Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: February 26, 2006 – March 04, 2006 Archives

Oh, videotape is not the friend of George W. Bush today.

Remember this quote, right?

“I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees. They did appreciate a serious storm but these levees got breached and as a result much of New Orleans is flooded and now we’re having to deal with it and will.” – George W. Bush, Sept. 1, 2005

Only now the AP has unearthed videotape of the president being warned that just that could happen the day before Katrina hit.

Uh…..sounds familiar. …..

“Who would have thought that they would use airplanes to fly into buildings?”
Condaleeza Rice, Sept . 2001 (apparently a month or so after reading the August 9 PDB)

Chris Matthews ran the tape just a few minutes ago on Hardball.

See the report on it here.

Late Update: video link here.