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A PERSONAL LIFE UNDER WATER (Donna Brazile Lauds W )
NY Post ^ | Sept. 22, 2005 | Cindy Adams

Posted on 09/22/2005 5:43:48 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

September 22, 2005 -- 'I'M a woman, 45 years old, whose birth certificate says 'Negro,' and I was Al Gore's campaign manager. With all that layin' on top of me, I thought nothin' could ever scare me." CNN regular Donna Brazile, who now runs her own company out of D.C., was born in a Louisiana charity hospital. Mother a maid, father a janitor, dirt poor, no running water, Donna is one of nine children. The hurricane devastated them. She says: "I'm an African-American whose life has been a victory. But then came Katrina."

The family's whole area was under water. Her diabetic dad couldn't leave and was rescued after five days, dead bodies floating in his face. His only chair, a rocking chair, destroyed in 8 feet of water. One sister wasn't found for six days. Another's children, in the care of an older child, drowned. A disabled sister in a nursing home was only located after Donna appealed on CNN and offered $500 for someone to go there and look. The Wildlife and Fisheries operation eventually found her. An elderly cousin was raped in the Superdome. There was an autistic niece who couldn't help herself. An uncle lay trapped in an attic nearly a week.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: donnabrazile; katrina; no
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1 posted on 09/22/2005 5:43:49 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount

The rest of the story would of been great to read. LOL! The Post wants too much personal info in order to read a story.


2 posted on 09/22/2005 5:50:08 AM PDT by conservativecorner
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To: COUNTrecount

Excellent!!!!!


3 posted on 09/22/2005 5:51:04 AM PDT by Dark Skies ("The only way to find yourself is in the fires of sorrow." -- Oswald Chambers)
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To: COUNTrecount

She'd rather have her picture taken with white people, than help them.


4 posted on 09/22/2005 5:52:14 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: COUNTrecount

Holy moley. I can't believe this is Donna Brazile talking. Sounds like the first honorable assessment from any democrat anywhere.


5 posted on 09/22/2005 5:52:46 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
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To: COUNTrecount

Last time she said this, I thought it was a "Lucy holding the football" kind of thing. But she really appears genuine.

Who knows, Republicans have been made in all kinds of ways...


6 posted on 09/22/2005 5:53:16 AM PDT by gridlock (IF YOU'RE NOT CATCHING FLAK, YOU'RE NOT OVER THE TARGET...)
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To: conservativecorner
"Girl, I only tell you, I applaud this president for stepping up."

Wow.
7 posted on 09/22/2005 5:54:02 AM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: Rutles4Ever

She also claims a relative was raped in the Superdome.

I am still a sceptic of her.


8 posted on 09/22/2005 5:54:06 AM PDT by alisasny (Liberal UTOPIA rains down in New Orleans Way to go)
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To: conservativecorner

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm


9 posted on 09/22/2005 5:54:34 AM PDT by satchmodog9 (Murder and weather are our only news)
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To: conservativecorner

Try "bugmenot.com"


10 posted on 09/22/2005 5:54:42 AM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: COUNTrecount

An excellent post.

Don't hold your breath until the MSM (not NYPost!) reports her words on Bush.


11 posted on 09/22/2005 5:54:44 AM PDT by aculeus (Ceci n'est pas une tag line.)
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To: Dark Skies

I think this is the first time in my life that I believe a Dem is speaking from the heart and not through the window of their political affiliation. She sees what he's doing. I say good for her for speaking out. I'm sure this is not making her more friends on her side of thea aisle.


12 posted on 09/22/2005 5:55:00 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: COUNTrecount
I am stunned....

The hurricane(s) result in the south is going to be a shift of a lot of blacks away from the Dims, but Brazile not taking pot shots at W just plain out stuns me.
13 posted on 09/22/2005 5:57:45 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?)
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To: conservativecorner

"Her diabetic dad couldn't leave and was rescued after five days, dead bodies floating in his face. His only chair, a rocking chair, destroyed in 8 feet of water."

Donna should have taken some of that consultant's money and bought her dad a backup chair. Only one chair? In a whole house? Come on.


14 posted on 09/22/2005 5:59:01 AM PDT by John Robertson (Safe Travel)
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To: COUNTrecount
Sounds good. But Donna Brazile is STILL a Democrat. And there is no Democrat that I trust.
Yes, that includes Zell Miller.
All Democrats are liars. Therefore all Democrats cannot be trusted.
15 posted on 09/22/2005 5:59:02 AM PDT by Bar-Face (The Embassy helicopter is warming up.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

She's only 45? My age. I thought she was older.

Anyway, she also said some friendly things about Karl Rove in the past. Maybe she's not as evil as her former boss Al Gore, and other Dems. ;)


16 posted on 09/22/2005 5:59:29 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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To: alisasny

The NO Chief of Police was on the tv noting none of those rapes at the superdome have ever been confirmed.


17 posted on 09/22/2005 6:03:29 AM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: COUNTrecount

Can someone please post the rest of the article?


18 posted on 09/22/2005 6:03:56 AM PDT by RDTF
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To: COUNTrecount
An elderly cousin was raped in the Superdome.

I am unable to find any documentation, none, zip, nada, of this allegation.

Therefore, until otherwise convinced, I must assume that Ms Brazile is a baldfaced liar, prone to rhetoric and emotional outbursts without basis in fact, simply to enhance her own standing.

Wouldn't be the first time for her.

19 posted on 09/22/2005 6:06:37 AM PDT by OldSmaj (Hey Islam...I flushed a koran today and I let my dog pp on it first. Come get me, moon bats!)
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To: Hildy
"I think this is the first time in my life that I believe a Dem is speaking from the heart and not through the window of their political affiliation."

She is a partisan but she is in my view one of the more honest lefties. I have read and heard her on many occasions and this woman impresses me. There have been things I disagree with that is normal. She has said quite a few things in support of Bush over the last 5 years.
20 posted on 09/22/2005 6:06:40 AM PDT by hophead (" Enjoy Every Sandwich" WZ)
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