Just watch James DeWitt on Hardball. He;s good and knows

[napi21]

what he's talking about when discussing how to run FEMA. I agreed with him on every suggestion he had except ONE!

He agreed with Tweety that the Dir. of FEMA shoule be a close friend or buddy of the President, people who trust each other. My problem is that I don't think Shrub has ANY friends or buddies who are competent to do ANYTHING!

[dogman]

1. Maybe it would be better to elect the FEMA Director then.

And let him pick the President. ABB

[napi21]

2. Interesting, but unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. n/t

[clydefrand]

3. But DeWitt added that the buddy should be competent!

Poor Brownie... :sarcasm:

[napi21]

4. Just listening to DeWitt convinced me he knew what he was doing,

and wasn't afraid to exert his authority, no matter whose toes he stepped on. That's what Brownie was missing. I do think he had good intentions, and some good ideas, but he should have gone to the press, and said here's what we need to do, and I CAN'T get it done! The Pres or Dir of DHS is ignoring the problem!!!

Had he done that, he would have been the hero, but NOoooo, he had to be a loyal little lap dog!

[ellenfl]

5. i gather you are talking about james lee witt, the

well-respected, competent former head of fema? if not, who's james dewitt?

ellen fl

[napi21]

7. You're right, sorry. My brain is old and tired.

But you guys knew who I was talking about!

[annabanana]

6. he said a "close friend who's with EXPERIENCE"

That's what he said.

[Beaverhausen]

8. not to nitpick but isn't it "James Lee Witt?"

[LisaM]

9. I don't think the position should change with each administration

It should be someone who's essentially non-partisan.

[BootinUp]

10. Another thing Bill C was good at.

He had well qualified people working for him. Witt is awesome but I missed this.