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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Good to see Bush finally woke up to the PR nightmare he has on his hands and took the head of FEMA off the relief efforts...
Sadly, instead of just admitting the guy is an incompetant twit, they are still saying, "this isn't a demotion", "he's done a comendible job", etc. Not that I expected them to but it would have been nice to hear them say, "He blew it. When we needed FEMA most, the head of the organization let us down. We are rectifiying that situation. Now let's roll up our sleeves and make this happen."
This approach while respectable would raise too many questions that the Admin would like left unasked. It wouldn't be good politics.
Putting someone in charge who seems to have a clue was a good move (if way late).
Note: This is not to say, FEMA is the only party blame. Read my posts, I think we can all agree that there is plenty of blame to go around at all levels.
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I agree, I'm not trying to use this to slam Bush, but in all honesty, I feel a truly strong president would not have waited this long to "reassign" someone screwing up so badly. Much the same way voters maybe "reassigning" people as soon as elections can be held.
My feeling is that Bush was too scared to admit he had a problem, and tried to show strength by sticking with the man (it wasn't Bush doing the reassigning, from what I read it was the Homeland Secretary who did). A truly strong man stands up and says, "I made a mistake and I'll rectify it."