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I just finished writing a post about how clownish it was for Bobby Jindal to exaggerate the Hurricane Katrina story he told in his rebuttal speech on Tuesday, but then I erased it. After reading Ben Smith’s full account, including his update, Jindal’s puffery strikes me as a misdemeanor at worst. He shouldn’t have done it, but honestly, it’s just not that big a deal.
