RE: Mayor Nagin . . . I just detest the man. I felt sorry for Laura for having to sit next to him at supper last night! He is such a slime. All that money given to him, and parts (most?) of the city are still a wreck. Of course, it's not HIS fault . . . oh, no . . . not at all. GGGRRRR.
Oh...I know...the PEOPLE both W and Laura have to deal with, and be nice to....I'd puke!
Or...I'd make "empty bus" jokes all evening ;-)
Nagin is a piece of ... work ... all right. But corruption is so embedded in NOLA that I don't know if it will ever fixed.
I had the same yuck reaction to Laura having to sit next to The Mayor. And EAT while seated there ... Nerves of Steel that woman has. You know how darkness has no fellowship with light -- I imagine that seating arrangement and all this hauling himself around New Orleans has taken a toll on Nagin as well. I mean, he must be gagging because he clearly does not have the time of day for the president and first lady except when there is political advantage to be gained by it, or image lost if he doesn't put in some face time with the president. Not that I feel sorry for Nagin on this account. I think of all those people who died and wonder how he faces himself in the morning.
Did you notice how restrained I was last night? I never said a word about that. I feel the same way when I see one of our First Family subjected to the likes of that...that...gov'ner. (Even though I was thinking of plenty of things to say! )