Scarborough shouting at the camera on MSNBC about FEMA....

[Media_Lies_Daily]

...he is PISSED!!!

[blonndee]

1. Wow. He IS pissed.

Going off on federal bureaucracies, state and local bureaucracies, talking about how FEMA, Red Cross fighting over getting the credit for helping people.

"They'd rather see people suffer than not get the credit for helping them."

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. We have got to be really careful. Yes they are right about the bureaucracy

crap, but ** is trying to set up the dismantling of yet another federal agency in favor of privatization. We need to make sure the message gets out there not to kill FEMA but to return it to what it was under James Lee Witt.

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[bloom]

26. I'm afraid

they would love to make it seem that ALL gov't is always incompetent (so we should let the churches handle everything? :wtf: )

[domlaw]

31. Exactly what I said to my wife

Remember

"My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years," he says, "to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."

This is planned. Scarbourough and the Congressman (Vitter??) he had on got all hot and lovey about the ability of local groups helping out and being better than the bureaucracy they helped birth. While this is true, it reeks of a planned response.

Bureaucracy=BAD even if it is a well functioning one.
Church / Local groups=GOOD
President=RIGHT



Be careful of what you wish for.

[Sarojin]

41. Yep, they're making it a FEMA failure

rather than a W policy that wrecked FEMA, and a delayed response from W that kept the military from doing anything.

F---ing clever bastards.

[FreedomAngel82]

52. I wouldn't be surprised

Maybe that is what Bush meant by "what went wrong?"

[barb162]

8. I am absolutely loving this!

[gumby]

42. OK, I don't trust Scaroboro at all.

But, he dissed the Red Cross - a "private" group - as much as he did FEMA.

[goclark]

2. He is getting so much better-let's hope it last! nt

[AlinPA]

9. He won't, he is a dirty Rpig. n/t

[Mr_Spock]

35. Pleweeze, he's a RW dirty trick playing pig having a moment of sanity

...enjoy it while it lasts...

[Obamarama]

3. Never thought I'd want to hug the guy instead of smacking upside the head

[barb162]

4. He's great right now, ranting on how FEMA screwed up

Most of the time I want him dead. Even the GOP guy who is on is ranting on FEMA too. Does Bush realize he has a problem yet?

[WiseButAngrySara]

30. HIm ranting about FEMA, state and local screw ups just places less

blame on B* in Republican's eyes...

[barb162]

36. ummm, who appointed "Brownie" again? Bush told Brownie he

was doing such a great job last week

[WiseButAngrySara]

43. Hey, I blame B* as the primary problem. I'm just saying that Scarface

will defend B*...and he did. Joe blames everyone. Let's make it equal.

[nickyt]

40. too busy WORKIN', man

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Joe is kicking butt

and taking names. He has been all over the feds for their failures with Katrina disaster.

[barb162]

10. I'm in heaven!!!!

[Atman]

24. Bill Maher nailed him the other night

The latest "Real Time" episode is well worth watching. Some douchebag from the AEI sat on the panel with George Carlin, and a woman whose name escapes me. Scarborough was the second guest, and Maher didn't cut him much slack. I say "much," because I think Maher eased up at the end when he could have stuck another knife in, but all in all, he did a good job. And Scarborough had virtually no defense of Der Chimpassar. The only thing I didn't like that Maher let Scarborough get away with..."Florida had four hurricanes in 2004, and FEMA acted superbly! I cannot understand why it took so long!" Maher reminded him that Jeb lived there, and that it was an election year, but Scarborough seemed to miss the connection, and instead said, "Yes! Jeb Bush is in Florida. And Lawton Chiles. They know how to deal with disasters. They're ready for them." Maher tried to bring up the election-year connection again, but Scarborough and the audience messed that up, and Bill had to move on to the next bit.

BUT...Scarborough was CLEARLY on the defensive, and forced to distance himself from BushCo on a number of occasions. I didn't see him tonight, but I'll watch the rerun. I love to see "awakenings."

[barb162]

33. Too bad Maher didn't bring up that a lot of people in Florida

still have blue tarps (for roofs)on their houses from LAST YEAR

[proud2BlibKansan]

51. The lady on the panel is

a writer with the Atlanta paper. Cynthia something.

[UTUSN]

7. Why Doesn't He Get Pissed at His REPUKE-ism???????? n/t

[Sydnie]

11. I think he has finally figured out that one brain dead woman with a

feeding tube is small potatos now. This might have put many things into perspective for him.

If his anger continues, he just might be a voice for change from within. Not having his koolaid infusion all those days seems to have helped. Could it be that it has a 5-7 day half life before it leaves your system? ;)

[Sperk]

12. Is he mentioning how well FEMA worked under the Clinton Admin.

didn't think so...............just a ploy to pribitize it all.

[gumby]

13. He recounted his personal experiences of saving lives

being rejected.

He called his experience a "scandal of epic proportions."

Coming from Scarborough, you KNOW it's gotta be really, really, really, really bad.

[FlemingsGhost]

18. Saving lives ... Well, there's a change from Scarborough.

This isn't any type of permanent conversion, folks. He'll be back supporting the fascists, in no time.

[gumby]

34. Well,...

Won't disagree, but he was saying this stuff on the TeeVee for everyone else to hear.

[barb162]

25. Yes, for those who didn't see it a few minutes ago, he talked

about how he had a truck full of supplies for this hospital in NOLA where he had an email from a nurse who described the horrible lack of supplies. When they tried delivering it, some FEMA moron, ARROGANT as hell, told Joe S. and the truck people to get the hell out; that they didn't need anything. ANd he told another story where the FEMA people told truckers who had lots of urgently needed supplies to turn around when they got to other devastated areas that really needed supplies.

Joe was going ballistic!!!!!

[cynatnite]

14. What has he said about Roberts?

When he stars gushing over Roberts, then you'll realize a leopard never changes his spots.

[gumby]

20. I'm sure he can still "compartmentalize"

Have no fear.

[RallyInDC]

15. dont fall for the bullshit trap. they want to dismantle FEMA for good...

privatize everything. that's the way of the world! :crazy:

[derby378]

17. Hey, I'm opening to dismantling FEMA, too...

Tear it down, sift it for chaff and dead weight, and then build a superior version of FEMA without the professional fuck-ups and perpetual bureaucrats. I think this is a plan!

[RallyInDC]

27. and then dont name it FEMA. but they want to privatize it forever.....

thats the plan.

[derby378]

38. I didn't mention privatization at all

And I've seen The Corporation, too, just like you probably did.

I don't want disaster relief privatized, either. But I do wan't someone in charge who's going to do something marginally more significant than scratching his scrotum and ordering pizzas flown in on the agency's credit card.

[RallyInDC]

46. damn straight. we need FEMA run by james lee whitt again!!

[natrat]

23. privatize=fraud

[readermostly]

16. Yes, I'm watching him. Wow, he's changed. I guess those who

actually were there and saw the devastation, grief, horror have a better perspective. Sure wish the odious Hannity, Rush, O'Reilly, etc., would have gotten away from their desks, suits and ties, and microphones, and seen this disaster first hand. However, they probably still would follow the RW "talking points".

[blonndee]

19. So WHY does it mean the local and state "first responders"

screwed up, because FEMA went "so well" in Florida? Aren't there going to be investigations into the overpayments there?

I gotta see what else he has to say. I'm not saying there weren't possibly things that could have been done better locally, but damn few, in my opinion. Responsibility rests with the feds.

I don't trust this fucker.

[in_cog_ni_to]

21. Ranting about FEMA to take the blame away from the idiot-in-chief.

There's always a method to their madness. He's a shill. There's a reason he's going after FEMA and I'm sure it's not because he truly cares. He's a repuke.

[gumby]

29. It's the "bureaucracy's" fault.

However, it IS GW Bush's "bureaucracy."

In fact, this IS GW Bush's HOMELAND SECURITY.

[Marie26]

45. He's blamed Bush too

I remember another show where he said "the buck stops with the President." and the (Republican!) guest agreed. Scarbourough just seems so genuinely disgusted by what happened that he isn't going to cover for anyone.

[ovidsen]

22. Read post #6. Green is right. Be afraid of the "new" Joe.

Scarborough, the government minimalist that he is, is probably setting the stage for a stand against the existence of FEMA. Don't let him get away with it. He'll argue that nothing, save for "compassionate conservatism", is better than FEMA, which is false.

Return FEMA to independence, as it was under Clinton and James Lee Witt, when FEMA really made a difference.

[ignatius 2]

37. I agree, something doesn't pass the smell test here. Just as the

media was all over the CIA intelligence failures for 9-11 and the wmds to shift the blame this is what he is doing. It was all FEMA's fault.

Forget the fact that the president was on vaca,went to a fundraiser,a birthday party and a hootenanny and didn't do a goddamn thing for 4 days, forget that FEMA is part of Homeland Security, where the fuck was Chertoff during all this, or Cheney for that matter.

He is shifting all the blame to FEMA and making people wary and suspicious of government.

It isn't all government that is to blame,just the bad government of the Bush administration.

Do not trust him any more than you would chimpy.

[Jennos20]

28. Why does he

blame the state and local government so much? I mean they asked for help from FEMA and the Federal Govt before and after the hurricane. Its not like they just sat there like bushie did. I mean come on how much resources does the mayor of a city actually have...

[OneGrassRoot]

32. and why is it only Louisiana.........

the same negligence and bureaucratic snafus have occurred in Mississippi, too, but no one is blaming Haley Barbour.:shrug:

[newyawker99]

53. Hi Jennos20!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[buddysmellgood]

39. He wants Halliburton in charge of FEMA

[gumby]

49. Dunno

He majorly dissed the Red Cross.

I don't trust him, but he was angry against the "corporate" Red Cross.

[texanshatingbush]

44. the scapegoating scenario is starting to take shape

The gist of some of Scarborough's rant was: once Bush found out about the disaster he was a real take charge leader. Scarborough spent most of the time hammering Fema, local and state gov.
Listening to Scarbough it appears the repug plan is to isolate Bush (nobody told him) from the initial mistakes, then bring Bush onto the scene as conditions improve, implying Bush's leadership saved the day.

[banjosareunderrated]

47. let's hope he's not near an intern. n/t

[tsuki]

48. He deserted his seat. And let's not forget Lori Klausutis. The

Repubs will be angling for power. They will jettison Bush if that's what it takes to remain in power. A conservative is a conservative is a conservative...

[gumby]

50. hee, hee

Been wondering how "They" are going to jettison GW.

Fasten your seat-belts, we are definitely in for a bumpy ride.