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Bobby Jindal is a lying sack of merde
I thought I was past outrage at politicians and their tendencies
toward mendacity. But I guess I'm not, or at least that I
underestimate their capacity for invention. I refer to President
Obama's not-State of the Union speech, and the Republican response
from that rising star, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. During his
response, which can be appreciated only for the hamfisted crapfest it
was, Jindal
told a powerful anecdote about government bureaucracy run
amok during the Katrina disaster and how he backed up the local
sheriff when he told those same bureaucrats to stuff it.
Except... turns out
it
didn't happen. And we know it didn't happen
because the sheriff, now sadly deceased, didn't tell the story the way
the Gov did. And because the Gov was nowhere near New Orleans at the
time the events happened or, in this case, didn't happen. But why let
that stop him? Making stuff up worked so well for President Reagan,
who never could tell the difference between movies and real life. And
if Republicans are going to keep invoking Reagan as the epitome of all
that is good and holy in public policy (ignoring a few inconvenient
details like Iran Contra, the state of the economy and ballooning
deficits), then why not emulate his tendency toward fiction?
Gosh, Bobby. You're almost as entertaining as Sarah Palin...
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