Posted on 09/02/2005 9:20:19 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin exploded in frustration last night as his city spun further out of control, saying that Gov. Kathleen Blanco and President Bush need to stop holding "goddman press conferences" and "get their ass[es] on a plane and sit down, the two of them, and figure this out right now."
"I don't know whose problem it is. I don't know whether it's the governor's problem. I don't know whether it's the president's problem," Nagin said during an interview with a local New Orleans radio station.
"But somebody needs to get their ass on a plane and sit down, the two of them, and figure this out right now," he erupted.
"I don't want to see anybody hold anymore goddamn press conferences," Nagin railed. "Put a moratorium on press conferences. Don't do another press conference until the resources are in this city. And then come to this city and stand with us, when their are [so many] military trucks and troops that we can't even count."
An exasperated Nagin continued:
"Don't tell me 40,000 people are coming here. They're not here. . . . I'm at the point now where it don't matter. People are dying. They don't have homes. They don't have jobs. The city of New Orleans will never be the same in this time."
Before launching into his radio tirade, Nagin explained: "You know, I'm not one of those drug addicts. I am thinking very clearly."
Is he still in Baton Pouge?
I thought for sure this was scrappleface. Wow.
Of course the Liberal Mayor has done an outstanding job.
One benefit of razing the city would be to put this idiot out of a job.
Wikipedia says that he was a member of the Republican party before becoming mayor. What am I missing?
In other words, it's not the mayor's fault.
Ask him what his disaster plan for NOLA was...
How many meetings, drills, estimates etc did they work on in the past years?
Sounds like his entire plan consisted of "RUN!" and that was it.
"I don't know whose problem it is"
Of course you don't have a clue, but WE do, "Mayor" Nagin.
`Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.'
Wait a second--that would be a useful action. Never mind. Back to the blame game.
Build the gallows for hiz honor!
I'll bet that if there's ever a mayoral election in New Orleans again, this guy will be re-elected. People just don't learn.
Is he sweating and holding his stomach
Maybe what the mayor needs to do is execute the "plan" that was put into place for exactly these situations.
Wait a minute, there was a plan, wasn't there?
This guy is no Guiliani.
According to the way he is gauging this, he failed the people of NO, Gov Blanco failed the people of NO, the LA House/Senate failed NO, so hey, lets blame Bush. He didn't vote for him anyway I'm certain.
God forbid the Mayor do his job and take responsibility for "His" city. Rudi? Rudi? Where are you, Rudi?
He probably determined that even as a Black man in NO, the 68% of the city that is Black wouldn't vote for a Republican...so he switched. A reverse Bloomberg.
So, the only thing you DO know is that it's not your problem, right Mr. Notmayor?
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