[finnman69]

Rodrigue said he didn’t see or hear Broussard’s comments on Meet the Press. When told of the sequence of phone calls that Broussard described on Meet the Press, Rodrigue said “No, no, that’s not true.”

[Artemis Webb]

Aaron Broussard...you are lying sonofabitch.

[stylin19a]

Wonder if Russert will ask him back for a follow-up ?

[finnman69]

BROUSSARD: ... The guy who runs this building I'm in, emergency management, he's responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in 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.

[Spok]

"details that conflict with the timeline of the tragedy."

An interesting characterization. Back home they'd call it lying, but I guess it all depends on how you want to spin it.

[KS Flyover]

. . . and the Emmy for "Best Drama Queen on a Sunday morning talk show" goes to . . . .

Aaron Broussard

[SarahW]

Jackie Bauer, a spokeswoman for Broussard who was present during the Meet the Press interview, said "it was a misunderstanding."

Late on Friday, Bauer told MSNBC.com: "I was there when he (Broussard) was doing that, when he was saying that, I think he was meaning that he was calling, he was calling and trying to talk to Tommy and telling him ‘don’t worry,' trying to console Tommy, 'don’t worry, we’ll get her out, don’t worry we’ll get her out.'"

I don't see how anyone could think that or buy that explanation. Broussard said something else, and was very specific:

His mother was trapped in 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...

[nopardons]

bttt

[Colofornian]

Somebody already posted another media outlet's coverage of this lie on Friday, Sept. 16, I believe (you can do search). So nice to know that MSNBC "rushes" to correct lies spouted on its program.

Why do we need obsolete MSM coverage again?

[half-cajun]

This is soooo wrong. The media played this non-stop. It's certain that this had a lot to do with the public's perception of the federal response. Anyone willing to bet even a penny that Russert will mention this.

[Gang of Five]

That's a pretty big mistake to be making, blubbering crocodile tears on national television on the most influential of the Sunday morning talk shows. Too big to believe that it actually WAS a mistake. But while I agree with everybody about "thank goodness for the bloggers", the bloggers are good at surgically removing cancers like Dan Rather and his forged documents - they're NOT as effective at countering the tidal wave of intentionally bulls**t "reporting" by the vaunted, degreed, oh-so-important fourth estate. Punch an MSM shill if you ever get a chance...

[beckett]

The whole dramatic thrust of this guy's treacly playacting on TV hung on the claim that she called her son repeatedly, day after agonizing day and still couldn't be saved because, over those several crucial days, gov't FEMA types didn't give a damn. A proper understanding of the circumstances of the lady's death shows that she neither called her son, nor did her tragic story unfold over several days.

Wow...that is a textbook con. Broussard was calling for the "criminal indictment" of the guilty gov't officials, if I recall correctly. Somebody should be writing up an indictment of this bozo himself, for willful fraud perpetrated on the public airwaves.

[Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...]

Rodrigue said he didn’t see or hear Broussard’s comments on Meet the Press. When told of the sequence of phone calls that Broussard described on Meet the Press, Rodrigue said “No, no, that’s not true.”

Now wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall when Rodrique and Broussard meet the next time? What on earth would Broussard say to Rodrique and vice versa? Do you think that Broussard would shift the blame to Rodrique and claim that he never got the straight goods from him the first time?

[Colofornian]

Hey, this is just Reality TV, News Room style. We all know a certain amount of "Reality TV" is contrived according to what is scripted. While this wasn't "scripted," CPT (Contrived Political Theater) makes for improved TV ratings.

[TomGuy]

Broussard lied.

Russert bought the lie.

Russert has yet (that I've heard/read) to apologize or retract or correct the lie.

[shhrubbery!]

I knew, and I suspect a lot of other people knew, that this guy Broussard was a phony from the git-go.

Just like a lot of us knew Tawana Brawley was a phony from the git-go.

I mean, wasn't it OBVIOUS?

How in God's name could anyone seriously picture an elderly woman, phone clutched in hand (a working phone, no less! that most rare of all commodities in NOLA at the time)
-- calling her son day after day after day (with miraculous working phone still working, underwater)
-- and then waiting to drown FOUR days AFTER the water rose to its high water mark?

Confused, my...er... foot.

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

Broussard is always a cry baby but usually without an audience. This time he had a big audience and blew his five minutes of fame. Pardon me while I get one good laugh out of this situation down here. Bahahahahaha

[Fred Nerks]

I'm filing this thread about Brousssard in my 'I've never been so disgusted in my whole life' file.

[new yorker 77]

This man is truly a disgrace.

Joe Biden must have helped him write his Meet the Press speech.

[PGalt]

Another example of pre-meditated intellectual rape of Americans by The Democratic Crime Syndicate.

[Anti-Bubba182]

One thing I notice is the wording of the original title of this piece:

An emotional moment and a misunderstanding

These are all common words that would not ring a bell in a search engine. I don't think this is an accident.

In fact, the title, "An emotional moment and a misunderstanding" does not show up in Google News search under that exact wording and in quotatation marks. It does appear in regular Google search, if you use the exact title.

This is an effort to acknowledge Broussard's divergence from the facts and at the same time bury the story. Thank God this got to DRUDGE! At least the story will get some exposure.