Posted on 01/17/2006 2:51:18 PM PST by Ben Mugged
Mayor Ray Nagin apologized Tuesday for a Martin Luther King Day speech in which he predicted that New Orleans would be a "chocolate" city once more and asserted that "God was mad at America."
"I said some things that were totally inappropriate. ... It shouldn't have happened," Nagin said, explaining he was caught up in the moment as he spoke to mostly black spectators, many of them fearful of being shut out of the city's rebuilding.
During the speech Monday, Nagin, who is black, said that the hurricanes that hit the nation in quick succession were a sign of God's anger toward the United States and toward black communities, too, for their violence and infighting. He also said New Orleans has to be a mostly black city again because "it's the way God wants it to be."
On Tuesday, Nagin said his comments about God were inappropriate and stemmed from a private conversation he had with a minister earlier. "I need to be more sensitive and more aware of what I'm saying," he said.
The mayor said his speech was really meant to convey that blacks were a vital part of New Orleans' history and culture and should be encouraged to return. "I want everyone to be welcome in New Orleans _ black, white, Asian, everybody," he said.
~snip~ Nagin received less than half the black vote, Renwick said Tuesday, and the mayor's heaviest criticism since taking office has come from rival political factions in the black community, many of whom have portrayed him as an "Uncle Tom" who caters to the interests of white businessmen.
Nagin has been trying harder to gain the trust of black residents, Renwick said.
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If this jerk didn't exist, we'd have to invent him.
Black sensabilities are too sensitive (and counterproductive) when a black mayor is disliked for not being black enough.
Next time, lay off the tequila shots before making a speech, Ray. This guy always sounds drunk or high as a kite.
Maybe he meant white chocolate? Maybe he wants the city to be all white!! Call CNN!!!!
"I said some things that were totally inappropriate. ... It shouldn't have happened," Nagin said...
No sh**, Ray?! You think?!
I think he's smokin' weed with Al Gore myself. But they both put on quite a skit.
How go those elections?
I personally have about had it with the attitudes of black politicians - MLK must spin in his grave.
When he was talking about "mixing chocolate with white milk" was quite possibly the stupidest thing he has said to date.
He must have gotten hammered by public opinion.
John Gibson just reported the Nagin called into ViewSide and apologized for saying God was angry at the US for going into Iraq.
Ah. So this liberal nitwit barely made it in. Who knew?
I guess God destroyed New Orleans because the seething mob was a hair away from electing a communist.
There's no need to apologize, Ray. Most people are not planning to move there anyway.
He has to learn to take polls BEFORE he says such things (like other Democrats).
Yes, but did he apologize for his stupidity?
What if a white mayor said that God wanted his city to be majority white? What if a Republican Senator said to a church in Harlem on MLK day that Democrats are running a "plantation"? Race politics practiced regularly by liberals in this country stink. Leftists are playing the same race hatred that segregationists did 40 years ago.
LOL! That's a sherbet! ;)
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