[New Orleans Mayor's] Race to the Finish

The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune ^ | April 21, 2006 | Chris Rose

[Ebenezer]

In New Orleans, the circus never comes to town. The town *is* the circus.

[Patrick1]

I channel surfed this "debate" last night. And everytime I stopped by for a minute some guy was saying, "this is a civil rights issue". NYC got money for 9/11 we got zero "this is a civil rights issue". The clock went off early leaving him with ten seconds less than the others, "this is a civil rights issue".

New Orleans deserves these fools.

[mewzilla]

NYC got money for 9/11 we got zero

NYC was the victim of a terrorist attack, an act of war. The only thing NO was a victim of was its own shortsightedness and stupidity.

[P-40]

NYC got money for 9/11 we got zero

That must be a new definition of zero that I was previously unaware of.

[mewzilla]

Evidently the definition has to include more than nine zeros.

[OB1kNOb]

I'm amazed by democrats who say the melting ice caps will flood Miami and New York in the next ten years and want to rebuild New Orleans that is already below sea level.

Logic never enters their train of thought. Only emotions. It only has to feel right to be right in their minds.

[Neville72]

One of the most on the point remarks I've heard this week is that candidate Ron Forman is the most qualified for the job since he's had years and years of experience running a ZOO!


The author asks, "How do we escape this political nightmare that we brought upon ourselves?"

You don't, buddy. Your doomed with this cast of characters and now the rest of the country is going to watch you maybe put the same bunch back in office that the country's been laughing at for 8 months.

The only thing that could save the Chocolate City is a benevolent dictator....maybe King Honore I. Other than that they've proven time and again to be incapable of governing themselves.

[junta]

Pull the plug on NOLA

[Ebenezer]

"One of the most on the point remarks I've heard this week is that candidate Ron Forman is the most qualified for the job since he's had years and years of experience running a ZOO!"

Right! Anybody who can run a zoo can run New Orleans. Do you see the connection?

[Jane Austen]

After Nagin showed how inept he was in handling a crisis, he should be finished. I happened to catch Imus one morning on the radio, and someone in his show did a great imitation of Nagin - at first I thought it was real.

[mbynack]

I doubt we'll ever be able to determine exactly how many Federal tax dollars have gone into New Orleans, but the first installment of Federal Aid in November of last year was 6.2 Billion Dollars. That was just the money for compensating homeowners whose losses exceeded their insurance coverages.

There's federal contracts to repair roads and bridges, Federal grants to repair levies. There's grants to repair the airports, etc.

[Ebenezer]

Although I live next door in Jefferson Parish and have no dog in this mayoral fight, I am greatly disappointed with Nagin after his (to put it mildly) poor performance after Katrina. One of his "best" lines following the hurricane was during an interview with a local TV reporter, when he stated to the effect that, given his open criticism of President Bush, he was afraid the CIA was going to knock him off.

You have to admit it, that was a gem!

[Neville72]

To Everyone:
(via the dead Pelican)

Must see video parody of Mitch Landrieu and his dynasty.

Hilarious!

http://www.thedeadpelican.com/landrieu-years-rffm.wmv

[Jane Austen]

Hilarious.

[Jane Austen]

Thanks!

[P-40]

I am greatly disappointed with Nagin

I thought he was going to do a good job based on what I heard of him immediately after the storm. I was not too surprised that his attitude soon changed. There is just too much money in racism to pass up.

This is the link to his report right after the storm, but I cannot get it to load for some reason.

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/082905mayor.wmv

[Knitting A Conundrum]

One wonders sometimes who deserves the crown for rotten politics - Chicago or New Orleans.

New Orleans often gets more interesting to watch, though.

[roaddog727]

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