The AP reports on Rick Santorum's latest claim that the National Weather Service didn't give sufficient warning about Hurricane Katrina. It seems that Rick's fellow Republican Sen. Jim DeMint completely disagrees with his assessment of the weather service's performance. From the AP:
But a fellow Republican senator, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, praised the weather service's performance, calling it in a statement Friday "one of the most accurate hurricane predictions we have ever seen." Spokesman Wesley Denton said DeMint was unaware of Santorum's comments or the union's response.
DeMint cited the same documents referred to by Greaves and Sobien indicating that 2 1/2 days before Katrina hit New Orleans, the agency had accurately predicted it would hit there. "These early and accurate forecasts saved countless lives along the Gulf Coast," DeMint said.
Uh Rick, it's starting to look like you
might be trying to use a national tragedy to advance your own agenda.
