promoted by BooMan, with minor edits:
Not only did I just watch the video described below on Tweety’s show but then had to listen to he and Kate O’Bierne never use the “L” word while watching him lie twice as they replayed the video and his denial afterwards about knowledge of the levees situation. Of course the “I” word was never used while they gave Bush cover, instead of coverage of the situation.
As I said before, Impeach not only this bastard from the Oval office but Impeach his sidekick Darth Cheney as well, a man with historically low poll numbers that truly doesn’t deserve to be in charge of dog catching, let alone the Presidency.
In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans’ Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage.
Bush didn’t ask a single question during the final briefing before Katrina struck on Aug. 29, but he assured soon-to-be-battered state officials: “We are fully prepared.” The footage — along with seven days of transcripts of briefings obtained by The Associated Press — show in excruciating detail that while federal officials anticipated the tragedy that unfolded in New Orleans and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast, they were fatally slow to realize they had not mustered enough resources to deal with the unprecedented disaster.
If Bush thinks he’ll get any bounce from the Afghanistan visit and India PR stop, he can think again. He’ll be lucky if he hasn’t dropped another 5 points by the time his plane lands. How much more are we supposed to take before we take to the streets screaming for this man’s job? I’m beyond ready for him to be frogmarched right out of power immediately.
Video seems to vindicate heckuva job Brownie.
THe AP video link here
Thanks idredit.
How many lies can he be caugh in?
Seem to remember reading something about brownie talking about the teleconferences. (sorry, don’t have link.)
I seem to recall photos or video without sound of Bush being video briefed on Katrina by NOAA. Is this the same deal? It’s a long conference table? Why has it taken this long to show up?
My guess is that there have been too many disracrtions. Now the reason why is becoming clearer. I am also ready and waiting for a frogmarch!
I’m thinking “Heckuva job Brownie” is not planning on going quietly (or alone) into the wasteland. Probably the grim reaper guy too (I forget his name), and other FEMA personnel.
Falling on one’s sword for Bush seems to be going out of style (yay!)
The report has it, Bush didn’t ask a single question during the briefing that the situation was dire, tragedy would follow. He didn’t ask a single question!! Not a one?
Now, Jane Hamsher, FDL has a great catch. To counter that AP video, the White House ‘leaked Newsweek’ transcripts from daily noon FEMA conference calls during and after Katrina to show Dubya is engaged-the same transcripts that congress was initially refused.
Won’t spoil it for you go read
Thanks for the upgrade and the edit. Will remember the link info!
This administration is fucking pathological! Will this nightmare ever end?
Well see what you all fail to understand is that I really didn’t know. Cause you all see me seeing that stuff but what you don’t understand is that I was thinking on other matters. It’s hard work trying to think of ways to get out of all the lies and.. I mean it’s just hard work. I’ve gots things to think about all the time. You can’t expect me to always know what I’m supposed to be thinking about all the time.
I mean really now. You can expect that I think all the time about just one thing or think about one thing all time. That’s just absurd.
Why are we looking backward anyways?
I mean really. We as a great nation should always be looking forward. That’s what we should be thinking about. The forward. That’s what we do. Look forward. That’s what we got foreheads for – to look forward with.
If we keep looking behind, we might walk into a terrorist. So we need to abolish looking in the past. It’s evil really, if you think about it some time.
DJ..that’s great especially about the forehead part..ha.. You know I can actually see bush saying all this as if imparting some profound knowledge to all us to make us understand the depth of his brilliance.
You’re starting to frighten me! You need to start channelling some other voices in there — you’re getting too good at this one 🙂
Forward! Yes. Oops. The rivers here (Sac, CA) are running high. Arnie wants Chertoff to come look at the the levees. Thinks there might be an ’emergency.’ We’re one good mega-storm away . . .
Sideways won’t work, will it?
Ha! Thanks Arcturus 🙂 I tell stories to school kids – well used to and I call it getting into charachter 🙂
Sac river huh? Darn I just missed you. I just moved from the mountains over Napa over to Portland.
FUCK the media for letting it sit for six months.
You got that right Madman! Fuck the media is right! They don’t know a fucking thing about how to obtain info, let alone write. All the media does today is print gwb’s pr. And it is goddamn disgutsting. Hell, how many of the news stories that actually made it into MSM originated on the blogs? For that matter, how many of MSM jackasses today know a thing about really getting shit together as opposed to lifting in from the blogs? And then they have the nerve to look down on those who write for alternative media? (BTW, I hate the word blog, but that is JMHO.)
Just look at all this time that has been wasted–dammit it is enough to make you really pissed! At least I am!!
I can’t believe this video has been there the whole time and no one thought to remind people about what was on it the whole time?
And the briefing happened at the Crawford ranch via satellite. Bush was probably daydreaming (he asked no questions) and was just killing time before waiting to go clear some brush.
You’re right, the time delay is ridiculous!
Actually, I too was in Crawford that weekend. Bush was more worried about those three thousand people camped outside his door, protesting the illegal occupation of Iraq with Cindy Sheehan. He was in hiding worried about talking to a mother of a fallen soldier. Yellow bellied coward that he is.
The press has been sitting on tons of shit about these fascists in the White House. They held onto the NSA illegal spying for a year. CNN held onto to a special report called “Dead Wrong” that they had filmed before the election and it chose to sit on it for ove six months. If they had showed it before the election we just might have had a different president. Larry Johnson was interviewed on that as well as other CIA and intelligence officials staking the intelligence was DEAD WRONG! The media are all complicit in this mess that Bush has made of our country, every step of the way!
AP from comcast site
THE FINAL ONE… see that??? THE FINAL ONE. So there were other briefings, too.
These lying bastards and I agree… fuck the United States “media”. The blood is on their hands, too.
IMPEACH these assholes. ALL OF THEM> They all knew they all did nothing but buy shoes and eat cake.
Shit’s really gonna start coming down now! Comcast never got anything first, at least that was what I thought in the past, but it looks like things are changing. Found another one too!
And now I’m starting to get more and more pissed at brown. How the hell long does it take to cover your ass by calling a lawyer and telling the truth?
For God’s sake, he knew–why the hell keep it quiet???
Because he was the fall (back) guy. Only he doesn’t like taking so much heat and being left alone to twist in the wind. I think that guy’s ego got the best of him. Not any sense of responsibility.
As much as I think Brown is just another piece of shit crony, I have to say that he’s taking a serious risk by swinging back at Bush in public the way he is.
brown probably has a book deal lined up!
Olbermann did a great job with this, letting the tape run and then showing bush just today saying again that no one could have foretold the levee’s would breach..and said something else because KO said that appeared to be 2 LIES the President told.
Can’t wait till tomorrow to see what the repug talking points on this is going to be.
There are no even remotely justifiable talking points! Just impeach the son of a bitch and stop this wait till after the midterms nonsese!!!
(Sorry, ci, I don’t mean to snap at you, but I am royally pissed!)
from the Ap article:
Nothing new here, move along, move along!
They’ll just keep repeating it. & we’ll catalogue it & move along.
Gonzo is supposed to disclose some more spying program s soon . . .
appeared to be embarassed that the MSM (including his own network apparently) had these tapes and were sitting on them for 6 months.
Ever since he uttered his mea culpa over buying the British police story about the “suspected terrorist” shot in the London subway (the story that later turned out to be total bullshit), Keith has had a very low tolerance for any sort of political crap. I think that’s what’s made him stronger…
Here’s another one!
There’s video of Bigfoot too but nobody believes in it.
There will be a couple of scuffles in the press room tomorrow with Scotty before David Gregory remembers his smack down by Mary Matalin while Russert watched.
I’ve had Grand Moff Texan’s comment about a coup d’etat in my head all afternoon and the more I think about that, the more I think that’s the only way to take that Son Of A Bitch down.
Now if Katrina had wiped out Miami or Houston, instead of New Orleans, then we might have something to go on, but it’s just Nagin and a bunch of dead and scattered black people. Bush knows the majority of people really don’t care that much.
And that’s the disgusting, unspoken (except for Kanye) truth about it.
What’s on the bill for next week’s outrage?
I wonder if this means that some catastrophe is about to befall us?? Something always happens when we think we’ve got Georges ugly man tit nailed to the wall.
DoubleDamnitJanet,
Funny you say that cuz I was just saying that to some blog buddies today.
Bush doesn’t care that his numbers are in the 30’s.
Now I’ll admit that he’s having a harder time hypnotizing people back into line lately but that makes me all the more worried for another Pearl Harbor Event.
Unbelievably fucked up times we’re witnessing.
Fucked up administration. And people aren’t realizing it! Another point to consider: this is coming out now, while gwb out of the countty! Now that really makes me wonder what will happen next!
Damn, wish people would wake up! This country is just too fucked up now!
Wilfred – you wrote a diary recently wondering about the 39% that continue to support Bush.
Reading your front page piece with your speculation that Bush will be lucky if his ratings haven’t dropped another 5%, I went over to Free Republic to see if and how this was reported.
The following is what I found (there were 23 replies and 944+ views):
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Notice the slightly different emphasis? And the complaints about the MSM? No mention of lying.
I will say that 23 replies is relatively low. Though I don’t go to FR frequently, it does seem to me that the replies in regards to a Bush item have really fallen off.
They comment a lot more when they are “critiquing” a Democrat.
Just wanted to give you some more info on the Bush supporters.
Hi Tampopo,
Don’t you just love going to Freerepublic? Blech
So are you saying that the low response number means that more Freepers than usual are actually considering the thought that Bush was asleep at the wheel?
Hey Super – you mentioned going to FR too, so I figure some of the 944+ views are people like us – just checking in to see how incidents and outrages are handled.
I don’t know what the lower numbers mean. I’d like to think it has to do with people beginning to find Bush indefensible. 🙂
in this “transcript” that just happened to come out now…
Comment from Newsweek writer (I forgot his name) on with Keith Olbermann tonight — something about lots of people in the White House working on document creation all the time…seems to insinuate that this “transcript” was the work of a talented spin doctor rather than based on actual fact…I’ll look for the transcript of the show and post the relevant section tomorrow.
Still doesn’t explain why, after being warned about the dangers to the levees, Bush said two days later that no one could’ve foreseen the breach of the levees…
The manipulation of news is quite something, isn’t it?
And as you noted, “Still doesn’t explain why, after being warned about the dangers to the levees, Bush said two days later that no one could’ve foreseen the breach of the levees…“
There is often a kind of side stepping to the news critical of Bush. That this video shows another “Bush lied” moment is ignored. Or it gets countered with “Dems lie too – and their lies are worse.” Frustrating.
The Newsweek writer is Richard Wolffe, I was expecting a lot worse. Three weeks ago on countdown he said, “Department of Homeland Security was foisted onto the White House. They didn`t really want to do it anyway. And it`s a creature of Congress.” Thought for sure that would become the official spin, even though it contradicts the DHS website and what Bush said during the campaign. I’m still expecting to hear that at some point. Short term they’ll probably try to confuse the issue with a pointless discussion of the difference between breaching and overtopping. Fact is, once levees are topped, risk of breaching increases exponentially. So they should have expected the breaching no matter what the technical cause. Anyway, I don’t know if Wolffe’s a deliberate schill, or if his sources play him, or if the DHS thing was a one time thing. Last night was ambiguous.
Why do they keep insisting he was “fully engaged?” Is the guy really as doped up as he seems?
Uh oh – I’m getting that “This Is It!” feeling again. How much longer can we take this ride?
That “fully engaged” stuff bothers me also. What was the issue last week (or the week before?) when they used that phrase?
I’m beyond ready for him to be frogmarched right out of power immediately
My guess is that the final, precipitating event will be the attack on Iran, which will cause the Shiites to force us out of Iraq in a humiliating retreat.
Your next to last – How much….? is the key! How much longer? Personally- NOW! may well be too late. One other point. If the campusses across this country aren’t included, then all is lost. If the future isn’t pushed- there won’t be a future.
billjpa