Posted on 09/15/2005 2:38:11 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
Thursday, September 15, 2005
IN KATRINA'S WAKE Posted: September 15, 2005 2:06 p.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
The president of a Louisiana parish tearfully told a national TV audience the heartbreaking story of a coworker whose mother was left to die in a flooded nursing home days after Hurricane Katrina immobilized New Orleans but, as it turns out, the story isn't true.
The blog WuzzaDem.com uncovered the truth-stretching rhetoric of Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard's account he shared on "Meet the Press" Sept. 4 as he emotionally complained about lack of federal response to Katrina victims.
Here is Broussard's story broadcast on the NBC news show:
The guy who runs this building I'm in, emergency management, he's responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in a St. Bernard nursing home and every day she called him and said, "Are you coming, son? Is somebody coming?" And he said, "Yeah, Mama, somebody's coming to get you. Somebody's coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Wednesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Thursday. Somebody's coming to get you on Friday." And she drowned Friday night. She drowned Friday night.
The Friday night Broussard is talking about was Sept. 2, but it turns out the woman actually died Aug. 29, the previous Monday, when Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.
MSNBC reported the man Broussard was talking about is Thomas Rodrigue, who told "Dateline" that his 92-year-old mother was one of 32 elderly people found dead at the St. Rita's nursing home. The New York Times reported the 32 residents, out of 60 total, died Aug. 29.
CNN reported Rodrigue, as he worked the hurricane watch Aug. 28, called the nursing home in St. Bernard to plead with the management to evacuate the residents. He also says he contacted St. Bernard Parish officials asking them to send sheriff's office personnel to the facility to evacuate his mother and the others but to no avail. Over half the residents were killed Monday when Katrina came ashore.
Reported WuzzaDem.com: "Broussard claims Rodrigue was talking to his mother for four days after she died, promising here some nebulous 'cavalry' was on the way. His story doesn't jibe with the reporting of CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, or even Thomas Rodrigue's own account.
"Why would he lie about such a thing?
"Aaron Broussard's crocodile tears came at the tail-end of a tirade against FEMA, in response to a question from [host] Tim Russert asking whether the mayor of New Orleans and the governor of Louisiana could have been 'more forceful, much more effective and much more organized in evacuating the area.'"
The site claims Broussard, a Democrat, was "trying to score political points" by blaming federal officials when Louisiana's emergency plan explicitly designates local officials as those responsible for pre-disaster evacuation and for responding directly after an event.
The website Lies.com also reported on Broussard's fabrication, saying, "Assuming the MSNBC story is accurate, Broussards story was at least significantly embellished. ... Broussard, for all the apparent sincerity in his emotional on-air breakdown, was willing to lie in order to make his story work better as political theater."
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This isn't that surprising considering some of the other similar reports I've read. It is pitiful.
Bump!
I'm waiting for Tim the Toad to clear this up..../sarcasm squared
Isn't Broussard a relative of Gov. Blank-o??
Bump.
He lived 30 MILES away and didn't coe to get her himself???? OMG!! Are you positive??? I thought he was out of the state??
I saw it also. I knew at the time that he was a Dem (because Demmy Russert failed to mention Broussard's party affiliation), so I was reasonably sure that they were indeed crocodile tears, put on for the camera.
I hardened my heart, and didn't buy Broussard's pathetic performance. And now, it turns out that my well-honed political instincts were right...
"Yes, he is under a federal investigation .. I believe it is for fraud"
Oh, so that was what he was really crying about. A real user/loser.
I was disgusted, true story or not. Does dignity get a pass when there's a hurricane?
The entry ends:
"..Mainstream media sources so far have not offered any explanation for the apparent discrepancy between reports that the nursing home's residents died on Monday, and Broussard's account of Rodrigue having phone conversations with his mother during the ensuing week..."
Once again the Net is ahead of MSM, particularly when they want to duck an issue.
"particularly when they want to duck an issue."
Ain't that the truth!
He a Dim, so I'm pretty sure his reservations have already been made.
A Nutra Rat lie in the most corrupt state in the union.
One thing I like about the Wikipedia entry on Aaron Broussard
is that if you type in "Aaron Broussard" on a Google search,
it is the third entry that comes up.
,p.
The Wikipedia people edit entries from time to time but, for the moment, the viewer will see the discrepancy noted.
>>Hmmmmm .. any comment from Timmy Russert and Chrissy Matthews on this yet??<<
Chrissy "squats to pee" Matthews will insist in some twisted rationale that the stress of the scope of the disaster and the accompanying lackluster Federal response drove Broussard to a breakdown, resulting in his lying out of frustration...
A.K.A. {let's all say it together, now...}:
"It's all Bush/Cheney and Rove's fault"
A.A.C.
Gee, a Democrat lied to score points on national TV? Go figure.
And the MSM hasn't revealed the lie? I'm speechless.
So another made up story coming from the MSM......
"I remember seeing this man...it brought me to tears"
Me too. I sincerely hope his karmic retribution is swift and painful.
What a lying sack of 5h!+.
Her uncle, Eugene Broussard, 86, is glad she did not shy away from talking about Ben. He knew she had it in her to be a strong governor back during Bens funeral, when she bravely spoke before the congregation during her greatest hour of grief.
"People say she cant handle tough situations as governor," Broussard said. "If she can handle that, talking about her son in church, she can handle anything."
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The story might advance due to the charging of St. Rita's Nursing Home owners in the deaths of these people, including the lady Broussard was talking about. As of now the MSM that have mentioned Broussard with that story have not connected the dots to his fabrication.
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