I noticed that Broussard had time to trash Bush and "thank Gov. Blanco for her hard work" before he broke down. Political ass-covering to the end.
More than just that - it's pure scripted Dim political theater - get in your shots at Bush, defend your own incompetent hack, and then run away weeping before any rebuttal has a chance, and so that rebuttal looks like the mean old Republicans politicizing the tragedy by picking on the poor overwhelmed local official. It's in the playbook - all they had to do is find the right guy to pull off the acting job.
The real scandal is that Russert knows what's going on here but doesn't call it for the play it really is. Hell, he probably has a copy of the script!
The lam-o Broussard will be up for an Emmy for that show! Michael Moore will make the presentation.
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