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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: reclaiming my time, it is worse. It got worse from there. It was not just what he was doing with his attire, rolling up…

On the recordNovember 3, 2005
reclaiming my time, it is worse. It got worse from there. It was not just what he was doing with his attire, rolling up his shirt sleeves, but what he was wearing that they continued to talk about. On August 29, the day of the storm, Brown exchanged e-mails about his attire with Ms. Taylor, his press secretary again. She told him in the e-mail, ``You look fabulous.'' And Brown replied, ``I got it at Nordstrom's. Are you proud of me?'' An hour later he added, If you look at my lovely FEMA attire, you will really vomit. I am a fashion God.'' This is the day of the storm. He is still being paid $148,000 a year to advise FEMA, according to Secretary Chertoff, and change, give or take a dollar or two, to advise FEMA about what they should be doing in the aftermath.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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