“Let me tell you a story.
During Katrina, I visited Sheriff Harry Lee, a Democrat and a good friend of mine. [...] The boats were all lined up ready to go – when some bureaucrat showed up and told them they couldn’t go out on the water unless they had proof of insurance and registration. I told him, ‘Sheriff, that’s ridiculous.’ And before I knew it, he was yelling into the phone: ‘Congressman Jindal is here, and he says you can come and arrest him too!’ Harry just told the boaters to ignore the bureaucrats and start rescuing people.”
Really? Did this really happen? Let’s see what Jindal was saying in August-September of 2005, during the Katrina disaster.
Katrina hit when Congressman Jindal was returning from a foreign trip. His family evacuated to Baton Rouge, and met up with Jindal at his parents’ home. Two days after Katrina passed, Jindal took an aerial tour of the disaster area. It is not clear when he went back on ground. But it is highly unlikely that he was there during first few days. When did he go to this Sheriff’s office?
Lots more about this from various sides here.
Are you people not aware that Jefferson Parish is not only not in New Orleans, but between New Orleans and Baton Rouge?
People, fact checking isn’t needed. You do know Jindal has now admitted he didn’t tell the truth, don’t you?
#22 – Cool. Where’s the interview? This should be interesting to watch.
I searched around and all I could find was people quoting an “unnamed source” refuting it. Anybody got a quote from the Sheriff or Jindal?
Are you lying Uncle Dave?
Jindal’s a lying sack of cowpat. This lie is, quite frankly, disgusting. Having lived through a category 4 hurricane & it’s aftermath, I can’t stress enough how much of a jackass he’s just made himself out to be to survivors of any disaster, natural or otherwise.
On the bright side, that takes care of him as the great multiculti hope of the RNC. Saves us all a lot of time, bullcrap & money. Just my .02, etc.