[shadowman99]

Are you serious? The head of our national emergency response was an idiot horse show judge in his previous career? How the f--- did Bush pick this winner?

[ex-snook]

"How the f--- did Bush pick this winner?"

Somebody tells Bush who to hire but Bush must decide who to fire. The kiss of death is reserved for the likes of Shinseki and Lindsey.

[Condor51]

****Are you serious? The head of our national emergency response was an idiot horse show judge in his previous career?****

Look at the bright side.
Brown could have been a "Grief Counselor".

(I don't know where they come from but I want that job!)

[vox humana]

How the f--- did Bush pick this winner?

It was a political favor to a friend of Brown and a HUGE mistake.

Granted that the Mayor and Governor are totally incompetent, add the extra bureaucracy of Homeland Security, and a political hack FEMA Director and you have a MANMADE disaster.

I predict that Katrina will be the #1 issue in the next election cycle and if Bush doesn't put some experienced people in charge, the South will go Democratic.

[Moonman62]

Are you serious? The head of our national emergency response was an idiot horse show judge in his previous career? How the f--- did Bush pick this winner?

It's the "new tone in Washington" which really isn't any different from the "old tone in Washington" before the brief respite given us by the Reaganites.