So... Is Brownie gonna get fired or not?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

[BlueJac]

1. Bush NEVER admit mistakes....

I say no, he might promote him or give him a medal like Tenet!

[skooooo]

2. maybe, maybe no....does it matter?

I think this fury is building against Bush. Brown is a small matter relative to the anger the people feel toward Bush and his entire criminal administration.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. It's actually a relatively small matter. But I find it astounding that

shrubco would try to go a whole 8 years and never even ONCE fire anyone, make them take the blame for ANYTHING, other than over loyalty issues like Paul O'Neill.

[mod mom]

6. Competence doesn't matter only loyalty with these thugs.

[skooooo]

10. I saw someone suggest....

that Brownie will probably "resign" in order not to be a "distraction" to the administration.

That sounds plausible, but they are all so arrogant, who knows?

[Rainscents]

4. No, never! Brownie will get medal of honor.

[librechik]

9. agreed

he did a magnificent job

:sarcasm:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

19. by bush standards he was magnificent

He never disagreed with bush, he gave bush all the deference he needs and he is a neocon.
Those factors alone entitle him to a medal.

I am convinced that he will get the same award that Tenet and Bremer received.

[Botany]

5. If I were him I would not be buying any real estate aroung DC

it is not a matter of if .... but when .....

HE LET PEOPLE DIE eos

[Snotcicles]

7. Not while there is still money to funnel n/t

[Pam-Moby]

8. Well the Chimp has made his stand on

Brown-So the Chimp likes him because he carries out his orders very well. So I think he will be around for sometime. IMO just like all of the other thugs. :argh:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

15. 'Brownie' is very much like the chimp. A fratboy out of his depth, picked

for his job for entirely political reasons having nothing to do with competency or leadership abilities. Chimp probably identifies strongly with him.

[laylah]

11. not a chance n/t

[Brother Buzz]

12. The window of opportunity to fire Brown has passed...

Bush* can't fire him now because he (Bush*) would take too much heat. I expect Brown will simply be placed on a shelf and never spoken of again by Bushco.

[CanOfWhoopAss]

13. If we're lucky he'll offer to resign. Otherwise we are screwed. eom

[TahitiNut]

14. He'll get a Medal of Freedom

:shrug:

[gratuitous]

16. Why would Brownie get fired?

His boss thinks he's doing a heckuva job, and I haven't seen anything anywhere that tells me Bush has changed his opinion on the matter.

You get fired when you do what the boss doesn't like. Brownie's boss really, REALLY liked the way po' folks were wiped out in New Orleans through Brownie's ineptitude.

[killbotfactory]

17. He's doing a heck of a job, why would he be fired?

nobody could have done a better job of saving the city of louisiana from the ravages of hurricane corrina

[KerryOn]

18. Hell No - Bush will give him a medal! n/t

[ModerateLee]

20. Yes, but...

Who would do the firing? The fox watching the chicken coop?

[newswolf56]

21. Asking if Brown will be fired assumes Bush hired him to run FEMA as...

a humanitarian disaster-relief agency. But what if Bush hired Brown for an entirely different purpose: to run a vote-buying campaign before the 2004 election and, afterward, to reward Republican areas (as he has done in Florida, Mississippi and Alabama) and punish Democratic ones -- punish them or, worse, subject them to the political and socioeconomic "cleansing" of deliberate genocide-by-neglect. In this context, reflect on Bush's repeated comments that Brown is doing a superb job: given the Bush policy of ever-intensifying class warfare, these comments are no doubt absolutely (and horrifically) true.

[PretzelWarrior]

22. why? He's doing a heck of a job.

I believe when Bush declares himself Emperor, Brown will be the next Secretary of State. He may not be brown, but his name is good enough to allow him to slide in after winning the Nobel Peace Prize and Presidential Medal of being a kick ass good guy.

[NV Whino]

23. Naw. He'll get the medal of honor.

[OKDem08]

25. let shrub maintain that position

it will only quicken his demise.

[ramapo]

24. Wouldn't he be the first?

Has anybody been fired for doing a bad job? Only the truthtellers have been fired by this administration.

[CantGetFooledAgain]

26. This is NOT a small matter

BushCo NEVER admits mistakes. To either fire Brownie or accept his resignation would be the first exception to this rule. It would be highly significant, as would the choice of his successor. An experienced emergency manager, anyone? This choice itself, a no-brainer, would be a de facto admission of incomptetence in choosing Brownie in the first place.

BushCo is against the wall here, big time. That's why Pelosi is on it. It's politics in a time of tragedy, but it's politics for a noble purpose.

[onenote]

27. resigns with praise from chimpy

Here's how it will happen:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4701704&mesg_id=4701823

onenote

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

28. He'll probably be nominated for Supreme Court. He is a lawyer after all...