2theadvocate.com | News | Landrieu defends La. Medicaid funds — Baton Rouge, LA

2theadvocate.com | News | Landrieu defends La. Medicaid funds — Baton Rouge, LA: "Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu took to the Senate floor Thursday delivering a blistering defense of her securing $300 million for Louisiana’s insurance for the poor.

In her comments, she noted that Gov. Bobby Jindal read one statement on the matter for the record.

“It takes more than intelligence to be a public official, it takes more than a fancy resume, it takes guts,” Landrieu said. “Some people have more of those than others.”

Landrieu then read Jindal’s comments in which he told CNN it was unfair to criticize Landrieu and members of the delegation for fighting to “correct this injustice” to Louisiana.

“This is the one statement that he made,” Landrieu said.

Landrieu felt it necessary to speak out on the Medicaid matter to “clear the air,” she said. Landrieu has been roundly criticized, particularly by national conservative media commentators such as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, for securing the money before she voted for the health care legislation she initially opposed."

There is currently a petition to have her removed from Office for her malfeasance in office. ~~ The Munz