Posted on 04/13/2020 1:54:01 PM PDT by Zenyatta
The political world would be a much better place if all public officials knew how to apologize for mistakes the way Louisiana Lt. Gov. Bill Nungesser did on Easter Day.
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer was interviewing Nungesser about Louisiana’s unusually high incidence of the coronavirus, part of which probably was exacerbated by Mardi Gras celebrations in February. Nungesser was saying there was only one known case in the whole state by the time of Mardi Gras, but that had federal or medical guidance come sooner, officials certainly would have considered canceling Mardi Gras.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
“Canceling Mardi Gras in NO might have been more complicated than one would expect.”
I am sure it would have been. This article is praising him for excepting responsibility while pointing fingers at Trump.
This after the fact second quessing is getting kind of silly. If you know you have only one case of covid-19 in your entire state do you cancel Mardi Gras?
It’s highly contagious and even now I don’t think we know how it actually spread so fast. I don’t think we could have done a lot more to stop it.
Even funnier is I now don't even remember what SXSW is. Oh, wait! It's a joke! That must be it. So funny!
LOLOL....
You sound like you’ve started imbibing early, today.
Take it easy.
Yes. He excepted responsibility rather than accepting it. That is a good word for the weaseling.
All the other events around the world are NOT Mardis Gras in New Orleans La.
The way that dik said it is not an appology
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