Hey, Skeletor - let's make this simple. If a hurricane overwhelms you, WE DON'T WANT YOU HANDLING A TERRORIST ATTACK. OKAY?
Time for this weak and ineffective crony to hit the bricks - and take the guy who gave him the job with him.
Republicans are WEAK, WEAK, WEAK. Can we please start hammering that home?
Chertoff: Katrina 'overwhelmed' us
Homeland security secretary chastised by Senate panel
The Republican and Democratic leaders of a Senate committee chastised Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff on Wednesday as a congressional inquiry found that thousands of Hurricane Katrina’s victims could have been spared though better planning and faster action.
For his part, Chertoff acknowledged missteps on his watch, “many lapses” and said he accepted responsibility. He called the storm “one of the most difficult and traumatic experiences of my life.”
“We now know our capabilities were simply overwhelmed by the magnitude of this storm,” Chertoff said.
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I was listening to Norm Ornstein on Al Franken's show a few days ago. He said that combining so many departments into one huge Homeland Security Dept. was a big, big mistake. None of it will work efficiently for years to come. If this is what the repugs mean by smaller government, we have not seen the last of these disastrous results. This needs to be addressed, and soon.
Look at the total ineptness for Katrina, something we all saw coming and had days to prepare for. How will this crony-appointed person handle a terrorist attack or a devastating earthquake?