Coulter peddled Katrina falsehoods on Fox, but the truth sneaked in ...

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http://mediamatters.org/items/200509120002

Coulter peddled Katrina falsehoods on Fox, but the truth sneaked in -- "I don't know what the details are"

As a guest on the September 8 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter made several false statements pertaining to Hurricane Katrina and the relief efforts taking place in its aftermath.

Coulter claimed it is "manifestly true" that no one anticipated the levee breeches, then admitted she doesn't know the "details"

When co-host Alan Colmes cited President Bush's claim, made during a September 1 interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, that he "didn't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees," Coulter interjected: "That's manifestly true." But after Colmes objected to her assertion, Coulter admitted she actually did not know "what the details are about this."

In fact, Bush's claim that no one "anticipated the breach of the levees" is categorically false. The St. Petersburg Times reported on August 30 that National Hurricane Center director Max Mayfield "talked about the force of Katrina during a video conference call to President Bush at his ranch in Crawford, Texas" on August 28. The Washington Post quoted Mayfield on September 6: "They knew that this one was different. ... I don't think Mike Brown or anyone else in FEMA could have any reason to have any problem with our calls. ... They were told ... We said the levees could be topped." Moreover, just hours after the storm passed on Monday, August 29, Brown confirmed that the potential for catastrophic flooding remained. In an interview with Brown, NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer noted, "In New Orleans, in particular, they're worried about the levees giving way or the canals not holding, and they're worried about toxic runoff." Brown responded that even though the storm had weakened, there was still a 15- to 20-foot storm surge causing "the water out of Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf and the Mississippi continue to converge upon Louisiana." Brown added, "So we're still ready for a major disaster."

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1. 'manifestly true'

if she keeps throwing those big words around, one day she'll have to buy a dictionary

[Orrex]

2. It's her "Manifest Dictionary" nt

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. And you'd expect what else?

When Coulter tells the truth, it'll be news.

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4. "Colmes objected to her assertion"?

Wow, he must have grown a tiny, vestigial testicle.

His dick'll never be as big as Ann's though.

[11 Bravo]

5. Coulter's Usually Not Truthful

Acronym? What acronym?

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7. I'm sure you meant acronym.

An anagram is a word formed out of the letters of another words, such as (to use the dictionary.com example) satin and stain.

Acronym is a word formed from abbreviations of other words, such as POTUS (pimple on the underbelly of society) or FEMA (failure to efficiently manage anything).

[11 Bravo]

8. Thanks, I plead brain fart.

I fixed it.

[ET Awful]

10. Hehehe, I just wanted a chance to slip in my new meaning for POTUS

:evilgrin:

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6. Gone with the Water; Nation Geographic, Oct. 2004

"The Water crept to the top of the massive bern that holds back the lake and then spilled over. Nearly 80 percent of New Orleans lies below sea level--more than eight feet below in places--so the water poured in. A liquid brown wall washed over the brick ranch homes of Gentilly, over the clapboard houses of the Ninth Ward, over the white-columned porches of the Garden District, until it raced through the bars and strip joints on Bourbon Street like the pale rider of the Apocalypse. As it reached 25 feet deep over parts of the city, people climbed onto roofs to escape it.

"Thousands drowned in the murky brew that was soon contaminated by sewage and industrial waste. Thousands more who survived the flood later perished from dehydration and disease as they waited to be rescued. It took two months to pump the city dry, and by then the Big Easy was buried under a blanket of putrid sediment, a million people were homeless, and 50,000 were dead.



When did this calamity happen? It hasn't--yet. But the doomsday scenario is not far fetched. The federal Emergency management Agency lists a hurricane strike on New Orleans as one of the most dire threats to the nation, up there with a large earthquake in California or a terrorist attack on New York City. Even the Red Cross no longer opens hurricane shelters in the city, claiming the risk to its workers is too great."

This from the above cited National Geographic article by Joel K. Bourne, Jr.

(but, of course, . . . "no one anticipated the levee breeches.")

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9. Oh what a slut. n/t