Broussard got some facts wrong...emotional upheaval of Katrina to blame. [View All]

[Wordie]

(I am posting this because apparently there are some RW bloggers making much of it, and I wanted DUers to have the whole story.)

The president of Jefferson parish, who most will remember for his emotional recounting of the death of a co-worker's mother on Meet the Press two weeks ago, appears to have gotten some of the story wrong. While Broussard's co-workers' mother did die in the flood, it was not on the date in question.

It does not seem surprising that someone living through such a disaster could make an error such as this.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9368952
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When asked how Broussard could have gotten the details of his mother’s story so wrong, Rodrigue said, Broussard “was emotional, absolutely and he was from the time that he found out that, you know, that my mother had died and I was here doing what I’m required to do for the citizens for Jefferson Parish.”