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More Whupass for Brownie Brown
From the Washington Post:
Brown displayed the command of facts that made him famous over the past month. He did not know how much FEMA had spent on communications, guessing, "a boatload of money." He had to ask members of his entourage how many MREs were in a trailer load. "I don't have a clue how many [people] were truly in the Superdome," he volunteered at one point. Asked whether he is still a federal employee, Brown said: "You know, I don't know." (He is.)
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"I do not want to make this partisan," he said, proceeding to do just that, "so I can't help it that Alabama and Mississippi are governed by Republican governors and Louisiana is governed by a Democratic governor."
Pointing his finger, pounding the table, Brown veered from his prepared testimony to insist: "I get it" and "I know what it's all about," and "I know what I am doing" and "I do a pretty darn good job." This display produced gasps and chuckles in the gallery.
Brown did nothing to win over his questioners. Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) had to repeat a question because Brown was reading his BlackBerry. Shays had to repeat one because Brown was engrossed in his notes. When Shays pressed him about his performance, a petulant Brown complained: "So I guess you want me to be this superhero."
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Yesterday, he might have been better off to keep some things private -- as when Jefferson complained about the lack of ice in New Orleans and Brown replied: "I think it's wrong for the federal government to be in the ice business, providing ice so I can keep my beer and Diet Coke cool."
Taylor, incredulous, asked, "How about the need to keep bodies from rotting in the sun?"
Jefferson added: "One of the major reasons that old people just suffered and died is because there was no ice."
Brown, losing control, demanded four times that Taylor not "lecture" him.
But the lecturing continued -- in a way even Pelosi would have approved. "I have come to the conclusion that this administration values loyalty more than anything else," Shays said, "more than competence or, frankly, more than the truth. And you have reinforced that view. . . . I'm left with the feeling [that] the administration feels they have to protect you."
"Well," Brown answered, "you should come over here and sit in this chair and see how protected you feel."
What a disgusting, useless...creature. God, reading that bile is infuritating. Not lecture him? That's the POINT of this--you fucked up and now you're trying to wiggle out of deserved blame. JESUS. Infuriating. It honestly makes you lose faith in the government. How could this man have been appointed to this position?
Aaaaauuugh!!!
Brown displayed the command of facts that made him famous over the past month. He did not know how much FEMA had spent on communications, guessing, "a boatload of money." He had to ask members of his entourage how many MREs were in a trailer load. "I don't have a clue how many [people] were truly in the Superdome," he volunteered at one point. Asked whether he is still a federal employee, Brown said: "You know, I don't know." (He is.)
...
"I do not want to make this partisan," he said, proceeding to do just that, "so I can't help it that Alabama and Mississippi are governed by Republican governors and Louisiana is governed by a Democratic governor."
Pointing his finger, pounding the table, Brown veered from his prepared testimony to insist: "I get it" and "I know what it's all about," and "I know what I am doing" and "I do a pretty darn good job." This display produced gasps and chuckles in the gallery.
Brown did nothing to win over his questioners. Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) had to repeat a question because Brown was reading his BlackBerry. Shays had to repeat one because Brown was engrossed in his notes. When Shays pressed him about his performance, a petulant Brown complained: "So I guess you want me to be this superhero."
...
Yesterday, he might have been better off to keep some things private -- as when Jefferson complained about the lack of ice in New Orleans and Brown replied: "I think it's wrong for the federal government to be in the ice business, providing ice so I can keep my beer and Diet Coke cool."
Taylor, incredulous, asked, "How about the need to keep bodies from rotting in the sun?"
Jefferson added: "One of the major reasons that old people just suffered and died is because there was no ice."
Brown, losing control, demanded four times that Taylor not "lecture" him.
But the lecturing continued -- in a way even Pelosi would have approved. "I have come to the conclusion that this administration values loyalty more than anything else," Shays said, "more than competence or, frankly, more than the truth. And you have reinforced that view. . . . I'm left with the feeling [that] the administration feels they have to protect you."
"Well," Brown answered, "you should come over here and sit in this chair and see how protected you feel."
What a disgusting, useless...creature. God, reading that bile is infuritating. Not lecture him? That's the POINT of this--you fucked up and now you're trying to wiggle out of deserved blame. JESUS. Infuriating. It honestly makes you lose faith in the government. How could this man have been appointed to this position?
Aaaaauuugh!!!