FEMA Spokesman John P. ''Pat'' Philbin Loses Spy Job Offer

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: NYT/AP

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 29, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man who staged a fake Federal Emergency Management Agency new conference has lost a chance to be National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell's top public information officer.

John P. ''Pat'' Philbin, FEMA's external affairs director, who had been scheduled to move into the new job on Monday, will not be getting it after last week's phony news conference. The staged question-and-answer session was harshly criticized by both the White House and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, whose department oversees FEMA.

''We do not normally comment on personnel matters,'' DNI spokesman Ross Feinstein said Monday. ''However, we can confirm that Mr. Philbin is not, nor is he scheduled to be, the director of public affairs for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.''

Feinstein said earlier that Philbin's job change had been put on hold while McConnell reviewed his record....

A half-dozen questions were asked at the event -- by FEMA staff members posing as reporters. Philbin was among the six questioners, according to The Washington Post. The questions included: ''Are you happy with FEMA's response so far?''...

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Intelligence-FEMA.html

[mitchum]

1. He'll probably fall upward to Dana Perino's job now

[aquart]

6. FAIL upward.

If we do not fight, the Oxford English Dictionary (the coward!) will accept your misread word as an acceptable substitute, happily touting another false etymology as good enough.

You might consider that falling upward could be a great achievement, which failing upward ain't.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Incredibly consistent for the neocon administration

bush edict after katrina:

DO NOT LET THE FAILURES OF OUR CONSERVATIVE VALUES BE ON BLATANT DISPLAY ALL THE TIME. IF WE NEED TO FIRE SOMEONE FOR THE SAKE OF THE PARTY, FUCK EM, AND THEN FIRE EM. WE ARE CHRISTIANS AFTER ALL.

[Ian David]

3. He wanted to spend more time with FEMA employees posing as his family anyway. n/t

[JBoy]

7. Brilliant!

:rofl:

[mac56]

11. Best line of the day!

:applause:

[antonialee839]

4. Will he interview

himself on his firing?

[SpiralHawk]

5. "This was a set up by a vast liberal conspiracy." - republicon propaganda appaRATchik

"Like our beloved republicon Fearless Leader COMMANDER AWOL, I am not responsible for anything I may have done. Smirk, smirk, smirk."

- republicon propaganda appaRATchik

[appleannie1]

8. He and Jeff Gannon probably had plans to start

their own news agency anyway. It is going to be called SCREWS Assoc. Standing for Some Corny Republicans Eyeing W's You fill in the S

[pattmarty]

9. Hey, he'd be the perfect guy ala Joseph Goebbels.

[williesgirl]

10. I sent blistering emails last week to my Sens and Reps about this. Maybe they helped. rec'd