(President) Carter criticizes FEMA's role in Katrina relief

[AlGore-08.com]

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3877785

ATLANTA Jimmy Carter -- who as president created the Federal Emergency Management Agency -- criticized the agency's response to Hurricane Katrina and what he called its diminished role under the Bush administration.

Carter last night called FEMA's job "disgraceful" as he responded to a question at an annual discussion session he and wife, Rosalynn, hold every year at Atlanta's Carter Center.

In 1979, Carter was acting on a request from the National Governors Association when he merged several federal disaster organizations into one entity -- FEMA.

Carter said he made three promises at the time -- to always adequately fund the agency, to make sure its leaders were highly qualified and to ensure it would NOT become part of a larger agency.

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[cwydro]

1. You go Jimmy -

I wondered when he would speak up.

[rodeodance]

2. good!!

[krkaufman]

3. Sounds like Bush scored another trifecta...

... by breaking all three promises made at FEMA's creation.

Damn!, that guy's good.

[indepat]

5. W has hit an uncanny number of trifectas if could be argued

[raysr]

4. What the fuck

is Carter in bed with Baker for? He loses all credibility being seen with that SOB(re: voting ID)

[Sven77]

6. Carter sold us out

i couldnt believe he was with baker on C-Span saying we need national voter ID.