He's been doing the talk show circuit since he has apologized and says that he really feels bad about reciting BushCo's talking points on all the show
August 29, 2006

He's been doing the talk show circuit since he has apologized and says that he really feels bad about reciting BushCo's talking points on all the shows during Hurricane Katrina while people were suffering. This is what he said on Hardball:

BROWN: The lie was that we were working as a team and that everything was working smoothly. And how we could go out, and I beat myself up almost daily for allowing this to have happened, to sit there and go on television and talk about how things are working well, when you know they are not behind the scenes, is just wrong.

O‘DONNELL: So let me get this clear. Someone in the White House was telling you to lie?

BROWN: Well, yes. They give you the talking points. Whenever you go out to do any interviews they always have the talking points. Here‘s what the message for today is and here‘s how we are going to spin everything. That‘s just the way Washington, D.C. works and that‘s just wrong.

Well, you'll see some of his work when I post the video of those performances and you be the judge. We have short memories and while we are a forgiving people at heart--his behavior back then was reprehensible. If you take him at his word then instead of telling the truth and possibly quitting--he chose to lie. And it shows how low this administration will go at trying to deceive our country in a time of crisis. This administration isn't the only one culpable for the disaster, but it certainly was a big part of it--and they had people lie to cover their shortcomings.

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