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5) "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." –President Bush, to FEMA director
Michael Brown, while touring hurricane-ravaged Mississippi, Sept. 2, 2005
(Source)
6) "Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?" –House Majority Leader
Tom Delay (R-TX), to three young hurricane evacuees from New Orleans at the
Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 9, 2005 (Source)
7) "Well, I think if you look at what actually happened, I remember on
Tuesday morning picking up newspapers and I saw headlines, 'New Orleans
Dodged the Bullet.' Because if you recall, the storm moved to the east and
then continued on and appeared to pass with considerable damage but nothing
worse." –Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, blaming media coverage
for the government's failings, "Meet the Press," Sept. 4, 2005 (Source)
8) "What didn't go right?'" –President Bush, as quoted by House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), after she urged him to fire FEMA Director Michael
Brown "because of all that went wrong, of all that didn't go right" in the
Hurricane Katrina relief effort (Source)
9) "I mean, you have people who don't heed those warnings and then put people
at risk as a result of not heeding those warnings. There may be a need to
look at tougher penalties on those who decide to ride it out and understand
that there are consequences to not leaving." –Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA),
Sept. 6, 2005 (Source)
10) "You simply get chills every time you see these poor individuals...many
of these people, almost all of them that we see are so poor and they are so
black, and this is going to raise lots of questions for people who are
watching this story unfold." –CNN's Wolf Blitzer, on New Orleans' hurricane
evacuees, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source)
15) "I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention
center who don't have food and water." –Homeland Security Secretary Michael
Chertoff, on NPR's "All Things Considered," Sept. 1, 2005 (Source)
16) "Last night, we showed you the full force of a superpower government
going to the rescue." –MSNBC's Chris Matthews, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source)
17) "We just learned of the convention center – we being the federal
government – today." –FEMA Director Michael Brown, to ABC's Ted Koppel, Sept.
1, 2005, to which Koppel responded: "Don't you guys watch television? Don't
you guys listen to the radio? Our reporters have been reporting on it for
more than just today." (Source)
18) "Mayor Nagin and most mayors in this country have a hard time getting
their people to work on a sunny day, let alone getting them out of the city
in front of a hurricane." –Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), on why New Orleans
Mayor Ray Nagin failed to follow the city's evacuation plan and press the
buses into service, "Fox News Sunday," Sept. 11, 2005 (Source)
19) "Louisiana is a city that is largely under water." –Homeland Security
Secretary Michael Chertoff, news conference, Sept. 3, 2005 (Source)
20) "I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to
make sure their children are in school." –First Lady Laura Bush, twice
referring to a "Hurricane Corina" while speaking to children and parents in
South Haven, Mississippi, Sept. 8, 2005 (Source)
