John Duncan repeated a lie in his article “FEMA Fumbles Recovery Effort.”

Louisiana Democrat Aaron Broussard’s tear-filled story of an elderly mother pleading on the phone for four days for a rescue that never came turned out to be a lie.

The woman in Broussard’s shameful story on “Meet the Press” actually died the night Katrina hit the city.

The phone calls never occurred.

Dead people, it seems, have a hard time using the telephone.

Mr. Broussard’s lying and crocodile tears are real in one context.

They are a real outrage.

But you’d never know it reading Duncan’s column, which takes Broussard’s shameful attempt to score political points in the face of a national tragedy as fact.

It seems Duncan can’t wait to check facts.

Or to put it another way, Duncan can’t wait to repeat a lie.

Allow me to give some advise to Duncan: New Orleans is well-known as one of the most corrupt cities in the US.

If a politician tells you a story, check the facts.

If a New Orleans politician tells you a story, check the facts three or four times.

Joel Loeschmanjolo at flash.net