It turns out Jindal was lying about the Katrina story he told during his response to Obama's "State of the Union" address.
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.]
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Yah, that story didn't exactly 'ring true', y'know? It could work out well for Jindal. Conservatives seem to like made-up stories.
Posted by: george.w | February 28, 2009 7:30 PM
In a word, yes. Based on cow-orkers, the faithful eat it up.
Posted by: D. C. Sessions | February 28, 2009 8:11 PM
It's important to understand that a story doesn't have to be true in order to be "true." It really only needs to be "truthy."
Remind me to tell you the one about the forklift operator caught between two OSHA inspectors.
Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | February 28, 2009 9:07 PM
I can't believe that they actually portray this guy as a front-runner for the presidential race in 2012. Is this really among the best they can hope for?
Posted by: Dan J | March 1, 2009 1:23 AM
This is a pretty serious distortion of the truth. I really hope the media (and others) keep this afloat.
What a hypocrite: "there's a lesson to be learned here..." Yeah, the lesson is that Republicans will lie about anything to serve their own interests.
What a fucking ass-clown.
Posted by: rrl | March 1, 2009 8:56 AM
Your link goes to facebook. Do you have any info that isn't on a site that requires membership?
Posted by: Virgil Samms | March 1, 2009 1:20 PM
Virgil - I got my info from http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
I'm sending you to their front page because they have more than one story on this subject - it took Jindal a few attempts at "clarification" til things got settled, and they published them all.
Posted by: Ana | March 1, 2009 1:29 PM