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http://abcnews.go.com/US/HurricaneKatrina/story?id=1123495&page=1

Sept. 13, 3005 — Amid the chaos and confusion that engulfed New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck, a congressman used National Guard troops to check on his property and rescue his personal belongings — even while New Orleans residents were trying to get rescued from rooftops, ABC News has learned.

On Sept. 2 — five days after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast — Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., who represents New Orleans and is a senior member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, was allowed through the military blockades set up around the city to reach the Superdome, where thousands of evacuees had been taken.

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The water reached to the third step of Jefferson's house, a military source familiar with the incident told ABC News, and the vehicle pulled up onto Jefferson's front lawn so he wouldn't have to walk in the water. Jefferson went into the house alone, the source says, while the soldiers waited on the porch for about an hour.

Oh wait - he's a Local Democrat & "African American" to boot. Never mind. Go about your business. Nothing to see here.

Remember, Bush Flyover = Bad.

Don'cha love the two-party system where you either love Bush or you're a Dem?

That guy is an asshole though, guess he's not going to be in the 2006 running.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/HurricaneKatrina/story?id=1123495&page=1



Oh wait - he's a Local Democrat & "African American" to boot. Never mind. Go about your business. Nothing to see here.

Remember, Bush Flyover = Bad.

Exactly. Because he's black and liberal, what he's done is not bad. Minorities can do no wrong, and neither can liberals.

This may be a shocker, but not all of us are as stupidly partisan as you are. Black, white, liberal, conservative, all sorts of people are capable of being douchebags.

Exactly. Because he's black and liberal, what he's done is not bad. Minorities can do no wrong, and neither can liberals. At least not according to a goodly segment of the press...

This may be a shocker, but not all of us are as stupidly partisan as you are. Huh? Please explain.

Black, white, liberal, conservative, all sorts of people are capable of being douchebags.Erm... I thought that was the point of my post...

Black, white, liberal, conservative, all sorts of people are capable of being douchebags.

Well said and too true. That deserves a sig quote.

Huh? Please explain.

Erm... I thought that was the point of my post...


Your tone suggested that you felt us 'liberals' would simply ignore what this guy did on the grounds of race and political affiliation.

At least not according to a goodly segment of the press...

Huh? Please explain.

Erm... I thought that was the point of my post...

The tone of your post suggested that because he was black and a Democrat, the people who slammed Bush for his flyover would convienently ignore this flyover.

The point of your post was clearly to call out people who attacked Bush for not attacking this guy, under the assumption that we would find no fault with this man.

Your tone suggested that you felt us 'liberals' would simply ignore what this guy did on the grounds of race and political affiliation.Well, perhaps not you or other thinking persons, but there are a good number of people trying to give free passes to the Mayor of NO and the other Democrat Leadership of Louisania for just those reasons...

The tone of your post suggested that because he was black and a Democrat, the people who slammed Bush for his flyover would convienently ignore this flyover.

The point of your post was clearly to call out people who attacked Bush for not attacking this guy, under the assumption that we would find no fault with this man.Sorry, it meant to suggest that the media figures who slammed Bush for his flyover will not spend nearly as much capital slamming this geeb.