WTOP: Video Shows Bush Warned Before Katrina Hit

This is somehow more disturbing than my early assumption that Bush was ignorant of the situation. Ignorance can be forgiven, but stupidity cannot.

"My gut tells me ... this is a bad one and a big one," then-federal disaster chief Michael Brown told the final government-wide briefing the day before Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29.

The president didn't ask a single question during the briefing but assured soon-to-be-battered state officials: "We are fully prepared."

WTOP: Video Shows Bush Warned Before Katrina Hit