Hurricane Shays hits Brownsville, also does damage to Bushtown

The House Select Committee on Hurricane Katrina questioned Mike Brown yesterday.

Here’s a quote from the hearings, from Christopher Shays, a Republican representative from Connecticut:

"I have come to the conclusion that this administration values loyalty more than anything else," Shays said, "more than competence or, frankly, more than the truth. And you have reinforced that view. . . . I'm left with the feeling [that] the administration feels they have to protect you."

My opinion? Kudos to Mr. Shays. It is heartening to see a public figure stand up like this.

The above quote is dead on. I agree wholeheartedly with Shays’ conclusion.

It isn’t hard to imagine who Shays had in mind in coming to the conclusion that Brown “reinforced”—Rumsfeld, Rove, Tenet, Wolfowitz, Bremer, etc.

It’s just too bad for Brown that Congress had to ruin the BushCo modus operandi. If there hadn’t been a hearing, Brown probably would have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, like Tenet and Bremer before him.