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Mayor to feds: 'Get off your asses'
CNN.com ^

Posted on 09/02/2005 11:14:43 AM PDT by Millee

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin blasted the slow pace of federal and state relief efforts in an expletive-laced interview with local radio station WWL-AM.

The following is a transcript of WWL correspondent Garland Robinette's interview with Nagin on Thursday night. Robinette asked the mayor about his conversation with President Bush:

NAGIN: I told him we had an incredible crisis here and that his flying over in Air Force One does not do it justice. And that I have been all around this city, and I am very frustrated because we are not able to marshal resources and we're outmanned in just about every respect. (Listen to the mayor express his frustration in this video -- 12:09)

You know the reason why the looters got out of control? Because we had most of our resources saving people, thousands of people that were stuck in attics, man, old ladies. ... You pull off the doggone ventilator vent and you look down there and they're standing in there in water up to their freaking necks.

And they don't have a clue what's going on down here. They flew down here one time two days after the doggone event was over with TV cameras, AP reporters, all kind of goddamn -- excuse my French everybody in America, but I am pissed.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: katrina; nagin; neworleans
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To: Millee
Everything I just read in the full article confirms that the governor is controlling this and the mayor and governor deliberately are not declaring martial law so the feds cannot move in directly. The reporters keep asking Nagin that and he dodges it every time. His most frequent answer is "I don't know man."

This is pure politics and cover your ass.

61 posted on 09/02/2005 11:29:53 AM PDT by Williams
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To: Millee

If this guy were up for re-election in November, he'd lose to Osama bin Laden.


62 posted on 09/02/2005 11:29:54 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: Millee

had he said that to 67% of his consituents at any time during their lifetimes, they would know how to think and act in times of crisis. Wards of the state.


63 posted on 09/02/2005 11:30:42 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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To: Millee

Feed the Children has been down there since Tuesday night.

1-888-58CHILD to donate.


64 posted on 09/02/2005 11:30:42 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Millee

That dude needs to grab a big bowl of shut-the-hell-up!


65 posted on 09/02/2005 11:30:53 AM PDT by subterfuge (Obama, mo mama...er Osama-La bamba, uh, bama...banana rama...URP!---Ted Kennedy)
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To: 2banana
What happens when a corrupt, socialist mayor hits a hard reality...

Sounds like the premise for a wacky sitcom.

66 posted on 09/02/2005 11:31:06 AM PDT by Dunstan McShane
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To: Millee

It's good for the Mayor to see the situation. Finally. He has nothing left to work with.


67 posted on 09/02/2005 11:31:39 AM PDT by RightWhale (Load counter)
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To: Alberta's Child

Sadly you're wrong, this mayor will be reelected in a landslide. Or a flood.


68 posted on 09/02/2005 11:31:53 AM PDT by Williams
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To: Alberta's Child
If this guy were up for re-election in November, he'd lose to Osama bin Laden.

Nope, the same people who voted him in before would send him back, especially if he ran against "The Man"

69 posted on 09/02/2005 11:31:58 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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To: Millee

America to Mayor

Get your head out of your butt!!!

(Sorry to be so rude, but I am so fed-up with this incompetent mayor's whining when he dropped the ball I'd like to slap him silly!!!)


70 posted on 09/02/2005 11:32:23 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Well... There you go again!)
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To: Millee

This will be the standard reply I give to all posts when the subject is to blame Bush for all:

The nanny state/welfare mentality - it's always someone else's job. What part of MANDITORY EVACUATION do these fools in the media not get? The people on the coast were warned, told to leave, and chose to stick it out thereby endangered themselves and their families. That would be considered neglect when parents put their children in danger.

The Governor and Mayor's extreme ineptitude is what the bozos in the lame-steam media should be focused on. It was their job to prepare their constituents, NOT the federal government. There was ample time to prepare, and most responsible adults took to the road for safety. Yet all that was offered on the state level was another poor evacuation plan from the dimwit dimocrats. Either using "one way out" stuck in traffic or holing up in the dome, what choices!

Before the storm, they could have used all the school & city busses to evacuate those who couldn't make it on their own to higher ground further inland. But they chose weakness in the face of real danger instead.

After the storm, all resources were put at their disposal, yet they delayed making the request as well as delayed the delivery when aid arrived. Martial Law was declared and yet they still sat on thier hands allowing lawlessness to erupt. Neither can handle their jobs, yet refuse to step aside and allow someone else to handle it.

If President Bush hadn't announced the evacuation order, there would be more loss and suffering, mainly due to the clueless Democrats who failed to do anything - who, by the way, have been in charge of that state long before Bush ran for office.

When you have your hand extended, you shouldn't b!tch about getting aid when you were told to prepare for 3-5 days of food and water. When it comes to your family's safety, waiting on government to solve your problems is no better than waiting on a welfare check instead of getting off your arse and finding work.

But I guess wading around in sewage and griping about it is a much more pleasing alternative if you always pull the "D" lever when it's time to elect leadership. The failure of a democrat-led state is why the media is out in force trying to point fingers at Bush, when they all know the reality of the situation...their own failures cause many more to die than would have if they hadn't been slow to react.

71 posted on 09/02/2005 11:32:49 AM PDT by RasterMaster (Saddam's family were WMD's - He's behind bars & his sons are DEAD!)
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To: Millee

Just wait until he finds out his checks gonna be a tad late.


72 posted on 09/02/2005 11:33:00 AM PDT by CAP811 (One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place)
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To: frogjerk
I HAVE A NAGIN' FEELING THIS MAYOR WILL BE OUT OF A JOB SHORTLY!

Mainly because there won't be any city left to be a mayor of.

73 posted on 09/02/2005 11:33:16 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: VRWCmember

When the police who are supposed to be stopping the looters decide to become the looters what do you expect. They have probably been standing by watching this Administration rip off the public all these years and decided to get their own share.


74 posted on 09/02/2005 11:33:17 AM PDT by kempster
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To: Millee

He can't live with the guilt that his dereliction of duty cost thousands of lives...


75 posted on 09/02/2005 11:33:18 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
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To: Millee

This guy has cajones, even though he has no brains whatsoever.


76 posted on 09/02/2005 11:33:44 AM PDT by TommyDale
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To: Texas2step

Good post.


77 posted on 09/02/2005 11:33:50 AM PDT by elli1
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To: Rutles4Ever

I'm waiting for the mayor to take out the metal balls and start rambling about strawberries.


78 posted on 09/02/2005 11:34:04 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: HitmanNY

Rudy G had absolute heros working for him...up and down the line...from supervisors to front-line cops. Rudy G could call upon any other mayor in the entire region and say what he needed, and he got it. Rudy G could go on the air and ask 10,000 New Yorkers to come out and haul debris from the 9-11 site for 12 hours a day...with no pay...and 40,000 would have shown up. Rudy G gave respect to every man that worked in the city...knowing they earned it. Rudy G could go 48 hours straight without sleep and still give a 4-star press conference, and make you weep. Rudy G could just look at you...and ask the impossible...and you'd draw that bit of inspiration and sweat...and deliver for the man. When Rudy G sobbed...you felt down in your own gut...the man held your soul in his hands.

What we see in NO...is a leader of no comparison to Rudy G. The city choose this man, and they got what they deserved. For any American...you should look at the folks you hire for your community and state...and ask yourself if they can deliver leadership. You don't need more politicans in office...you need leaders.


79 posted on 09/02/2005 11:34:59 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Millee

What a jerk...blaming everybody else but himself.

When he saw the hurricane coming - he and Blanko had plenty of time to get buses, trucks, vans and move em out. What did he want - the prez to make the reservations for him?


80 posted on 09/02/2005 11:35:09 AM PDT by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
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