So here is what Howard Dean had to say.
CNN.com - Dean:�U.S. must face�'ugly truth'�about�Katrina - Sep 8, 2005: "In the aftermath of Katrina, Dean said that 'we saw people desperately trying to survive conditions that not one of us could imagine would ever happen in an American city.'
Critics have argued the federal government took too long to mobilize aid, causing thousands of storm victims to languish for days without food, water and other necessities.
'We have to come to terms with the ugly truth that skin color, age and economics played a significant role in who survived and who did not,' he said. 'And this question, 40 and 50 years after Dr. [Martin Luther] King [Jr.] and the civil rights movement, is, 'How could this still be happening in America?' '"