Why We Don't Want A (Shitty) CEO In The White House

CNN:

As Hurricane Katrina bore down on the Gulf Coast three weeks ago, veteran workers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency braced for an epic disaster.

But their bosses, political appointees with almost no emergency management experience, didn't seem to share the sense of urgency, a FEMA veteran said.
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[Leo Bosner, a 26-year FEMA employee and union leader,] has been a whistle-blower before. This time, he says, colleagues are quietly thanking him for speaking out.

A year ago he raised concerns that Brown was in over his head. Brown stepped down earlier this month after he was removed from leading the government's Katrina relief effort. After resigning, he criticized local officials in an interview with The New York Times, saying the White House wasn't at fault.

"I have nothing personal against Mike Brown," Bosner told CNN. "I feel badly about the guy. But he took a job he was never trained for. The man was a lawyer."

One of Bush's big alleged strengths was his "ability to delegate".  Yet somehow he chose a wholly-inappropriate person to head a critical agency.  People can bitch all they want about Nagin and Blanco, but the Bush- and GOP-led Federal government failed to do its duty.  Given that, where does the buck stop if not with the President?

ntodd