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Title: Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was False
Source: TMP
URL Source: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsme ... na_story_was_false.php?ref=fp1
Published: Feb 27, 2009
Author: Zachary Roth -
Post Date: 2009-02-27 13:37:30 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 980
Comments: 5

Looks like the game is up.

Remember that story Bobby Jindal told in his big speech Tuesday night -- about how during Katrina, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with a local sheriff who was battling government red tape to try to rescue stranded victims?

Turns out it wasn't actually, you know, true.

In the last few days, first Daily Kos, and then TPMmuckraker, raised serious questions about the story, based in part on the fact that no news reports we could find place Jindal in the affected area at the specific time at issue.

Jindal had described being in the office of Sheriff Harry Lee "during Katrina," and hearing him yelling into the phone at a government bureaucrat who was refusing to let him send volunteer boats out to rescue stranded storm victims, because they didn't have the necessary permits. Jindal said he told Lee, "that's ridiculous," prompting Lee to tell the bureaucrat that the rescue effort would go ahead and he or she could arrest both Lee and Jindal.

But now, a Jindal spokeswoman has admitted to Politico that in reality, Jindal overheard Lee talking about the episode to someone else by phone "days later." The spokeswoman said she thought Lee, who died in 2007, was being interviewed about the incident at the time.

This is no minor difference. Jindal's presence in Lee's office during the crisis itself was a key element of the story's intended appeal, putting him at the center of the action during the maelstrom. Just as important, Jindal implied that his support for the sheriff helped ensure the rescue went ahead. But it turns out Jindal wasn't there at the key moment, and played no role in making the rescue happen.

There's a larger point here, though. The central anecdote of the GOP's prime-time response to President Obama's speech, intended to illustrate the threat of excessive government regulation, turns out to have been made up.

Maybe it's time to rethink the premise.

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#1. To: Brian S. all (#0)

it's time to 're-think' deecee bump

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Lod  posted on  2009-02-27   13:40:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Brian S (#0)

Seeing his video, I knew he was an idiot.

Now he is a lying idiot. But that's par for the course.


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PSUSA  posted on  2009-02-27   14:04:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Brian S (#0)

I already knew he was a leftist.

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Prefrontal Vortex  posted on  2009-02-27   17:11:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Brian S (#0)

Just what in the hell is it that causes politicians to tell such outlandish and easily debunked lies?

I believe the answer is that the politicians are so totally deluded by their megalomania that they simply don't care.

They know that 99.9% of the time they will easily get away with it.

wacsog10  posted on  2009-02-27   17:57:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: wacsog10 (#4)

Just what in the hell is it that causes politicians to tell such outlandish and easily debunked lies?

I often ponder the same question. Seems odd...odd, indeed.

Just saying...

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Brian S  posted on  2009-02-28   0:53:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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