U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Media Ignored, Mischaracterized Pelosi's Account of Bush..."

U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Media Ignored, Mischaracterized Pelosi's Account of Bush...": "WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Numerous media outlets have mischaracterized or ignored entirely House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) account of how, during a conversation with her at the White House, President Bush allegedly demonstrated that he was, in Pelosi's words, 'oblivious' to the federal government's failures in responding to the threat and subsequent destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.

As outlets such as the Associated Press and Scripps Howard News Service have reported, Pelosi said at a September 7 press conference that in a meeting with Bush the previous day, she had pressed him on whether he would fire Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director Michael D. Brown because of 'all that didn't go right last week (in New Orleans).' According to Pelosi, Bush replied: 'What didn't go right?' Reporting the exchange, Pelosi described Bush as 'oblivious, in denial, (and) dangerous.'"