Well,
maybe he isn't.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being removed from his role managing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, NBC News and The Associated Press reported Friday.
Two federal officials who wouldn't be identified told the AP that Brown is being sent back to Washington from Baton Rouge, La. He was the primary official overseeing the federal government's response to the disaster. NBC learned the same thing from a relief official.
He isn't being fired, just removed from doing his job. Which, um, is like being fired, but not firing him because that would mean Bush was wrong for praising Brown and would be akin to admitting a mistake (which our infallible president never does).
Or something like that.
Of course, the cynic would argue that Brown never did his job to begin with. And it would be quite a convincing argument.
And a reminder -- Bush appointed this guy without vetting him (he lied on his resume) because he was friends with his 2000 campaign manager. And Joe Lieberman, who controlled the committee first vetting Brown, gave the nominee high praise and pushed him through after less than an hour of questioning.
The wingers wanted this to be a bipartisan disaster. Good for Lieberman to oblige them.