Angry White House Lashes Out At Katrina Critics

[Kadie]

Angry White House Lashes Out At Katrina Critics

POSTED: 2:35 pm PST February 13, 2006
UPDATED: 3:11 pm PST February 13, 2006


WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration on Monday pushed back hard against Katrina-response criticism leveled by ex-disaster agency chief Michael Brown and congressional investigators.

"I reject outright the suggestion that President George W. Bush was anything less than fully involved," said White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff "unequivocally and strongly" rejected suggestions that his agency was preoccupied with terror threats at the expense of preparing for natural disasters.

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Bush, who was traveling in Arizona and California the day the storm roared ashore, was "highly engaged" in monitoring its advance, Townsend said.

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"But let's be clear about the facts," she said. "As you know, President Bush was highly engaged in the preparation and response effort, beginning when Katrina was a tropical storm off the coast of Florida."

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[Atman]

1. Frances Fragos Townsend?

Yeah, but what does the DHS janitor have to say about it?

LOL!

[cantstandbush]

33. Did you say "ANGRY WH?" Oh, my. n/t

[NYCGirl]

2. No way are they ever going to be able to convince anyone that Bush was

"fully involved". That's outrageous.

[SharonAnn]

20. His Aides had to put together a DVD video for him to get his

attention. After several days he was still not giving it the attention some aides thought it needed. So, they put this together to show him. It was a short video, as I recall reading.

Am I the only one who remembers this?

And thank you for the Valentine Heart! It makes me feel so special.

[Raster]

28. "...but let's be clear about the facts..."

Francis, neither you nor dumbya would know the facts if they walked up and bit you. Clear about the facts... heh heh heh, I've got some clarity about the facts for you...

[applegrove]

3. Is "Mailman" going to scold the whole "Angry White House" for being

angry? :shrug:

[NanceGreggs]

4. So now it's official ...

"As you know, President Bush was highly engaged in the preparation and response effort ..."

Now we KNOW who to blame!

[MissWaverly]

21. If that's highly engaged I am a rocket scientist

they didn't even know that there were people at the convention center.

[NanceGreggs]

34. Hey, he was keeping NOLA safe while he was in California ...

... just like he was keeping America safe from the Viet Cong while he was in Texas. That's what you call, heh, heh, oversighten' ...

[MissWaverly]

38. he was keeping us save at a fundraiser

from what, dollar bills?

[LeftNYC]

5. Angry New Orleans residents pushed out of hotels

left stranded

called looters

can they sleep in the white house?

or is that reserved for lobbyists and gay propaganda shills...

[punpirate]

6. "Angry White House Lashes Out?"

Any of `em carryin' guns? :P

Is WH anger different from and more valid than Democratic anger? :)

[Kadie]

27. LOL

"Any of `em carryin' guns?"

:spray:

[...of J.Temperance]

7. Nobody is allowed to criticize Junior we know this...I like this bit

But let's be clear about the facts," she said. "As you know, President Bush was highly engaged in the preparation and response effort, beginning when Katrina was a tropical storm off the coast of Florida."

What like eating cake with John McCain, strumming a guitar, going to two fundraisers and then having Dan Bartlett having to compile a DVD of the carnage in NOLA for Junior to look at 'um six days later?

[CrazyOrangeCat]

8. Preznit Bush is as about as "highly engaged" . . .

. . . as my sleepy old gray and white kitty.

But I adore her . . .

The Chimp can go get bent.

[Olney Blue]

9. So its OK for the WH to be angry, but Hillary can't be?

[Inland]

13. The WH is the REAL victim here! nt

[proud patriot]

10. got to love that headline

:-)

[Disturbed]

12. Hey kids, can you say BULLSHIT?

Yeah, I knew you could.

[tulsakatz]

11. fake outrage alert!!!

They can be just as outraged as they like but that does not change the facts and the entire country witnessed it!!!

The govt failed the victims of Katrina immediately after the hurricane and they continue to fail them even today!!!

Their fake outrage accomplishes nothing! Unless they get off their fat asses and actually do something for these people!!

[Pastiche423]

25. That is the fact that they can not, no matter what they try, overcome

THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WITNESSED IT!!!

Hell, I was more engaged than the Madministration, sitting in my w/c,in front of my computer, sending money and organizing relief help on Monday night!

[tulsakatz]

35. that was my point too!

Their fake outrage is merely an attempt to distract people from the fact that none of them acted accordingly!!!

I read an article in the NY Times last week which said there was only 1 govt agency that acted appropriately in Katrina and that was the National Weather service. Unfortunately, no one else listened to them.

[spanone]

14. Looks like somebodys lying here. Let me guess.

:D

[babylonsister]

15. She was on CNN; throughout the interview it was insinuated

the blivet was in Crawford. It never dawned on anyone once to set the record straight, that he wasn't even there. They even went so far as to say he returned from his summer vacation early, from Crawford (technically true as he flew there for a night).
The lying liars...

[rwenos]

16. Aren't These The Same Spokespeople

who apologize for the Bush Justice Dept. indicting a nurse for SEDITION, for writing a letter to a newspaper criticizing the Administration? (Just heard it on Air America/Randi's show.)

WHY ISN'T THERE SOME SHOUTING ABOUT THIS!!!???

[wildwww2]

17. Bu$h was highly engaged eating cake and strumming guitar.

There exsits in this country. Not one single thing this administration will not lie straight faced about. Nothing can ever be their fault. We as a nation have three horrible years lying ahead of us. Of that I have no doubt in my military shaped mind.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[Generator]

18. I don't have words

Again all I have is hope to live long enough to out live them and read about what monsters they actually ARE in the history books-and yeah-grandkiddies I lived through this-do you believe it?

[Imalittleteapot]

19. Lash. Lash. Lash...all you want.

Nobody believes you anymore. Yes, you were "highly engaged" in monitoring Katrina, much like you were engaged on the morning of 9/11.

:nopity:

[babylonsister]

32. Ooh, good analogy!

:thumbsup:
And now we're supposed to be grateful Katrina wasn't a nuclear weapon? Geeeeez...

[depakid]

22. They'll say anything- and the media will repeat it over and over

with little or no analysis- and no regard at all for the truth.

It's gotten to the point where the sole purpose of reports like this is to misinform people.

All the more reason to turn them off and ignore them- and urge everyone else you know to do the same.

[EC]

23. They are a bunch of "REJECTS" and we should be EJECTING

them as fast as possible....KICK THEM ALL OUT...

[TahitiNut]

24. They're angrier about criticism than DEAD PEOPLE???

Gee ... let's compare the IMMEDIACY of their reaction to some mild criticsim of the atrocious response to Katrina to the DELAY in actually responding, shall we??? Let's compare the QUICKNESS of their attack on anyone that dares to suggest they're culpable for some lives being lost with the TARDINESS in acting to SAVE those lives, shall we?

Bastards! Ghouls! :grr:

[rwenos]

30. Wiretapping, Torturing, Bungling

FASCIST bastards.

Otherwise, well said. :-)

[Kadie]

31. Bingo

Very well said TahitiNut.

[ariellyn]

26. Oh..."Highly engaged"....Let's start a drinking club for THIS soundbyte.

:beer:

[NightOwwl]

29. Oh, he was fully involved, for sure.

fully involved in eating cake:

and strumming the guitar:

[in_cog_ni_to]

36. He was fully involved while eating Birthday cake with McCain,

vacationing in San Diego at a posh resort, going to a fundraiser having a good old time strummin' on his new guitar and then off to Crawford to finish off his vacation? He was fully involved...MY ASS. We have him on VIDEO....being UNINVOLVED. They can't cover that one up.

[Kadie]

37. Yep!

They can't hide from this one.