WATCH THIS NOW !! PLEASE!!

[IndyOp]

Jefferson Parrish President sobbing on Meet The Press - one week after the hurricane - "We have been abandoned by our own country...the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will go down as one of the worst abandonments of Americans on American soil ever in U.S. history...Nobody's coming to get us. Nobody's coming to get us. The secretary has promised. Everybody's promised. They've had press conferences. I'm sick of the press conferences. For God sakes, shut up and send us somebody."

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4626138>

MR. BROUSSARD: ...that have worked 24/7. They're burned out, the doctors, the nurses. And I want to give you one last story and I'll shut up and let you tell me whatever you want to tell me. The guy who runs this building I'm in, emergency management, he's responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in St. Bernard nursing home and every day she called him and said, "Are you coming, son? Is somebody coming?" And he said, "Yeah, Mama, somebody's coming to get you. Somebody's coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Wednesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Thursday. Somebody's coming to get you on Friday." And she drowned Friday night. She drowned Friday night.

MR. RUSSERT: Mr. President...

MR. BROUSSARD: Nobody's coming to get us. Nobody's coming to get us. The secretary has promised. Everybody's promised. They've had press conferences. I'm sick of the press conferences. For God sakes, shut up and send us somebody.

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please, please, please watch the video -

Do YOU have a comment for Tim Russert?
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6872152/>

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[mourningdove92]

1. My comment to Tim Russert

The interview with Jefferson Parish President Broussard, needs to be replayed over and over and over. Maybe then America will understand what has really happened in New Orleans. FEMA turning away Walmart trucks with water for the victims, FEMA refusing fuel for the Lousiana Emergency Management, FEMA cutting emergency phone lines.
All those in New Orleans who died when help should have been made available. The Buck stops with George Bush.

[cynatnite]

2. It's been replayed once that I've seen on MSNBC n/t

[MADem]

13. I've seen it twice so far, I think they are putting it in heavy rotation

It sure as shit is a compelling piece of video. Heartbreaking.

[Kittycat]

22. I've seen it more times than I can count (at least 7 or 8 times)

It's being played as "coming up", or as news from today.

Incredible footage - It's the real heart of it all!

God forbid * shed a tear, his heart is made of stone.

[auracat]

33. i dont' like where he begs for more power for FEMA tho.. the repukes will

use that later.. watch..

[ohio_liberal]

4. WHAAAAT??

OMG, I hadn't heard about this. This all came out on Meet the Press?

[unrepuke]

8. Yes, it was terrific! I'm so surprised - on Channel 4 / NBC - you

won't see this on FOX. Something or somebody was jamming the signal here, but I was still able to hear it. Wish I'd had the VCR on. Good one on Timmy!

[RebelOne]

3. It's going to be replayed next on MSNBC.

[JNelson6563]

5. Thanks, just tuned in

hope to catch it.

[demodonkey]

6. O. M. G. OMFG! This is incredible. WATCH THIS, blast it, kick & recommend

Can someone who is good with video (not me) PLEASE start a thread collecting these links where people are breaking down, literally weeping for HELP? Please!

We need to start collecting and blasting these stories around -- now!

DON'T let Bush wiggle out of this one, this time!

[JNelson6563]

7. Thanks to this thread I saw it

and it made me cry. Oh the horror!

They're playing Chertoff's interview now.

Julie

[Southsideirish]

9. I love it when VERY RARELY real emotion breaks through all the crap.

[Arkana]

10. Powerful.

I hope this gets played over and over as Dubya preaches from his pulpit about "helpin' out" and "gittin' 'em out."

[GCP]

11. I saw that this morning

The man broke down and cried, and I wept along with him. This was a body-blow to the Bush mis-administration.

[noahmijo]

12. UNEBELIVABLE THEY NEED TO PLAY THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN

[tinrobot]

17. MSNBC had it in heavy rotation

I pray that this man's honest frustration will be heard by many.

[liveoaktx]

14. Mirrored the Vid Clip here

Jefferson Parish on MTP

Damn. I started bawling watching that.

[geekgrrl]

15. they just showed it on CNN- could it be the talking heads are actually

becoming like actual journalists?

[skids]

16. Ever seen a traffic cop that was making matters worse?

That's what FEMA did. With lives on the line.

[hippywife]

18. I've cried once or twice since this all began

and have been totally horrified all along the way but this video tore me up. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[SlavesandBulldozers]

19. he actually talks about

Posting armed guards next to lines that they had to reconnect after they were cut by FEMA.

He had to PROTECT HIS INFRASTRUCTURE FROM FEMA.

[BrklynLiberal]

20. OMIGOD..How could Russert not be crying!!!!

That is heartbreaking!!!

[Gelliebeans]

24. That is what I thought

I out and out bawled when I saw that clip.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

27. Russert is a total horse's ass, that's why.

[Sapphire Blue]

21. New Orleans Mayor Nagin begged for FEMA help for the levee prior...

... to Hurricane Katrina... his pleas were continually ignored. This Administration cut FEMA funding.

FEMA interfered with & prevented rescue efforts.

"And the King shall answer and say unto them, `Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.' " - Matthew 25:40

MR. BROUSSARD: Sir, they were told like me, every single day, "The cavalry's coming," on a federal level, "The cavalry's coming, the cavalry's coming, the cavalry's coming." I have just begun to hear the hoofs of the cavalry. The cavalry's still not here yet, but I've begun to hear the hoofs, and we're almost a week out.

Let me give you just three quick examples. We had Wal-Mart deliver three trucks of water, trailer trucks of water. FEMA turned them back. They said we didn't need them. This was a week ago. FEMA--we had 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel on a Coast Guard vessel docked in my parish. The Coast Guard said, "Come get the fuel right away." When we got there with our trucks, they got a word. "FEMA says don't give you the fuel." Yesterday--yesterday--FEMA comes in and cuts all of our emergency communication lines. They cut them without notice. Our sheriff, Harry Lee, goes back in, he reconnects the line. He posts armed guards on our line and says, "No one is getting near these lines." Sheriff Harry Lee said that if America--American government would have responded like Wal-Mart has responded, we wouldn't be in this crisis.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9179790/

[BigBearJohn]

23. I'm a 55 year old man and I am crying my eyes out as I watch this.

Those FUCKING repiglicans are now trying to blame the governor and
tha mayor and the press.

The repiglican motto:

"DON'T BLAME ME, I DIDN'T DO IT. I DON'T KNOW NUTTIN ABOUT IT!"
"DON'T BLAME ME, I DIDN'T DO IT. I DON'T KNOW NUTTIN ABOUT IT!"
"DON'T BLAME ME, I DIDN'T DO IT. I DON'T KNOW NUTTIN ABOUT IT!"
"DON'T BLAME ME, I DIDN'T DO IT. I DON'T KNOW NUTTIN ABOUT IT!"
"DON'T BLAME ME, I DIDN'T DO IT. I DON'T KNOW NUTTIN ABOUT IT!"
"DON'T BLAME ME, I DIDN'T DO IT. I DON'T KNOW NUTTIN ABOUT IT!"
"DON'T BLAME ME, I DIDN'T DO IT. I DON'T KNOW NUTTIN ABOUT IT!"
"DON'T BLAME ME, I DIDN'T DO IT. I DON'T KNOW NUTTIN ABOUT IT!"

[Gelliebeans]

25. that modus operandi is getting

so tiresome even in less dire times. These bastards are so guilty :mad:
Claiming ignorance this time isn't going to work.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:


Bush and his cabal are responsible for this and no amount of weaseling on his behalf is going to deflect the truth from the criminals.

[mshasta]

26. ...........yes that is the way they feel...

they love it, they feed out human misery.....


I can't stop being angry at this fucking administration ..
...

[Media_Lies_Daily]

28. Thanks....that is one of the most powerful videos I've ever seen.

[Postman]

29. Why would FEMA cut emergency communication lines???

Maybe we should change it from FEMA to FECA (Federal Emergency Creation Administration)

[Misunderestimator]

37. It can only mean one thing... they are preventing truth from getting out.

[melissinha]

30. F U Russert

Why does Russert take it upon himself to deflect for the GOP. SHUT THE F UP!


Man, its heart breaking.... what about those nursing homes? what about the families of public workers who can't leave cause they are needed? waht about them?

[nicknameless]

31. Time to Impeach? Sign here:

http://www.VoteToImpeach.org

[IndyOp]

34. I've signed petitions to impeach and donated money and

talked with people about why we must impeach -

For the moment I am praying that our elected leaders will get in *'s face and demand that he and his entire administration resign immediately - gross, murderous negligence.

[nicknameless]

38. "Gross, murderous negligence" plus the prevention of rescue/relief efforts

How in God's name can this play out, other than the resignation or forced take-down of this abominable administration?

[true_notes]

32. Kicked with force

While Bush Blows the candles out.

[Land Shark]

35. Russert's "professional" response 100x worse than Dukakis not being

emotional at all about the idea of his wife being raped. Inhuman describes Russert at that moment. Meet the Press just can't handle any unscripted reality

[growlypants]

36. watched it, threw up. vowed to work at ending this criminal;

administration if its the ONLY thing I ever do.