[Hoot Gibson]

He's alluding to Mitt's position that the federal government has likely grown itself past the point of no return. The idea that the individual states are not capable of taking care of their own problems is one that is supported and propagated by the federal government itself. The argument Mitt was making had to do with the waste associated with administration and dispensing of federal funds. If you'll remember, the federal disaster relief efforts in the Katrina debacle, were themselves characterized as a disaster. Millions went down the old rat hole. That's what Mitt was talking about. Now that RV and others think there's blood in the water they'll try to make something out of it.

I know what he is referring to and it is a perfectly legitimate topic for a thread of its own. His intent is to derail the thread to take attention off of Obama's actions that resulted in the deaths of four Americans in Libya. Obama could do nothing to prevent the 30 deaths from Hurricane Sandy and his role in disaster recovery is smiling for the camera, consoling survivors, and reading from his teleprompter.

When Obama's actions could have saved lives, he was not up to the job. Now he will milk the disaster for all the political gain that he can.

FEMA should be scaled down. States and local governments and private charities are more capable of effectively delivering disaster relief in most situations and there would be far less fraud. Federal relief should be provided only to restore interstate commerce (major airports, interstate highways, etc.) and to recover from terrorist or military attacks.