President Obama headed out to Staten Island today to assess the alleged progress being made in areas ravaged by Hurricane Sandy. Huh. If had only taken his laser-like focus off of himself for one moment, he would have seen what everyone else has known for weeks: Sandy-ravaged areas are suffering and FEMA is failing.
Giuliani: FEMA response to Sandy "abysmal". FEMA was pleased, saying that's the closest they've ever gotten to getting an "A". #tcot
— Fred Thompson (@fredthompson) November 8, 2012
Coney Island: Poor, Black, and Still In The Dark. http://t.co/G4umdc7g Where is Apostle Obama now?
— spot_the_dog (sdog) (@s_dog) November 14, 2012
@EPAgov @fema o so that's what FEMA has been doing: worrying about environment instead of people. Time 2 abolish BOTH #sandy #statenisland
— REBELHockeyMama #ReopenAmerica (@MNHockeymama) November 13, 2012
Katrina on the Hudson http://t.co/J1ruo1zq Late warnings, confused and inadequate responses, #FEMA foul-ups and suffering refugees.
— Dave O (@do6986) November 13, 2012
Has Obama fixed the Sandy damage yet? Last I heard the people on Staten Island are being treated worse than those from Katrina.
— Melody (@prfekrdumbrella) November 11, 2012
'"There's no leadership here, nobody knows what's going on," said Christopher Janusis, a Staten Island resident." Obama admin in 9 words.
— Teri Christoph (@TeriChristoph) November 15, 2012
Staten Islanders offer to school FEMA after Sandy's wrath http://t.co/keHDGtfE
— Teri Christoph (@TeriChristoph) November 15, 2012
Hurricane victims develop toxic cough… http://t.co/f0zNANAc
— NEWS MAKER (@NEWS_MAKER) November 15, 2012
https://twitter.com/JonahHill/status/267443801780539392
Went out to far rockaway this morning to view the aftermath of #sandy and distribute food. Still no power out there. Keep giving.They need u
— John Legend (@johnlegend) November 10, 2012
Was in Staten Island yesterday.Midland Beach/New Dorp wrecked. Still finding dead bodies.Many still w/o power. Hospital beds scarce.
— Roberto Pedro (@2kailuakona) November 12, 2012
‘Mr. President: You must see this,’ urges the Staten Island Advance. Sandy left 23 dead there. http://t.co/Sf7XnhT5
— Charles Apple (@charlesapple) November 14, 2012
Long Islanders face third week without power; George W. Bush still in hiding http://t.co/e9TS3j6D
— China is lying (@jtLOL) November 12, 2012
Obama talking FEMA success lol! How out of touch can you be? FEMA closed its Staten Island offices due to weather last week!
— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) November 14, 2012
#Sandy update–My parents in Staten Island STILL have no power. Same for many others. A disgrace.
— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) November 14, 2012
It's almost redundant at this point to note how badly Bush would be getting savaged if the mess of Sandy had happened on his watch.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) November 14, 2012
Of course, members of the media are far too busy swooning madly over President Obama to, you know, hold him accountable. In fact, they cover for him and the FEMA failures.
Pop Quiz: Everyone knew Bush's head of FEMA following Katrina. The media made sure you knew "Brownie" fell down on the job.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) November 14, 2012
But can you name Obama's head of FEMA?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) November 14, 2012
No, you probably can't. Because the media hasn't mentioned his name six thousand times.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) November 14, 2012
@aceofspadeshq I googled "Current FEMA director" 2 weeks ago and the first 12 hits were stories about Brown. Some from the time of Katrina.
— summertime steph (@Stephamaybe) November 14, 2012
@PeteyPete92 @BiasedGirl I don't know. It frustrates me as well.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) November 14, 2012
Nope. Nicely played, MSM RT @AceofSpadesHQ: But can you name Obama's head of FEMA?
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) November 14, 2012
No matter! The president is fired up and ready to go … take pictures.
Photo-op presidency. MT @edzeppelin91: @BarackObama Make sure you wear that cool leather jacket, Skippy
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 15, 2012
RT @jtes: Obama meeting with workers at FEMA's HQ in Staten Island (AP): http://t.co/l3ayfo1o
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) November 15, 2012
See? He’s super serious and caring and stuff. Twitter users, and Sandy victims, weren’t buying it.
RT @KerryPicket: That's a rough split screen Fox just put up of Rockaway as Obama was saying that the response was "outstanding"
— Melissa Mackenzie (@MelissaTweets) November 15, 2012
RT @ZekeJMiller Girl getting supplies at FEMA site POTUS is visiting: "We need help–he should of been here a long time ago."
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) November 15, 2012
Sandy Victim on Obama's Visit: 'He Should of Been Here a Long Time Ago': President Obama is traveling in New Yor… http://t.co/9G7HeJJn
— The Weekly Standard (@weeklystandard) November 15, 2012
https://twitter.com/Amanda___x0/status/268682247341735936
Drool bucket bromance alert. MT @cspan President Obama & @MikeBloomberg – LIVE on C-SPAN http://t.co/b1vgdDPV
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 15, 2012
https://twitter.com/friendsofabe/status/269154749906034688
But, wait! He totally has a plan, guys.
Obama to make NY HUD boss "point man" liason between FEMA and POTUS. No favoritism or cronyism could possibly happen here.
— Selb (@commonc3nt) November 15, 2012
So let me get this right…Obama just tapped the head of HUD to do what FEMA is supposed to be doing in NYC? (Hell of job there guys!)
— Kevin Binversie (@kevinbinversie) November 15, 2012
"Alright guys, hang in there," Pres Obama tells state and local officials as he ends his Staten Island visit.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 15, 2012
Hang in there, guys.
Heck of a job, Barry. As usual.
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