Sunday, September 11, 2005

Washington Post Post Mortem

The Steady Buildup to a City's Chaos
Confusion Reigned At Every Level Of Government


No new ground broken in this one, really.

This time it's Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, claiming that President Photo Op came back from vacation on Wednesday "with a 'sense of urgency in his tone'".

Bush, winging his way back from vacation, paused to swoop low over the prostrate city on Air Force One. Back in Washington, he convened a stunned Cabinet.

Bush came in with a "sense of urgency in his tone" after his aerial tour, recalled Mike Leavitt, the secretary of health and human services. "It was, 'Has anybody thought of that, who's doing this? I want you to do this and this and this.' "

Funny thing about how Bush is always so smart and resolute behind closed doors with his staffers, then goes on national TV and says "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees" and "Brownie, you're doin a heckuva job" in front of the rest of us.

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