Jindal's office is still droning on

Here's one key part of the statement from Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's response the other night:

During Katrina, I visited Sheriff Harry Lee, a Democrat and a good friend of mine. When I walked into his makeshift office I'd never seen him so angry.

TPM goes after both his office's (multiple) response(s) to questions about whether he was there, which are reported by Ben Smith at Politico, as well as Smith's reporting of their responses.

Short version, Jindal's office essentially confirms that he wasn't exactly there at the time while eventually maintaining that it is still consistent with the story he told. I point to the highlighted section, which pretty explicitly states "During Katrina." Not "Shortly after Katrina." Smith gets ripped into for offering their analysis (that's it's just fine) without further commentary and letting it stand.

The level of stupid amongst Republican "leaders" has seemingly been permanently raised a few notches since August 29, 2008. That's the day Sarah Palin was introduced by John McCain as his running mate, for those who don't recall.

The only hope for the Republican's may be that Constitutional Amendment that allows Arnold Schwarzenegger to run. Of course, he might have a hard time picking up California for them at this point, but still. ;)

Comments welcome,

Pat McGovern

It's got electoral votes. It's what politicians crave.