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FEMA is the Bush Patronage Dumping Ground!

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FEMA is the Bush Patronage Dumping Ground!

from JoeUser Forums


Katrina is beginning to uncover some very nasty secrets in the Bush administration. It now turns out FIVE of the TOP FEMA officials got their jobs with virtually no experience in managing emergency situations. Director Brown, Chief of Staff Rhode, Deputy Chief Alshuler were tied to the Bush 2000 election campaign. Two other positions are filled by other political operatives - The Lt. Governor of Nebraska and an official in the US Chamber of Commerce. None of these top five appointees had ANY emergency Management Experience!

In the case of Mr. Brown not only was he not qualified but his background had material lies as to his experience. We have heard over and over again how the president deserves to have the Senate approve positions because he has the right to have the people he wants in his administration. When the Senate questions the background of a Bush appointee, the White House refuses to provide all the information like in the Bolton case. When the Senate refuses to vote on a candidate, the president uses his power with an interim appointment when the Senate is no longer in session to circumvent the Senate confirmation process. Now Bush supporters are saying the Senate approved Mr. Brown because the Senators accepted his resume as correct which was submitted by the White House.

Political patronage is not new with the Bush Administration. But to have used political patronage to populate an agency like FEMA, which has the responsibility of life and death after an emergency like Katrina, is CRIMINAL. Now we see the beginnings of " pin the tail on the donkey " ( or in this case on the elephant) with the recall of Mr. Brown. There is no question that Mr. Brown and the other political hacks should be terminated from their jobs. But the real culprit is George W. Bush because of the way he has forced his political hacks into jobs within his administration for which they are NOT QUALIFIED!. It is time for the Senate, whenever confirmation is required, to insist that the credentials have been thoroughly vetted and that the information requested is provided prior to a vote on any Bush appointee. If the White House continues to stonewall providing information requested by the Senate, they should NOT VOTE on the candidate. Bush has proven his judgment concerning senior officials of the United States government cannot be trusted.
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Reply #51 from JoeUser Forums Top
"Political patronage is not new with the Bush Administration."---ColGene

Political patronage is not new with ANY administration.
Hell, in 1862 Abraham Lincoln complained that there were "too many pigs for the tits"----in other words, too many people who supported him in various ways were now coming to him for too few jobs.
Reply #52 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hey col.....You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem. I'm guessing in your case and that of your 2 running mates it's the later not the former.
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Reply #53 from PolMach Forums Top
Look at bush yall see how things are going since november of last year his cheated re election nothing has been good! Him and his dad do njot know how to run a country;)
Reply #54 from JoeUser Forums Top
"When the Senate questions the background of a Bush appointee, the White House refuses to provide all the information like in the Bolton case."

But he's in there.
Off topic, yes, but let me ask this:

What is it about you people that you don't want someone in the UN who might actually hold them accountable and help whip things into shape? They've never done anything, in their entire 60-year history, of any real and lasting relevance. They're a joke.
Kofi Anan and his family would give the Carlo Gambino "Family" a run for its money. Why does the Left resist someone who might make some positive changes in the UN?
Reply #55 from JoeUser Forums Top
Look at bush yall see how things are going since november of last year his cheated re election nothing has been good! Him and his dad do njot know how to run a country;)


Can you please provide documented proof of how he "cheated"?
Reply #56 from JoeUser Forums Top

Look at bush yall see how things are going since november of last year his cheated re election nothing has been good! Him and his dad do njot know how to run a country;)


If that's the "best" you can come up with, then piss off! Because this is nothing but "HORSE MANURE"!