MSNBC's Olbermann lays the smack down

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  1. Esoteric Tragic Hero Registered Senior Member

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  3. devils_reject Registered Senior Member

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    LOL. Nothing new , thats why they are called politicians.
    I console myself by remembering that politicians don't fall from the sky, but are a product of the society. I like the bit of the VP's disappearance

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  7. Mr.Jack4WAR Hating the Hated Registered Senior Member

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    what a douche bag.
    the guy is an idiot for sayins city of louisiana
    but no need to blame all this shit on politics.
    you can tell he took it in the butt when he was little, never married, and calls his mommy every night.
     
  8. Mr.Jack4WAR Hating the Hated Registered Senior Member

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    also.
    that guy is a fucking sourpuss for blaming bush and the administration on quotes made 4 years ago.
    and 1930 fucking quotes??
    what a douche bag.
    trying to make a relavent point out of what bush said 4 years ago.
    i bet clinto didn't lie 4 years before his impeachment...
     
  9. Esoteric Tragic Hero Registered Senior Member

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    Clinton?... Figures you would include Clinton somewhere in your rant in defense of the undefensible. I'm surprised the right hasn't tried to blame this on him yet.

    "...As Bloomberg News puts it, the agency's "upper ranks are mostly staffed with people who share two traits: loyalty to President George W. Bush and little or no background in emergency management." By now everyone knows FEMA's current head went from overseeing horse shows to overseeing the nation's response to disaster, with no obvious qualifications other than the fact that he was Mr. Allbaugh's college roommate.

    All that's missing from the Katrina story is an expensive reconstruction effort, with lucrative deals for politically connected companies, that fails to deliver essential services. But give it time - they're working on that, too.

    Why did the administration make the same mistakes twice? Because it paid no political price the first time.

    Can the administration escape accountability again? Some of the tactics it has used to obscure its failure in Iraq won't be available this time. The reality of the catastrophe was right there on our TV's, although FEMA is now trying to prevent the media from showing pictures of the dead. And people who ask hard questions can't be accused of undermining the troops.

    But the other factors that allowed the administration to evade responsibility for the mess in Iraq are still in place. The media will be tempted to revert to he-said-she-said stories rather than damning factual accounts. The effort to shift blame to state and local officials is under way. Smear campaigns against critics will start soon, if they haven't already. And raw political power will be used to block any independent investigation.

    Will this be enough to let the administration get away with another failure? Let's hope not: if the administration isn't held accountable for what just happened, it will keep repeating its mistakes. Michael Brown and Michael Chertoff will receive presidential medals, and the next disaster will be even worse."

    -Point Those Fingers

    By PAUL KRUGMAN
    Published: September 9, 2005
     

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