From an NYTimes article:
Hours after Hurricane Katrina passed New Orleans on Aug. 29, as the scale of the catastrophe became clear, Michael D. Brown recalls, he placed frantic calls to his boss
[...]
"I am having a horrible time," Mr. Brown said he told Mr. Chertoff and a White House official[...] "I can't get a unified command established."
Yes, a horrible, horrible time. What ol' Brownie needed was a friend. And while LA Governor Blanco's husband Raymond (whom everyone loves) let Mike bend his ear for a while (I'm not making this up), what Brownie really needed was a big, strong man to come take control of the situation.
While [General Honoré] did not have responsibility for the entire relief effort and the Guard, his commanding manner helped mobilize the state's efforts.
"Honoré shows up and [...] boom, it starts happening. With Honoré, I have got exactly what I need."
So... in other words, a dude who's not in command finally got the ball rolling by filling in the gaps in your personality?
Peek below the fold for a Panopticon of Incompetent and Self-contradictory Buck-passery!
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