April 13, 2010
An assault in the Quarter
"The Times-Picayune reports that Governor Bobby Jindal's office is downplaying any political side to what, otherwise, seems a bit hard to explain:
Gov. Bobby Jindal's chief campaign fund-raiser is recovering from injuries she suffered in a Friday night altercation with a group of people in the French Quarter, the governor's office said Monday.
Allee Bautsch suffered a broken leg and her boyfriend suffered a concussion and a fractured nose and jaw in the incident, which happened after a fundraising event at Brennan's Restaurant on behalf of the Louisiana Republican Party on Friday evening.
"Jindal spokesman Kyle Plotkin says in a statement: "While there were protestors around at that time, we are not aware of any evidence that the individuals involved in the altercation were protestors."
UPDATE: I've dropped a link to a Louisiana blog that says it was political, as Plotkin tells me that a detail in that item -- that the pair were were supposedly wearing Palin pins -- is false.
ALSO: A note of caution from Michelle Malkin, whose instinct in a similar case during the presidential campaign was proven right."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0410/An_assault_in_the_Quarter.html?showall
I’m not saying a word... ;)