In the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has stepped up to the plate. First she revealed tht President Bush had indicated to her personally that he was clueless (or lying to her face) about the ineptitude of his unqualified FEMA Director Michael Brown.

Today in an interview on CNN, she went toe to toe with newsreader Kyra Phillips who seemed to be sitting in for White House political director:

PHILLIPS: I think it’s unfair that FEMA is just singled out. There are so many people responsible for what has happened in the state of Louisiana.

PELOSI: Well, that’s true. That is true. And I’m sorry that you think it’s unfair. But I don’t. I think it’s unfair to the people who lost their family members, their lives, their livelihoods, their homes, their opportunity.

And FEMA has done a poor job. It had no chance. It was (INAUDIBLE)…

PHILLIPS: But what about all those warnings…

PELOSI: … may I please respond?

PHILLIPS: What about all the warnings from the Army Corps of Engineers…

PELOSI: But the Army Corps of Engineers…

PHILLIPS: … years ago, saying there’s a problem with these levees, there’s a problem with this city…

PELOSI: … if you want to make a case for the White House, you should go on their payroll.

Crooks & Lias has the video.