Great moments in television
On fire! Jack Cafferty blasts the Bushies over their efforts to whitewash the investigation into the Katrina fiasco:
WOLF BLITZER: Let's bring in our Jack Cafferty. He always weighs in on the big stories. The president wants his Homeland Security adviser to conduct an internal investigation. The Republican leadership in the House and Senate want a bipartisan, but Republican-led investigation. Where's the independent 9/11 Commission-type of investigation to get to the bottom of this?
JACK CAFFERTY: I have no idea. That's the short answer. You can't make this stuff up, Wolf. President Bush naming his Homeland Security adviser to investigate what went wrong with the government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
Frances Towsend is the one who most recently oversaw the reorganization of the nation's intelligence services following the WMD debacle. Given the outcome of that effort, she'll probably conclude there was no hurricane.
So what's all the fuss about? Newsweek magazine reported last week that when Katrina struck, no one wanted to tell the president the truth about what happened. None of his advisers wanted to bring him the bad news. What kind of staff is that? Nobody wanted to tell the president of the United States that the nation's 35th largest city had been destroyed? Who are these people and what kind of government do we have when everyone is afraid to tell the president anything when he doesn't want to hear?
Here's the question, is the president's Homeland Security adviser the right choice to investigate Hurricane Katrina? Duh. Caffertyfile, one word, CNN.com.
Let's see, the Democrats want a committee. The Republicans want a committee. The House will have a committee. The Senate will have a committee. We've got this lady that's going to have a committee. This is nonsense. They need to take this thing outside government. This was government's screw-up. Get somebody on the outside to take a look. I think I mentioned yesterday, get a dollar-a-year guy, somebody like Tom Kean who did the 9/11 Commission, and let him get the facts together and issue a report to the public. The public's not going to buy any of this stuff that comes out of Washington. They're not going to believe anything that comes out of these partisan reports, or stuff that was done from within the White House. It just isn't going to wash. You know, the game is up with John Q. Public. They're not buying this stuff anymore.
.. later...
CAFFERTY: Busy place, huh, Wolf? President Bush has named his Homeland Security adviser, Francis Townsend, to investigate what went wrong with the governments response to Hurricane Katrina. I guess they think everybody is going to say, gee, that's a great idea. The question we're asking, is the president's Homeland Security adviser the right choice to investigate Hurricane Katrina? You can't even say this stuff with a straight face.
Theresa in Petal, Mississippi: Bush appointing his Homeland Security adviser to investigate her own departments bungled response to Katrina would be shocking, if it wasn't so tragically typical of this administration. It's like O.J. Simpson searching for the real killer, when all he had to do was look in the mirror. Just how dumb do they think we are?
Steve in Carlsbad, California writes: No one from the Department of Homeland Security can effectively investigate the Department of Homeland Security. The findings would always be viewed suspiciously, would not have credibility. We need an independent commission such as was formed to investigate the 9/11 failures. That is the only was the public will accept any report that's eventually issued.
Ron in Manistique, Michigan: Of course it's a great idea, just like having the tobacco industry do the studies on the health effects of smoking.
Terry in Nebraska writes: What's not fair about investigating oneself. Congress votes on whether to give themselves pay raises. If the public continues to buy hook, line and bobber whatever this president tells them, then they deserve what they get.
And finally Dave in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: Yeah, she's fine, and when there's an impropriety on my tax return, just tell the IRS I'll look into it and get back to you.
JACK CAFFERTY: I have no idea. That's the short answer. You can't make this stuff up, Wolf. President Bush naming his Homeland Security adviser to investigate what went wrong with the government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
Frances Towsend is the one who most recently oversaw the reorganization of the nation's intelligence services following the WMD debacle. Given the outcome of that effort, she'll probably conclude there was no hurricane.
So what's all the fuss about? Newsweek magazine reported last week that when Katrina struck, no one wanted to tell the president the truth about what happened. None of his advisers wanted to bring him the bad news. What kind of staff is that? Nobody wanted to tell the president of the United States that the nation's 35th largest city had been destroyed? Who are these people and what kind of government do we have when everyone is afraid to tell the president anything when he doesn't want to hear?
Here's the question, is the president's Homeland Security adviser the right choice to investigate Hurricane Katrina? Duh. Caffertyfile, one word, CNN.com.
Let's see, the Democrats want a committee. The Republicans want a committee. The House will have a committee. The Senate will have a committee. We've got this lady that's going to have a committee. This is nonsense. They need to take this thing outside government. This was government's screw-up. Get somebody on the outside to take a look. I think I mentioned yesterday, get a dollar-a-year guy, somebody like Tom Kean who did the 9/11 Commission, and let him get the facts together and issue a report to the public. The public's not going to buy any of this stuff that comes out of Washington. They're not going to believe anything that comes out of these partisan reports, or stuff that was done from within the White House. It just isn't going to wash. You know, the game is up with John Q. Public. They're not buying this stuff anymore.
.. later...
CAFFERTY: Busy place, huh, Wolf? President Bush has named his Homeland Security adviser, Francis Townsend, to investigate what went wrong with the governments response to Hurricane Katrina. I guess they think everybody is going to say, gee, that's a great idea. The question we're asking, is the president's Homeland Security adviser the right choice to investigate Hurricane Katrina? You can't even say this stuff with a straight face.
Theresa in Petal, Mississippi: Bush appointing his Homeland Security adviser to investigate her own departments bungled response to Katrina would be shocking, if it wasn't so tragically typical of this administration. It's like O.J. Simpson searching for the real killer, when all he had to do was look in the mirror. Just how dumb do they think we are?
Steve in Carlsbad, California writes: No one from the Department of Homeland Security can effectively investigate the Department of Homeland Security. The findings would always be viewed suspiciously, would not have credibility. We need an independent commission such as was formed to investigate the 9/11 failures. That is the only was the public will accept any report that's eventually issued.
Ron in Manistique, Michigan: Of course it's a great idea, just like having the tobacco industry do the studies on the health effects of smoking.
Terry in Nebraska writes: What's not fair about investigating oneself. Congress votes on whether to give themselves pay raises. If the public continues to buy hook, line and bobber whatever this president tells them, then they deserve what they get.
And finally Dave in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: Yeah, she's fine, and when there's an impropriety on my tax return, just tell the IRS I'll look into it and get back to you.
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