Was Jindals story about Katrina true?
In his response to President Obama’s address to Congress Tuesday night, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal put one story, about rescues in Hurricane Katrina and the power of the American people as opposed to the government, at the center of his argument. But on Friday, Jindal staffers began walking the story back, admitting that it wasn’t quite the heat of the moment situation the governor seemed to be describing. (They deny, however, that there’s any difference between what they’re saying now and what Jindal said Tuesday.) Here’s Jindal’s story, which involves Henry Lee, the late sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana: When I walked into his makeshift office I’d never seen him so angry. He was yelling into the phone: “Well, I’m the sheriff and if you don’t like it you can come and arrest me!” I asked him: “Sheriff, what’s got you so mad?” He told me that he had put out a call for volunteers to come with their boats to rescue people who were trapped on their rooftops by the floodwaters. The b
