Brown's past work did not 'translate'

Brown's past work did not 'translate'

Michael Brown must be beyond inept:

From failed Republican congressional candidate to ousted "czar" of an Arabian horse association, there was little in Michael D. Brown's background to prepare him for the fury of Hurricane Katrina.

Now, as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mr. Brown faces furious criticism of the federal response to the disaster that battered New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast. He provoked some of it himself when he conceded that FEMA didn't know that thousands of refugees were trapped at New Orleans' convention center without food or water until officials heard it on the news.

"He's done a hell of a job, because I'm not aware of any Arabian horses being killed in this storm," said Kate Hale, former Miami-Dade County emergency management chief. "The world that this man operated in and the focus of this work does not in any way translate to this. He does not have the experience."

Mr. Brown ran for Congress in 1988 and won 27 percent of the vote against Democratic incumbent Glenn English. He spent the 1990s as judges and stewards commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association...

Getting dissed by The Washington Times is a bit unusual for a Republican, but not unheard of these days. But you've got to be uniquely unappealing to get 27% of the vote as a REPUBLICAN in OKLAHOMA.