[Alberta's Child]

One of the basic problems in a liberal city is that it will eventually decline to the point where utter incompetence is the norm among elected officials. That's exactly what happened in New York under David Dinkins from 1989-93. When even a Marxist city like New York elected a no-nonsense Republican to succeed Dinkins, you knew things were about to change for the better.

The same thing might have happened earlier in New Orleans, but there simply hasn't been enough of a monied class to make that prudent decision. Maybe it will happen now. If this mayor and governor were facing re-election in November, they'd probably lose to an Independent ticket of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.

[warchild9]

I lived in New York during Dinkins AND Guiliani, and learned to appreciate Guiliani. Except that he chased the chestnut roasting guys off the streets, the idiot. I loved those things.