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Aaron Broussard on "Meet the Press"
Sep. 4th, 2005 02:11 pmThis video has been getting a lot of circulation today on MSNBC and CNN. Aaron Broussard - President of Jefferson Parish, LA - interviewed (and completely breaking down) on "Meet the Press". Maybe it's just the stockpile of terrible videos and imagery from the Gulf Coast the past week that's gotten to me, but this video hit me really hard.
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! [Sobbing] 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’s sakes, just shut up and send us somebody.
Of course, in the circulations of the interview I've seen since seeing it on "Meet the Press"... they leave out Broussard criticizing FEMA and the federal government. Here's a transcript of Mr. Broussard's comments. It's astounding. FEMA cutting off emergency lines? Wal-Mart not only reacting before one of the most powerful governments in the world... but this man's accounts of this same gov't blocking aide going into the effected areas? Unfuckingbelieveable.
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! [Sobbing] 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’s sakes, just shut up and send us somebody.
Of course, in the circulations of the interview I've seen since seeing it on "Meet the Press"... they leave out Broussard criticizing FEMA and the federal government. Here's a transcript of Mr. Broussard's comments. It's astounding. FEMA cutting off emergency lines? Wal-Mart not only reacting before one of the most powerful governments in the world... but this man's accounts of this same gov't blocking aide going into the effected areas? Unfuckingbelieveable.
