Michael Brown, Of 'Heckuva Job' Fame, Says Obama Reacted Too Fast To Hurricane Sandy

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

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Source: Huffington Post

Michael Brown, the former FEMA director infamously praised by President George W. Bush for doing a "heckuva job" during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, told a local paper that President Barack Obama acted too quickly in mobilizing relief for Superstorm Sandy.

"Here's my concern," Brown told Denver's Westword on Monday, suggesting that the official response was actually making people complacent. "It's premature [when] the brunt of the storm won't happen until later this afternoon."

Obama declared states of emergency all along East Coast states in the path of Sandy on Sunday, well before the storm hit, allowing federal resources to start flowing where governors thought they would be needed. FEMA and local responders were able to pre-position a lot of the material being drawn upon now.

Obama also held a press conference warning people to pay careful attention to the storm.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/michael-brown-obama-hurricane-sandy_n_2044971.html

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Oh, good lord

[mikeysnot]

1. Up is down

down is up in wrong wing world.

[Berlum]

3. Stupid is smart (R)

[geckosfeet]

2. Mr.br0wn, no one gives a rats ass about your "concern". So just go away.

[spiderpig]

4. As if this twerp has any credibility.

[Botany]

5. R you kidding me Brownie?

This would be a great time for you to have been not seen or not heard.

[swimboy]

6. Seriously?

That's really disconnected from reality.

[Swede Atlanta]

7. If this isn't the stupidity of the conservatives in succinct form....

According to Brownie (the horse trainer), when a natural catastrophe is going to happen, you play a little golf, maybe go to McCain's birthday party, but you do nothing to plan in advance. Heck, planning is for wusses. And when the event actually happens, like Ayn Rand, let them fend for themselves, at least for a while.

He thinks it is fine to do no advance planning and then wait days to respond. There are no other words for him - he is stupid.

[tanyev]

8. Well that explains a lot.

STFU, Brownie.

[Champion Jack]

9. Did he say this from jail?

[kysrsoze]

10. More like, "reacted at all." Go back to your hole, slug.

Why has this idiot now come out of the woodwork, and who on earth cares what he says? Is he bucking for a job with R$'s horses?

[SoapBox]

11. Did Brownie bring up the photo op of Bush, looking out of Air Force One on his way back

from a fund raiser? (it was a fund raiser, wasn't it?)

STFU Brownie.

No...wait! KEEP TALKING! And get in front of as MANY cameras as you can! PLEASE remind America of the shit job you and Bush did!!!!

Please, Please, PLEASE!

[sakabatou]

12. *facepalm*

[SubgeniusHasSlack]

13. Thanks for reminding everyone how republickcons mishandle disasters.

In New Orleans they were all about maximizing the Shock Doctrine so their cronies could maximize profitability on the rebuild.

Same as it ever was.

[JackBoik]

14. Hey, Brownie, aren't there horses that need tending to? n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Locking - duplicate thread

of http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014284667 . Please continue discussion there.