New Orlean's Ray Nagin For Obama HUD Head?

Bayou Buzz ^ | Nov 14 2008 | Jeff Crouere

[BBell]

As we thankfully near the end of the Nagin administration, everything seems to be falling apart at City Hall. Therefore, it is interesting that there are sources reporting this morning that Ray Nagin is being considered for the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the new Obama administration. According to one leading Democrat, Nagin is on the short list for the job because of “his experience leading New Orleans during the post-Katrina period.”

While there has been significant rebuilding in New Orleans including a major revitalization of the public housing developments in the past three year, there is little doubt that the pace of recovery has been slow. There is also little doubt that Nagin has provided very poor leadership and that much more would have been done in New Orleans if someone else had been Mayor.

If Nagin is selected for this cabinet position, he will have to resign his position as Mayor of New Orleans, necessitating an early special election. Therefore, Barack Obama might allow New Orleans to rid itself of Nagin one year earlier and give the city as chance to elect a competent person as Mayor.

[BBell]

I Just heard this on my local radio station. I searched and I found this on line. Unbelievable.

[cardinal4]

Is this a joke?

[tiredoflaundry]

Well, I figured it was going to be either that position, or “Transportation” Secretary!

[org.whodat]

But he is an expert at parking school buses.

[struggle]

This has got to be Scappleface...right?

[skr]

Mind-boggling

[zeaal]

The Onion reports ... ?

PLEEEEASE

[2ndDivisionVet]

They’re not giving him FEMA?

[HEY4QDEMS]

Ray Nagin is being considered for the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the new Obama administration

LMAO!!!!!

[RegulatorCountry]

If true, this is beyond farce.

[BlueStateBlues]

If this isn’t a joke somewhere down the line it’s one of the weirdest/saddest things I’ve heard during this transistion process.

[TheConservativeParty]

You have got to be kidding. Ray “School Bus” Nagin? LOL.

[SevenofNine]

I thought be Looter guy be cinch LOL!

[Paleo Conservative]

Say it ain’t so.

[roses of sharon]

I think he will fit in perfectly with the new Affirmative Action Presidency.

[BBell]

It's being talked about all over down here. I expect it to hit the news stands tomorrow morning as I haven't seen it anywhere else yet.

[TornadoAlley3]

[IMissPresidentReagan]

All this time, I thought he was being considered for Disaster Relief/FEMA head...

[popdonnelly]

Nagin has never done anything notable in his career, so he’d fit right in with Obama.

[silverleaf]

“Those whom the gods destroy, they first make crazy”.

HUD will make the incompetent Nagin rich byond his wildest dreams as the Obamites set up an inquisition of show trials for the “incompetence” of President Bush.

[HEY4QDEMS]

[ronnie raygun]

With all that we’ve heard so far on appointments to the new CHANGE administration, I feel as though Bizzaro world has replaced the real world and soon we will all be at the Kennedy launch center looking for a one way ticket!

[BGHater]

[popdonnelly]

I think the campaign just throws names out as a form of flattery. C’mon, Obama, there are plenty of capable black people out there who could do a better job than Ray Nagin.

[Centurion2000]

Nah, it's not true .... I heard he was up for a couple of different posts myself.

Director of FEMA
Head of the NOAA

/rumormongering

[AuntB]

“Nagin is on the short list for the job because of “his experience leading New Orleans during the post-Katrina period.””

Leading????

Ugh.

[Terry Mross]

Nagin will be one of the “republicans” O appoints to his cabinet.

[Fresh Wind]

Welcome to the chocolate city country.

[BBell]

Looter guy could head the IRS.

[headsonpikes]

The absolutely PERFECT appointment.

A small mercy, at least, HUD employees are unarmed.

[realcleanguy]

Bring on the flooded buses

[ConservativeMind]

Obama is bringing in every crook and bumbler he can to assure consistency in his message.

[13Sisters76]

This is ABSOLUTELY the funniest thing I have heard all week!

Can we dig up the pics of the busses up to their windshields in water? I HOPE BO takes this guy on....and Gorelick as AG. The more he chooses this type, the more I am sure of his failure.

[An Old Man]

Wow! Those thunder heads certainly are going to have a stellar crew stearing the ship. Is it possible we could enlist Joycelyn Elders as Surgen General?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I had him sized up as commandant of the Corps of Engineers.

[BBell]

IF you read the article at the source this guy,Jeff Crouere, just loves to rip Ray Nagin and his incompetent staff. Not that that's hard to do.

[SevenofNine]

OH OKay that be good position for Looter guy LOLOLOL!

Monk ping to 29 LOL! your fav New Orlean resident got new job offer from barek upcoming adminsation

[ethics]

Let Nagin do for OBAMA what he did for New Orleans!!111

[tophat9000]

Have we pass over to bizarro world USA?

[BBell]

[jmcenanly]

Is it because Kwame Kilpatrick is otherwise occupied?

[tiredoflaundry]

heheheheh, that works too! ;0)

[COUNTrecount]

LOLOLOL!!!!

[jersey117]

OMG! This is all going to be worse than I thought....

[Scarchin]

Oh please please please please please!!!!!

[RichInOC]

Nagin for SecHUD. Let him do for America what he did for New Orleans.

[CajunConservative]

This is on page 2 of the following article in the Times-Picayune:

Nagin reports on his travails with the media

FROM N.O. TO D.C.? The week's most bizarre political rumor was undoubtedly the report that President-elect Obama is considering Nagin as a candidate for secretary of Housing and Urban Development because of his experience in leading New Orleans during the post-Katrina period.

While Nagin's early departure from City Hall would undoubtedly cause cheering among many New Orleanians -- perhaps including the council's two at-large members, one of whom would become acting mayor -- many political observers rate Nagin's prospects of joining the Cabinet as about as good as his chances of becoming the Hornets' back-up point guard.

[dr_who]

So....how closely is Nagin tied to ACORN? In this coming administration, the head of HUD may be a more important position than Secretary of State.

[SteamShovel]

New Orlean's Ray Nagin For Obama HUD Head?

Well, he did a good job for the "Chocolate City" didn't he? /sarc

[yoe]

obama will see to it the United States is like Holland....95% on welfare. In order to ‘rule’ he must have US citizens as helpless as those welfare family’s in New Orleans. Even now there are citizens, mostly Negros who think they will never have to buy gas, pay mortgages, etc. as Obama will do it for them. Bill Ayers will have a say so in education, it will be indoctrination. What was that word, er..ah..Change? Give me a break. All I see are just the Socialists taking over..........