Hillary Clinton says America has an obligation to rebuild New Orleans

WKBT-TV New Orleans ^ | May 19, 2007

[2ndDivisionVet]

Hillary Rodham Clinton says "If talk, bureaucracy and promises were enough" New Orleans would have been rebuilt three times over by now.

The Democratic presidential candidate spoke to graduates at Dillard University in New Orleans today. She says rebuilding New Orleans is an "American obligation." One she says the Bush administration has failed to meet. The historically black college was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Clinton says she has a plan that would speed the pace of recovery and assess progress in shoring up levees.

Nearly two years after the hurricane, about 40% of the city's population remains displaced.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Tell 'em what they wants to hear, Sistuh Hillary! Wonder if she gave the speech with a Southern drawl in blackface?

[K-oneTexas]

Excuse me. New Orleans and Louisiana have an obligation to rebuild New Orleans. The business if the seek to return have an obligation to rebuild New Orleans. California, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and the other states have no obligation to rebuild a city not within their own borders.

[basil]

Maybe if the dead asses in NO would help, the city would be cleaned up in quick order.

[Enterprise]

"Hillary Clinton says America has an obligation to rebuild New Orleans"

Well Hillary, paraphrasing the words of Mayor Nagin, "Get your ass down there and get to work." Maybe you can mop a floor or cook a meal or sumptin'.

[NonValueAdded]

And how many Billions of America’s tax money is sitting in Red Stick? If there is an obligation to rebuild it, that obligation is NOT TO REBUILD IT IN HARM’S WAY. Why not move it lock, stock, and barrel to Chappaqua?

[donna]

“Phoenix had the largest population increase of any city between 2004 and 2005.”

Sorry, Hillary, Phoenix is busy. We’re building for Mexico.

[EagleUSA]

The old Dem playbook, chapter 12, GIVE AWAY TAX DOLLARS FOR VOTES — yessirreee. Hitlery just trying to ‘keep ‘em on the plantation’. Who is kidding who? Every vote the libs can scrape up out of the gutter they will take. Remember Al Gore’s campaign handing out cigatrettes to street bums if they would get their vote??? It is all about power, certainly not America and its people, anything but that.

[hgro]

Miz Hildabeast has a propensity to spend the money of others to rebuild something setting below sea level if it will buy votes for her doomed presidential run.

[WarEagle]

What has happened to the billions sent to NO already?

Better yet, what happened to the billions sent to NO in the years before Katrina to "fix" the levees?

Sounds like good money after bad.

[ca centered]

There are still “black” colleges? Isn’t that racist? Oh I forgot. Only white fok is racist.

[elhombrelibre]

As much as her husbands made on the speaking circuit, she could give a few hundred million herself. And she could donate all that evil money she made while working on Wal-Mart’s board. Oh, I forgot. For Liberals, an individual cannot be charitable. It takes a big government.

[John Leland 1789]

Those are the things one MUST say at Dillar University.

[Beth528]

[Calpernia]

Why? Are they anxious to restart G&F Tours?

[socialismisinsidious]

Clinton has an obligation to read The Constitution.

[TaxPayer2000]

She says rebuilding New Orleans is an "American obligation."

can't wait for the south Americans to start sending help....

[AlphaOneAlpha]

“Miz Hildabeast has a propensity to spend the money of others to REBUILD SOMETHING SETTING BELOW SEA LEVEL if it will buy votes for her doomed presidential run.”

Build it.....and they will come? Maybe, and then they will likely drown.

[Obie Wan]

Ahhhhhh Senator Clinton,before you rebuild NO how about you find out where the money Congress has allocated over the years to Louisiana to bring New Orleans levies up to class 4\5 hurricane level strength went and put it into the use it was intended for.Otherwise you can rebuild the city all you want but the next powerful hurricane will just wash it away again !!!

[AlmaKing]

Amen. We can take care of ourselves down here.

[Zack Nguyen]

I think what Senator Clinton really means is that America has an obligation to further Senator Clinton’s political career.