Hillary Clinton recalls Mary Landrieu's leadership post-Katrina at New Orleans rally

nola ^ | November 01, 2014 | Cole Avery,

[dennisw]

Former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton said she learned all she needed to know about Sen. Mary Landrieu by watching her work to get funding for New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Clinton recalled she and Landrieu's experience in the U.S. Senate together during a get-out-the-vote rally at the Sugar Mill in New Orleans on Saturday. She touted Landrieu's leadership and how she prioritized Louisiana's women and families while urging the crowd to vote Tuesday.

Clinton and Landrieu served in the Senate together from 2001-2009. Clinton said her greatest memories of Landrieu came in the aftermath of Katrina. She remembered Landrieu on the Senate floor demanding the federal government come to New Orleans' aid, a moment Clinton likened to her own experience representing New York following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Clinton also criticized Landrieu's main Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, for his vote against the Violence Against Women Act.

"I cannot begin to understand how someone can vote against a law protecting women from domestic abuse, but Mary's opponent has done just that," Clinton said.

Cassidy has said he voted against the bill because it went too far. He voted in favor of a GOP alternative bill that removed language related to gender identity and sexual identification, among other provisions.

Clinton is widely expected to run for president in 2016. Though she didn't call him by name, Clinton criticized a potential opponent, Gov. Bobby Jindal, for the steep cuts in higher education in Louisiana.

[jimmyo57]

If anyone needs to lose weight, picture these two in the 69 position before you eat!

[a fool in paradise]

Blanco, Nagin, Jefferson, the culture of corruption among Louisiana Democrats was far and wide in the wake of Katrina.

Stalinists lie. ALWAYS

[Wuli]

Mary Landrieu’s so-called “leadership” amounted to continuous rants that everything that went wrong was all Bush’s fault, when, very factually. MOST of what went wrong was due to incompetence, disorganization, lack of coordination and corruption at the local and state level. The people of Lousiana, much more than the national media knew and understood that; & voted out the Louisiana Governor and New Orleans Mayor when they had a chance.