CNN: 9/7/05 e-mail to Mike Brown shows President wanted Brown scapegoat

CNN's Situation Report Blog Entry:
"In an interview on the Situation Room, Former FEMA director Michael Brown discussed this e-mail he provided CNN that alleges candid comments from President Bush in a Cabinet meeting in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Brown, through his attorney, provided this e-mail on the condition that CNN redact the name, not revealing the identity of the author.

The e-mail was written to Brown, he says, by a high-level White House official, close to the President, on September 7, 2006, five days before Brown resigned. CNN cannot independently verify the authenticity of the e-mail, but the White House "eop.gov" designation is at the end of the sender's e-mail address, signifying it originated from the "Executive Office of the President."

In response to the e-mail, a White House spokesperson replied in an e-mail, "This is an old rumor that surfaced months ago and we're not commenting on it. This story has already been reported and I have heard nothing at all that would substantiate it." Some of the contents of the e-mail were first claimed in a column written by Brown's lawyer, Andy Lester, in the conservative publication, "Human Events," and subsequently picked up by news media, but until now, the existence of a written record has been unreported."
^non-denial denial^ If it was false they would have said so and firmly.

Link to e-mail:
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/images/06/09/email.pdf

OH SHIITE!

IT'S SLICES AND IT DICES!

ZOMG!

How about a clue?

has President showing he wanted to scapegoat BROWN OMG! OMG! OMG!

Brownie looks like he is tired of this crap.

blamed for Katrina.

Something like:
"I would rather have the media beat up on Brown than me or Chertoff."

:hi:

"Congratulations on doing a great job at diverting hostile fire away from the leader." Not the President, or Bush. The Leader. Isn't that what Der Fuhrer means? Just saying. Who talks about someone that way? It's so undemocratic & creepy.

"Congratulations on doing a great job of diverting hostile fire away from the leader"

The Leader? Is that his title now?

That takes me back to a Simpsons episode :D

Or was it Jim Jones?

Not something I am keen to follow, so rest assured, * is not my "leader."

But yes, that's the address he requires from his supporters.
I believe he picked it up from family friend Sun Yung Moon.

It's getting tough to keep up with what "his assholiness" (that's what I call him) wants to be called this month. :eyes: I guess it's, "the deciding leader" now, or "the leading decider". :shrug: Who knows? I'm sure FOX News will tell us the official terminology very soon! :puke:

:eyes:

:sarcasm:


:rofl:

effort in improving his poll numbers.

"hit" so we can all rejoice in the "progress on the war." This is getting so predictable it's ludicrous.

It's nothing for Bush to joke during a national tragedy...

He's not known as "Mr. Accountability".

He's a sociopath or narcissist or chimperor with arrested development. With access to the football.

Hoo boy! That was real knee slapper!



:sarcasm:

what a stupid effing thing for Blitzer to say. Just shows how little they actually care.

Love it when their true colors come out.

Didn't you all see the {G}? Bush is a kidder; he kids because he loves. And he loves because he's a good Christian man, who believes justice is delivered by 500 pound bombs, not by God like that weenie Jesus was always yappin' about.

As well as being a picker, and a grinner, and a lover, but not a sinner.

And a decider.

But some people call him Maurice.

(They should have used Steve Miller's song during their '04 convention.)

Jeff Gannon probably calls Bush "Maurice"! Heh.:rofl:

Tammy

conclusion that EVERYONE who signs up has to fall on the grenades for the dictatortot.

It's hardly a secret, but corpmedia doesn't want the PUBLIC to know the Little Lord really does have Pissypants.

How many have fallen from this dictatorship and what do they hope to gain by holding their hats in hand? Front of the line at the shelters and soup lines after a deadly coup attempt by over half of the nation? If not, perhaps a job running the kitchens or black boots and a stick to control the lines!

Sickening.

about people drowning to death because he didn't get off his dead ass to help them.

Haha, what a kidder!

serve his masters in the White House while at the same time carry on the charade of being an objective journalist.

Wolf's been a flop at that juggling act.

or, more accurately, telling the truth (for a change) in a joking way. It shows what a self-centered clod he is. If someone said something like that in my company, it would be considered extremely unprofessional.

Not surprising from an AWOL SOB.

Didn't the lawyer say that he printed the email in some publication. I am sorry that I didn't catch where he said he put the email out there.

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13236

snippet from the article, about half way down.

Beating Up on Brown

Last September, in the midst of the numerous false allegations concerning Brown, one senior administration official who is extremely close to the President told Brown that the media maelstrom surrounding him fit perfectly with administration desires. Referring to a Cabinet meeting shortly after Labor Day, this person stated that “someone commented that the press was sure beating up on Mike Brown, to which the President replied, ‘I’d rather they beat up on him than me or Chertoff.’”

Is it any wonder that the administration didn’t want Michael Brown to testify before Congress about his conversations with the White House? Last January, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee staff interview, Brown was asked several questions concerning his conversations with the President and his top aides. At the direction of the White House, FEMA’s general counsel repeatedly objected to testimony about what he called “executive level communications.”

As Brown’s lawyer, I wrote to White House Counsel Harriet Miers, indicating Brown’s intention to answer all questions, yet, out of respect for the President, giving the White House the opportunity to claim executive privilege

more at link

Either this is a fake, or the people in the EOP actually refer to the Chimp as "the leader." :scared:

Kristol wasn't kidding!

Ich bin in Washington, DC geboren, aber gerade danach ist meine Familie nach Virginia umgezogen (bin jedoch in Indonesien aufgewachsen, denn meine Mutter hat fürs Außerministerium gearbeitet). Letztes Jahr habe ich sechs Monate in der Nähe von München (Prien am Chiemsee) gewhont, und dort Deutsch gelernt. :toast:

Ich kenne Prien sehr gut.

Die Schule (Gothe Institut) wird bald schließen, oder so habe ich gehört.

Ich habe dort öfters besucht. Ein schönes Dorf, nicht weit von Aschau.

Kannst du auch "Boirisch"?

Ich war da am Institut vom Dezember 2004 bis zum Ende Juni 2005 (außer einer Pause im März wieder in den USA). Eigentlich bin ich mit einer Gruppe vom Institut-Prien nach München gefahren, um die Institutsleitung darum zu bitten, das Prien-Institut aufzulassen. Leider hatten wir keinen Erfolg und sie lehnten ab. Es sei billiger, Kurse in nur den größten Städten anzubieten, so die Leitungsvertreter, und die meisten möglichen Studenten hätten gefragt, in Berlin, München, Frankurt, usw. zu studieren, aber wir haben geantwortet, "Ja, natürlich, denn außerhalb Deutschlands kennt niemand die kleinen Dörfer wie Prien, usw! Sie sollten nicht Prien dafür beschuldigen, sondern sich selbst, weil sie die Studenten nicht darüber informiert haben." Sie sagten auch, Prien ist so nahe München, deswegen können die Studenten, die in Prien studieren wollten, einfach stattdessen in München studieren. Und darauf habe ich geantwortet, "Das ist warum Prien so populär ist! Man will in der Nähe von München wohnen, ohne eigentlich in der Stadt zu sein, und das bietet nur Prien." Ach, so blöde Menschen! :crazy:

Ich vermute, "Boirisch" ist Bayerisch für "Bayerisch." (sag das dreimal schnell!) Habe ich Recht? Auf jeden Fall kann ich es offensichtlich nicht. ;)

they refer to Bush as "the leader" amoung themselves? THats like something out of an Austin Power's movie. Do they call Cheney number two?

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/images/06/09/email.pdf

"I did hear of one reference to you, at the Cabinet meeting yesterday. I wasn't there, but I heard someone commented that the press was sure beating up on Mike Brown, to which the Preisdent replied, "I'd rather they beat up on him than me or Chertoff." Congratulations on doing a great job of diverting hostile fire away from the leader."

and Brown got fucked. All we have to do is look at all the other disasters he handled pretty well. We forget about Hurricane Charley and Ivan, which caused only less damage than Katrina and Andrew. I guess they grow good managers over there at the Arabian Horse Association.

Blame THAT guy...

Fuckers.

Even if Brown was responsible, the President is at fault for appointing him.

If Brown was not responsible, then the President is at fault and tried to use Brown as a scapegoat.

the buck eventually stops at the WH in a national crisis. * is absent for all of them (by luck or on purpose).

Since someone always steps into the vacuum (Rudy at 9/11 and Brownie for Katrina) we're stuck with what we get. Funny thing is, Brown wasn't that bad last year, and in previous crises. I attribute that to two things: First, the hurricanes last year were in Florida. Now, while it's easy to say that we received preferential treatment because of Jeb and an election year, it's not entirely fair, but does figure into it. Florida has (and had prior to Jebbie) a well-organized hurricane plan including huge local infrastructures as a result of Hurricane Andrew.

Second, I think that Mike Brown expected the same sort of response he received last year in Florida in NOLA -- and the situation had changed. Not Florida, not an election year, no local infrastructure, pissing contests between the WH and the Governor. Scapegoat city.

and that clip released months ago of Brown at that briefing was a real eye-opener. For months, he'd been painted as someone not competent enough to find his ass with both hands, yet in that briefing, he was clearly aware of the salient issues. Either Brown was competent, or he was at least capable of retaining a thorough briefing from a capable underling -- which is more than can be said for the Liar-in-Chief.

This was a fuck-up of the highest order. I have much more faith in Brown comprehending a complex thought than *.

K&R

I hope it finally brings the "the leader" down.

Brown is aptly named for what I think of him.

After Katrina, Brown was more interested in eating at steakhouses and worrying over his wardrobe than in helping people a little over an hour away who were literally dying.

Never mind them, his little feelings were hurt. That's what's important.

I saw that report on CNN and turned it off in disgust. When you lie down with dogs, you pick up fleas. What did he actually expect?! I mean really.

Reminds me of the Sam Kinison sketch about Jim Bakker and Jessica Hahn. "But she was a victim"..Bullshit.

Sure Brown may be getting a raw deal, but he deserves it. Embarrassment sure is better than dying on a rooftop. Hopefully this incident will prevent him from getting a job with any meaningful responsiblity.

Whether or not the email is real is irrelevant. Cabinet members taking flack for a President is nothing new even if the President is grossly incompetent like Bush. Instead of pointing fingers like children, fucking help the people who are trying to put their lives back together. It isn't an old story to the people who live with it everyday.

And yes I'm still angry over David "banning gay marriage is the most important issue" Vitter. He's another incompetent moron that needs to resign.

Loathe. Them. All.

but I want goodies against to use against Bush. I don't care how much we have to play to Brown in order to get them either.

is vermin. m/f riling up the homophobes pisses me off to no avail... I feel anger with ya man, these jackasses aren't worthy of their titles. bless you.


www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<<--- Check it out!

:kick:

Watch if you can.

They have nothing. Or at least they will soon. ;) I have a feeling they are playing, "how fast can you delete e-mails and shred records," if they didn't play that in September/October last year.

Courts are beginning to look down on situations in which electronic documents and paper records can somehow not be produced because they all magically somehow "disappeared."

courts used to go for that game, but now they like to play "hold the worms feet to the fire." It is really fun to watch them squirm too. :-)

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:hi:

politcal appointee in way over his pinhead as fema director. that he's being scape-goated should in no way obscure the fact that brown is an idiot that had no business being in charge of anything more complex than a rural 7-11 store.

and says he did a great job on Katrina. Brown said Chertoff should go since he was the inept one.

Who says he isn't GETTING the blame for Katrina?
Just 'cause he says someone else is to blame, doesn't mean that we don't know better!!
I blame the president for the failures during the Katrina response.
So do millions of others.
So, there ya go, Georgie... WE FUCKING BLAME YOU!!!

Brownie was the sucker installed at FEMA to be the lightning rod for WHEN (not if) something like this happened.
They all KNEW that something like this would happen.
It happened and Brownie didn't want to play his part.
My goodness, a Conservative sucker who didn't want to play the game?
Amazing!
Go Brownie!

The only way we will be able to extricate this evil from amongst us is if enough of his minions get screwed that they say "ENOUGH" and turn on him. Not exactly the best to hope for, but maybe it's all we have...

:wtf:

And some people try to argue that * ain't like Hitler?! Yeah, and what he did to the people in NOLA was kind and compassionate and most certaintly not genocide. :eyes:

Nazi is as Nazi does. :puke:

set out quite succinctly here:


http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13236

When both the media and the * White House go after you, you really don't stand a chance.

He messes up, then gets others to take the fall....just as he has done his whole life.... is Bush the ultimate sh*t magnet? Reagan looks competent by comparison.

The cult of Dear Leader Bush.

:wtf:

Brown got more than his share of blame. He was grossly unqualified, but * hired him, after all!

:mad: