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Will the real Ray Nagin please stand up?
AP/NOLA ^ | MICHELLE ROBERTS

Posted on 04/17/2006 7:37:03 AM PDT by ncountylee

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Who is Ray Nagin?

Is he the man New Orleanians believed they were electing mayor four years ago? The corporate executive with an MBA who wooed voters with his quick smile and promises of a more prosperous future?

Or is he the man on the radio after Hurricane Katrina, the one who melted down in a ranting tirade against state and federal officials?

Is he a racist, someone willing to exploit the uncomfortable black-and-white divide to win re-election with a "chocolate New Orleans?" Or is he the larger-than-life character calling for unity on billboards in the campaign that culminates in a city election Saturday?

New Orleanians have seen all these Nagins. Now they're trying to sort them out — to determine who this man is, and whether they want him to serve a second term in a city left wildly different by the storm.

It's not easy. He says a lot of things, some of them inflammatory. He has ridden the alternating waves of hope and despair. He's a man who's constantly in the public eye, but he's not the kind of man who reveals himself easily.

Who is Ray Nagin?

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: bumbler; coward; incompetent

1 posted on 04/17/2006 7:37:04 AM PDT by ncountylee
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To: ncountylee

Ray could be adding loser to his list of titles soon.


2 posted on 04/17/2006 7:37:26 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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could be???


3 posted on 04/17/2006 7:41:09 AM PDT by ExcursionGuy84 ("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
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To: ncountylee

"Will the real Ray Nagin please stand up?"

He can't. He's drunk and stoned and laying on the floor.


4 posted on 04/17/2006 7:41:35 AM PDT by garyhope
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To: ExcursionGuy84

LOL Should have said...election loser.


5 posted on 04/17/2006 7:42:51 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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6 posted on 04/17/2006 7:44:34 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: ncountylee

Now THAT's a title I'd wager on him winning.


8 posted on 04/17/2006 7:48:53 AM PDT by ExcursionGuy84 ("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
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It's all an illusion--THIS IS THE FULL PICTURE It's more interesting to study the detail.
9 posted on 04/17/2006 7:52:29 AM PDT by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: ncountylee

"Dis gonna be a chocolate city, so if you is a whitey, then you get outta the area!"


10 posted on 04/17/2006 8:32:51 AM PDT by Emmet Fitzhume ("Shining with brightness, Always on surveillance.")
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To: ncountylee
Ray could be adding loser to his list of titles soon.

Don't count your chickens too soon. Nagin seems to have some appeal to those deep in denial. Those who want to believe that N.O. can be rebuilt as it was. The candidates who are offering more realistic plans for the future aren't polling too well.
It wouldn't surprise me to see Nagin get into the run-offs. The election this Saturday will reveal whether or not the people of N.O. are going to eventually pull themselves out of this mess or sink ever deeper into third world status.

11 posted on 04/17/2006 9:18:56 AM PDT by Klatuu
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Wonder if Nagin's family is still in Dallas? If they are, who is holding Nagin's crack time down?
12 posted on 04/17/2006 9:26:50 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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Ray could be adding loser to his list of titles soon.

I hope - he's already added "gun grabber" to the list.

13 posted on 04/17/2006 10:22:23 AM PDT by CFC__VRWC
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Ray Nagin's purpose on this planet is to make Marion Barry look more like a civic leader. It's sorta like Barbra Boxer's job: Making Dianne Feinstein look a little like a Senator.
(Senatrix?)


14 posted on 04/17/2006 3:06:57 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Any legal immigrant who wants to join me as an American, is welcome.)
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