's -
P.........Proper
P.........Prior
P.........Planning
P.........Prevents
P.........Poor
P.........Performance

Brownie

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

50. George Armstrong Custer criticizes military leaders who withdraw too quickly

[lexx21]

52. Oh yeah, like this asshole has a stellar record

of how to deal with storm devastation. According to the GOP hurricanes are caused by either gay marriage or the populous not wanting the storm to go away bad enough.

F&*king moron.

[TBF]

53. That loser should keep his mouth shut after the mess he made during Katrina. nt

[struggle4progress]

56. It's always great to hear from one of the horsemen of the apocalypse

[mysuzuki2]

57. Absolutly amazing! Only a rethuglican would make such asinine self serving political statements

during a disaster of this sort.

[GiveMeFreedom]

58. Fuck this guy

and Bush for that matter. Who gives a fuck what this asshole says?

[tufnel]

59. These guys..

Are fucking unbelievable.

[Ken Burch]

61. Why would ANY paper interview "Brownie"? especially an ALTERNATIVE paper?

Did their espresso bar reviewer miss a deadline or something?

[Amonester]

62. Now, is there something else outrageous these snakes haven't said yet??

They are (were) only in it for the money would be too truthful.

One more proof any of them snakes should evah come close to where the secret codes are hidden.

[Kablooie]

63. What the hell is WRONG with these people!?

It's one thing to have alternative, conservative views on policy but the right has become a huge, bubbling mass of stupidity and moronic idiocy.

How the hell can anyone have faith in these buffoons?
They are constantly embarrassing themselves and they don't even know it.

[cheezmaka]

74. As the saying always goes...

It takes one to know one...(unless the person is totally "clueless" and gullible)

[adirondacker]

64. He should've followed Shrub's lead...

[MrsBrady]

65. ok, so him saying this is

equivalent to a student who gets an F in a class, criticizing the kid who gets an A.

Whatever

[AndyA]

66. Yeah, because it's always best to wait

Until rats are chewing on dead human bodies floating in the street before you ask the President to do a fly over...and even then, no rush to provide aid...they can go to an arena with broken plumbing, a bad roof, and not enough food.

After all, it's still better than what they had, right?

[caseymoz]

67. Or, again, not The Onion

There have been so many times in this campaign where you honestly couldn't tell the difference.

We should invent an Onion icon with a line through it just to signify when a story isn't. Because it's been happening so many times.

[shanti]

68. Fuck off, Brownie

your opinion is totally unnecessary here!

[Plaid Adder]

69. Oh my God, Brown, CRAWL BACK UNDER YOUR ROCK AND ROT THERE.

That incompetent, callous bastard.

I will never forgive him, or W., for their criminal incompetence regarding Katrina. Never.

The Plaid Adder

[clydefrand]

71. Maybe we should send this to Chris Christe

What a dumb asshole.

[lunasun]

72. K

[BadGimp]

73. and Todays AssClown Awards goes to...

Heckofajob Brownie

[skeewee08]

75. Oh No He Didn't......

[Harry_Scrote]

76. ??

Is he still reeling about his own abysmal record during Katrina, so is trying to wash the blood on his hands by sullying the waters about O's FEMA response? I can't understand his m.o. here.

[jsr]

77. Son of a bitch

[TomCADem]

78. Complete Useless. Did Bush Appoint Him to Justify FEMA Destruction?

That is the only way you can explain such stupidity.

[Contrary1]

82. I agree; far more important things President Obama could have done instead of responding quickly...

[AllyCat]

83. Fuck these people. Who cares what this boot-licking crony thinks?

Just because he and his boss couldn't be troubled to get off their duffs to help anyone after the Gulf was decimated, doesn't mean he can then sit in his armchair and criticize those of us who actually give a shit.

Jerk.

[oNobodyo]

84. Translation "Obama not thinning the herd fast enough"

Moo?

[Yul A]

86. Well

Brownie certainly has the requisite IQ to serve in a Romney Administration.

[sofa king]

87. Dear Brownie: Heckuva job. With love from DU

He could have shooed the press away or simply stated that there were people working hard and now is not the time to criticize their performance. I recall his associates pointing out exactly that in the weeks after Katrina.

But NOOOO! Michael Brown is a Bush guy, and that means that he's evil and totally incompetent at the same time.

So here he is, finger-painting his swastikas backwards and reminding everyone of the differences between a scholar's Presidency and a see-and-spell Presidency. If Romney had half a chance left, it's gone now--which certainly pleases Jeb Bush even if he didn't put Brownie up to it.

Heckova job, Brownie!

[klook]

88. "Please Proceed, Horsemaster Brown,

and by the way, weren't those Arabian horses?? Are you a Muslim Jihadist Equestrian?"

[spiderpig]

89. Ain't he a peach?

These rethugs have no shame. Absolutely none.

And Brownie will always have my contempt for criminally neglecting New Orleans, one of my favorite places in the world. He killed people. Lots of them.

What a cretin.

[Javaman]

90. brownie is blow away at the audacity of competent people doing their jobs. nt

[durablend]

91. I'm shocked the media haven't touched it yet

"Clearly Mr Brown is onto something here...maybe we should look into it"

[ehrnst]

93. "They should wait until the cleanup has ended to come in and help." - Ryan (nt)

[Raster]

97. Headline: Worst FEMA head ever "heck-of-a-job Brownie" criticizes Obama....

....FOR RESPONDING TOO EARLY TO SANDY!

I'm sorry Brownie, was the East Coast supposed to completely drown first?

Not enough loss of life, Brownie?

Asshole, Asshole, Asshole (R).

[Blue_Tires]

98. WHY even interview him when you already know what he'd say?

that newspaper should have left him under that rock they kicked over...

[Supersedeas]

99. Don't you love it when the Bushies decide to crawl out from under a rock to make themselves public

When they do go public, it is still as nasty, disgusting and bitter as ever.

[marias23]

100. Obama Guilty of Premature Elucidation

[Science Geek]

101. I didn't think my opinion of Brown could be lowered...

...I was wrong.