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Monday, October 29, 2012

2012 Today, a Republican Strategist Said "I don't think anybody cares about [FEMA] right now"

Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:01 AM

AmericaBlog is paying attention to CNN so you don't have to. This exchange just happened live on TV:

DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: In 2011, during the Republican primary, Mitt Romney said flat out that he thinks that FEMA should abolished, and should be privatized. Really? At this moment in time, I think that’s the kind of thing, that’s the kind of comment, that could come back to haunt somebody like Mitt Romney.

GOP STRATEGIST RON BONJEAN: I have to say that I don’t think anyone, most people don’t have a positive impression of FEMA, and I think Mitt Romney is right on the button. I don’t think anybody cares about that right now.

Right on the button! Here's awful video of the exchange, recorded by someone who apparently just points their camera at their TV all day long:

So they're pro-rape and anti-disaster relief, which I'm pretty sure makes them comic book villains.

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I don’t think anyone, most people don’t have a positive impression of FEMA

Yeah, because republicans fucked it up.

Republicans consistently take working programs, break them, then complain loudly that these programs don't work.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on October 29, 2012 at 11:08 AM

FEMA is not a rescue agency.

It a re-insurance company.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on October 29, 2012 at 11:31 AM

To be fair, most comic book villains are anti rape.

Posted by Spike1382 on October 29, 2012 at 11:31 AM

Calvin Coolidge was a Governor of Massachusetts

He said:

There is no right to strike against the public safety by anyone, anywhere, any time.

He disdained regulation and appointed commissioners to the Federal Trade Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission who were committed to those programs' destruction.

He agreed with the third richest man at the time, Andrew Mellon, that "taxes should be lower and fewer people should pay them"

During his presidency, times were good if you were white and had some money.

Posted by six shooter on October 29, 2012 at 11:43 AM

@2 You were on here a few days ago, claiming Sandy "wasn't a big deal."

Now you're here warping information about FEMA.

I doubt you have any understanding of the agency's history, but we'll let that go for now. The point is, you're not here to inform anyone. You're here to spin. You're flailing at straws, trying to warp reality into what you want it to be, instead of discovering what it is.

Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on October 29, 2012 at 11:50 AM

At the risk of defending him, I kinda feel like he was saying "nobody cares about" the underlying political machinations of it all. That they're more concerned with defending themselves against the storm and their personal well-being at the moment. Or at least that's maybe what he was trying to say, but jamming his foot & lower leg in his mouth in the process.

Posted by mikethehammer on October 29, 2012 at 11:58 AM

@6 except for the part where he says

I think Mitt Romney is right on the button.

Posted by six shooter on October 29, 2012 at 12:02 PM

@7 I don't want Mittens anywhere near "the button."

Posted by Brooklyn Reader on October 29, 2012 at 12:36 PM

While people in Sandy's path will be most concerned with staying safe right now, by next week many will be assessing the damage and incredibly grateful for FEMA's emergency loans department...I know we certainly were while assessing earthquake repairs in 2001.

Posted by ssmary on October 29, 2012 at 3:24 PM

Just trust "free" market fundamentalists to claim that we need at least one profit skimming middleman between all services and the citizenry. The cost of US health care compared to that of other nations shows how well it's working for us, but nooo, don't trust your lying eyes.

Posted by anon1256 on October 29, 2012 at 6:29 PM