Kerry: “Where’s the Accountability?” on Bush's Early Warning of Katrina!

[kerrygoddess]

John Kerry: “Where’s the Accountability?” on Documents Proving Bush Administration Received but Failed to Heed Early Warnings on Katrina
January 24th, 2006

Earlier today, I posted a piece about the news today reported by the WaPo and the NY Times that “48 hours before Hurricane Katrina hit, the White House received detailed warnings about the storm’s likely impact.”

John Kerry just released the following statement — a knock out punch, in my opinion — on the release of documents proving that the administration was fully and accurately briefed on the risks Hurricane Katrina posed to the Gulf Coast:

“How is it that the White House Situation Room received detailed warnings 48 hours before Hurricane Katrina hit, that the National Hurricane Center was warning CNN and the world that Katrina could be The Big One, that FEMA reported two days before landfall that Katrina’s surge ‘could greatly overtop levees and protective systems,’ destroy nearly 90 percent of city structures, require ‘incredible search and rescue needs (60,000-plus),’ and displace more than a million people – and the President days later still insisted on national television, ‘I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees’ that left 1,300 dead and thousands more homeless?

“Where’s the accountability? Where’s the compassion?"

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[wisteria]

1. Kerry's has just got to be so angry about this.

Bush is right- we mis-underestimate him- actually just when you think he can't get any lower in your estimation- you find out he ignores things like this. What a total incompetent idiot.

[kerrygoddess]

5. I'm mad as hell!

From the tone of JK's statement so is he!

[flpoljunkie]

2. No, problem! CNN reports timeline as "just hours" before Katrina hit, not

48 hours. Evidently they were referring to the Homeland Security warnings, and not the warning from Max Mayfield, from the National Hurricane Center. Mayfield made his actions knows a while back.

[Rocknrule]

3. Katrina is Bush's fault

Since God talks to Bush, he should've told Him to steer it towards some treasonous blue state
:sarcasm:

[kerrygoddess]

4. Oh no...

we all know there was a method to his madness...

[TayTay]

6. Nice statement.

Very good indictment of the present Admin and their "What me worry?" approach to governing.

[karynnj]

7. I can't believe they knew 2 days ahead that it could be that bad

and they did not start a mandatory evacuation or at least have all the planning ready to go.

[Art_from_Ark]

8. Just keep in mind

that they knowingly appointed a totally incompetant fop to head the federal agency that was supposed to coordinate evacuations and mitigate damage from natural disasters.

[karynnj]

15. His boss, Chertoff, had apparently promised contigency plans

for major ports in case of terrorism. In a hearing, Kerry grilled him on why this was not done yet - as it was late. So, there were 3 levels of incompetence - Bush, Chertoff, Brown

[kerrygoddess]

13. Pretty darn sick...

ain't it!

[C_U_L8R]

9. Where's the impeachment?

I want indictments
and I want convictions.
NOW

Bush is a crook who should be in jail....
and same goes for his little cackle of cronies too.

[alittlelark]

10. Does Kerry really believe there were only 1300 dead?

I hope not.

But I am very happy he spoke of it.

[wisteria]

12. I'm sure he had to go with an official figure or the repubs would

have challenged the figure. I wonder how many people never made it out of their homes and those homes are being bulldozed? I am acquainted with someone who was involved in the clean up about two months ago and he said rumors where flying down there that bodies were still in many homes.

[alittlelark]

14. The numbers are CERTAINLY higher.

I wish Kerry had just added 'or more'.

I'm sick of us parroting the Repuke lies.

[karynnj]

17. That so many died due to bad planning and

incompetent rescue efforts while the President partied playing guitar one day and eating cake with McCain the next day is beyond sick. The official number is sufficiently high that Kerry could use it and make the necessary points. Giving a higher number or saying "or more" might look like he was either exaggerating or that he and the Democrats were happy it was so high. (I KNOW that's not true - but remember it was said in the wake of teh hurricane.)

[gunsaximbo]

11. I was so angry about this when it happened it forced my to do something

about it. I decided to stick my neck out and run for office. I could not stand there and watch this travesty, this crime against humanity be perpetrated against the people of New Orleans while the King congratulated his boy on what a fine job he was doing.

Bush should be ARRESTED, TRIED and CONVICTED of something - someone help me here...

I'm seething right now and will never get to sleep!


Guns A.

[ohtransplant]

16. Keep junior's feet to the fire Senator!

Keep him on the record and them make them run on that record just like KKK said (Is he nuts too?)

Keep pushing Senator!

We've got your back!