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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1050665" data-attributes="member: 38206"><p><a href="http://sweetness-light.com/archive/giuliani-says-fema-is-as-bad-as-during-katrina" target="_blank">Giuliani Says FEMA Is As Bad As During Katrina</a></p><p></p><p>[h=3]Giuliani on Obama response to Hurricane Sandy: ‘Disgraceful … Where the hell are the generators?’[/h] <strong>David Martosko | 11/05/2012</strong></p><p><strong>At a Sunday gathering of Mitt Romney partisans in West Palm Beach, Florida, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani</strong></p><p> <strong>delivered a blistering attack on President Barack Obama for what he said was a “disgraceful” response to Hurricane Sandy.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><strong>“Maybe the first day or two of the storm, the president did a good job,” Giuliani said. “The last three or </strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>four days? It’s disgraceful.”</strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong></strong><strong>The Brooklyn-born firebrand excoriated the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for neglecting</strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong>to bring bottled water to the Northeastern U.S. during the days before the superstorm hit.</strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>“It’s disgraceful what he’s done. It’s disgraceful what his FEMA has done,” Giuliani said. “There are people in</strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong>New York City who don’t have bottles of water like this. See this little bottle of water? They don’t have it</strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong>in New York. You know why? Because Barack Obama’s FEMA didn’t think to pre-position it.”</strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>“What — they didn’t learn anything from Katrina?”</strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong></strong><strong>“People in the lower East side, elderly people, had to sleep last night in the cold — some of them at great</strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong><strong>risk to their health. And his FEMA can’t get generators to Manhattan,” Giuliani said of Obama.</strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>“How long did it take us … to get generators to Ground Zero on September 11? Do you know the power was</strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong><strong>out in lower Manhattan for four weeks? Now, you watched Ground Zero, didn’t you, on television? And you</strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong><strong>watched the lights on. You watched them working 24 hours a day. How do you think we did that?</strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong><strong>We brought generators in!”</strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>“Where the hell are the generators now?” Giuliani shouted. “What good is his FEMA if they can’t get the</strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong><strong>generators to the people who don’t have electricity? What good is FEMA if they can’t get water to people?</strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong><strong>What good is FEMA if they can’t get food to people?” …</strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83321.html" target="_blank">Rudy Giuliani: FEMA as bad as in Katrina - Katie Glueck - POLITICO.com</a></strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong></strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="texan, post: 1050665, member: 38206"] [URL="http://sweetness-light.com/archive/giuliani-says-fema-is-as-bad-as-during-katrina"]Giuliani Says FEMA Is As Bad As During Katrina[/URL] [h=3]Giuliani on Obama response to Hurricane Sandy: ‘Disgraceful … Where the hell are the generators?’[/h] [B]David Martosko | 11/05/2012[/B] [B]At a Sunday gathering of Mitt Romney partisans in West Palm Beach, Florida, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivered a blistering attack on President Barack Obama for what he said was a “disgraceful” response to Hurricane Sandy.[/B] [B] [B]“Maybe the first day or two of the storm, the president did a good job,” Giuliani said. “The last three or four days? It’s disgraceful.” [/B][B]The Brooklyn-born firebrand excoriated the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for neglecting to bring bottled water to the Northeastern U.S. during the days before the superstorm hit. [/B] [B]“It’s disgraceful what he’s done. It’s disgraceful what his FEMA has done,” Giuliani said. “There are people in New York City who don’t have bottles of water like this. See this little bottle of water? They don’t have it in New York. You know why? Because Barack Obama’s FEMA didn’t think to pre-position it.”[/B] [B] [B]“What — they didn’t learn anything from Katrina?” [/B][B]“People in the lower East side, elderly people, had to sleep last night in the cold — some of them at great risk to their health. And his FEMA can’t get generators to Manhattan,” Giuliani said of Obama. [/B] [B]“How long did it take us … to get generators to Ground Zero on September 11? Do you know the power was out in lower Manhattan for four weeks? Now, you watched Ground Zero, didn’t you, on television? And you watched the lights on. You watched them working 24 hours a day. How do you think we did that? We brought generators in!” [/B] [B]“Where the hell are the generators now?” Giuliani shouted. “What good is his FEMA if they can’t get the generators to the people who don’t have electricity? What good is FEMA if they can’t get water to people? What good is FEMA if they can’t get food to people?” … [url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83321.html]Rudy Giuliani: FEMA as bad as in Katrina - Katie Glueck - POLITICO.com[/url] [/B] [/B][/B] [/QUOTE]
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