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[novapsyche]

Brown: Politics played role in Katrina response

Political storm clouds gathered again over the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina as former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown said party politics influenced decisions on whether to take federal control of Louisiana and other areas affected by the hurricane.

[...] Brown, speaking at the Metropolitan College of New York, said he had recommended to President Bush that all 90,000 square miles along the Gulf Coast affected by the devastating hurricane be federalized — a term Brown explained as placing the federal government in charge of all agencies responding to the disaster.

"Unbeknownst to me, certain people in the White House were thinking, 'We had to federalize Louisiana because she's a white, female Democratic governor, and we have a chance to rub her nose in it,'" he said, without naming names. "'We can't do it to Haley (Barbour) because Haley's a white male Republican governor. And we can't do a thing to him. So we're just gonna federalize Louisiana.'"

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[techno-shaman.livejournal.com]

Its unfortunate that she couldnt prove those statements were made.
If she could, it would help remove alot of assholes from their jobs.
Heres to hoping that she is only sensationalizing the thing (as politicians of all creed are wont to do), and the people in charge arent so petty that they would let people die over something as stupid as political purchase.
~Zephyr~

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Well, Mr. Brown could sign an affidavit and actually name names. But he's still protecting specific Republicans, even though he's been scapegoated by them.