I've decided that, as with many of the Democrats in, for example, California, these two (Nagin and Blanco) got "elected" into office because they fulfilled the niche requirements of who ~should be~ in office and that is: feminists and racial minorities. Regardless of qualifications and character.
Not that those two generalized types should not hold office or otherwise be elected but that the stereotypes only go so far to get anything done and mostly when stereotypes are elected, when there's no other substance there, they just fill out the office, sit in the chair, make a big show. We can now see that that's about it for these two, specifically: they arrived by way of fulfilling a stereotype but had little to nothing else to offer.
There's no leadership. Leadership is what they're supposed to provide once in office.
Nagin's responses are among the most cruelly stupid I've yet to hear/read...he can laugh and be cute and a pretty man and all but, given the amount of suffering, damages and even deaths in a city he was supposed to be leading away from those dastardly happenings, he's looking quite criminal to my view. Like a stupid criminal, nothing more, and that's very bad.
If and when anyone can figure out why this stupid guy would ever reason his way to deny the use of school buses readily available -- in trying to contend with a life-or-death situation -- while demanding "air conditioning" in other buses that were no where to be seen, please let me know. Sometimes stupid is tragically criminal, and this is one of those times.
Idiots are elected by idiots, where is the "voter responsibility" in this?
If people are not responsible for their vote, then why vote?
Is there a "Darwin Award" for Mayors?