Fema
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See the difference when you elect people who take governing seriously? Who appoint people with experience instead of their former college friends, and then their friends?
The public approves of the government response to Sandy by a 78-8 margin. Some background:
George H.W. Bush: Appoints Wallace Stickney, head of New Hampshire's Department of Transportation, as head of FEMA. Stickney is a hapless choice and the agency is rapidly driven into the ditch: "Because FEMA had 10 times the proportion of political appointees of most other government agencies, the poorly chosen Bush appointees had a profound effect on the performance of the agency."
Bill Clinton: Appoints James Lee Witt, former head of the Arkansas Office of Emergency Services, as head of FEMA. The agency is reborn as a professional operation: "As amazing as it sounds, Witt was the first FEMA head who came to the position with direct experience in emergency management....On Witt's recommendation, Clinton filled most of the FEMA jobs reserved for political appointees with persons who had previous experience in natural disasters and intergovernmental relations."
George W. Bush: Appoints Joe Allbaugh, his 2000 campaign manager, as head of FEMA. Allbaugh explains that his role is to downsize FEMA and privatize its functions: "Expectations of when the federal government should be involved and the degree of involvement may have ballooned beyond what is an appropriate level. We must restore the predominant role of State and local response to most disasters." Once again, the agency goes downhill: "[Allbaugh] showed little interest in its work or in the missions pursued by the departed Witt....Those of us in the business of dealing with emergencies find ourselves with no national leadership and no mentors. We are being forced to fend for ourselves."
Allbaugh quits after only two years and George W. Bush downgrades FEMA from a cabinet-level agency and appoints Allbaugh's deputy, Michael Brown, former Commissioner of Judges and Stewards for the International Arabian Horse Association, as FEMA's head. A former employer, Stephen Jones, is gobsmacked when he hears about it: "Brown was pleasant enough, if a bit opportunistic, Jones said, but he did not put enough time and energy into his job. 'He would have been better suited to be a small city or county lawyer,' he said."
Barack Obama: Appoints Craig Fugate, Florida's state emergency management director, as head of FEMA. Fugate immediately revives FEMA, receiving widespread praise for the agency's handling of the devastating tornadoes that ripped across seven Southern states last year: "Under Fugate's leadership, an unimaginable natural disaster literally has paved the way for a textbook lesson in FEMA crisis management....Once the laughingstock of the federal bureaucracy after the bumbling, dithering tenure of director Michael Brown, FEMA under Fugate prepares for the worst and hopes for the best rather than the other way around."
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Ask the people in New Jersey or in Joplin or in New Orleans or in Vermont if this stuff matters.
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As with heckbunker most always, he gives you part of the truth, apparently to see "what works"
and hides what he doesn't want you to see.....
to manipulate voters in the direction he wants them to go.
For instance, Pres Bush WANTED to appoint Craig Fugate, but Fugate "cares so much" for people in disasters...
Fugate, a former firefighter, union member, anti-Republican staunch Democrat....refused the position.
So, Obamao welcomed the political hack Fugate into his admin. So, he simply knew that Fugate had the experience to be
excellent on the job, per Pres Bush.
About Fugate:
"Obama's chances at re-election may come down to a former firefighter from Alachua, Florida, who turned down George W. Bush's offer in 2005 to make him director of FEMA."
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Fugate's a Republican, Cal.
So is he a political hack when he works for Obama. But when Bush wanted to appoint him he was awesome. And when Bush appointed his campaign director to run FEMA instead that was a good idea? And when he resigned and appointed his former college roommate, that was a good idea?
Some people take this stuff seriously, some people don't. Personally, I think Romney would. But I have no way of knowing because I have no idea which Romney shows up after election day.
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I don't care what he was - I called him a hack because he refused to help people via running FEMA for Bush,
but then did accept with Obamao.
That makes him a Republican? I think not.
His qualifications were excellent regardless.
You're the one who bragged that Bush didn't appoint him by appointing somebody else.
I simply told the truth, that Bush WANTED him, but he weaseled out of being charge of FEMA.
So, by omission, you lied. Not a good move for a hack who is so desperate for cred.
You blow it every time.
I wonder if we can get a picture of Steve kicking your ass for this forum. That would be great. @@
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