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FreeFall
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 Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:30 am Post subject: New Orleans Mayor angry at Governor |
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http://wizbangblog.com/archives/006994.php
NAGIN: Look, I've gotten promises to -- I can't stand anymore promises. I don't want to hear anymore promises. I want to see stuff done. And that's why I'm so happy that the president came down here, because I think they were feeding him a line of bull also. And they were telling him things weren't as bad as it was.
He came down and saw it, and he put a general on the field. His name is General Honore. And when he hit the field, we started to see action.
And what the state was doing, I don't frigging know. But I tell you, I am pissed. It wasn't adequate.
And then, the president and the governor sat down. We were in Air Force One. I said, 'Mr. President, Madam Governor, you two have to get in sync. If you don't get in sync, more people are going to die.'
S. O'BRIEN: What date was this? When did you say that? When did you say...
NAGIN: Whenever air Force One was here.
S. O'BRIEN: OK.
NAGIN: And this was after I called him on the telephone two days earlier. And I said, 'Mr. President, Madam Governor, you two need to get together on the same page, because of the lack of coordination, people are dying in my city.'
S. O'BRIEN: That's two days ago.
NAGIN: They both shook -- I don't know the exact date. They both shook their head and said yes. I said, 'Great.' I said, 'Everybody in this room is getting ready to leave.' There was senators and his cabinet people, you name it, they were there. Generals. I said, 'Everybody right now, we're leaving. These two people need to sit in a room together and make a doggone decision right now.'
S. O'BRIEN: And was that done?
NAGIN: The president looked at me. I think he was a little surprised. He said, "No, you guys stay here. We're going to another section of the plane, and we're going to make a decision."
He called me in that office after that. And he said, "Mr. Mayor, I offered two options to the governor." I said -- and I don't remember exactly what. There were two options. I was ready to move today. The governor said she needed 24 hours to make a decision.
S. O'BRIEN: You're telling me the president told you the governor said she needed 24 hours to make a decision?
NAGIN: Yes.
S. O'BRIEN: Regarding what? Bringing troops in?
NAGIN: Whatever they had discussed. As far as what the -- I was abdicating a clear chain of command, so that we could get resources flowing in the right places.
S. O'BRIEN: And the governor said no.
NAGIN: She said that she needed 24 hours to make a decision. It would have been great if we could of left Air Force One, walked outside, and told the world that we had this all worked out. It didn't happen, and more people died. |
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dusty
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Nagin is spilling the beans.
I bet Gov. Blanco is wishing he'd shutup. This is priceless.
Whatever he's on, he needs to keep taking it. This is getting interestinger and interestinger.
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sdmoel
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BuffaloJack
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| Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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Nagin's looking around and seeing who will likely be the best patsy to pin the blame on. He started out bad mouthing the feds, but now sees that he'll get more political mileage by blaming the governor.
This idiot will point the finger at whoever he can to deflect criticsm of his own actions.
Hizonor has no honor.
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becca1223
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| Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe here's why Nagin didn't do more to evacuate the poor...
| Quote: | New Orleans is a majority-black city, with African-Americans making up 64 percent of the electorate. Nagin was elected with 58 percent of the total vote in the April runoff, which amounted to about 80 percent of the white vote, and 44 percent of the black vote.
"If you look at the areas where Nagin did very well in the black community, it was in those middle-class areas," says Joe Walker, the mayor's pollster. "The black middle class has been developing for some time. This is probably the first time where they've been a principal force in the election of candidates."
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full article here: http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.p?ref=/dreher/dreher073102.asp |
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Anker-Klanker
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| Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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New Orleans is a majority-black city, with African-Americans making up 64 percent of the electorate. Nagin was elected with 58 percent of the total vote in the April runoff, which amounted to about 80 percent of the white vote, and 44 percent of the black vote.
"If you look at the areas where Nagin did very well in the black community, it was in those middle-class areas," says Joe Walker, the mayor's pollster. "The black middle class has been developing for some time. This is probably the first time where they've been a principal force in the election of candidates." |
With all the irresponsible finger-pointing and blame game crap going on from the left, I don't think anybody's helped by this kind of fanning the flames (though I admit, the one-sided-ness of it all was really getting to me.)
I think we've all learned that elected politicians - by their very nature - are seldom gifted with qualities of decisiveness and leadership that is needed in a situation like this. Rudy G. was an (if we're honest, an accidental) exception to the rule. Either we need to cease and desist electing people based on their photogenic qualities, political correctness awareness, and glibness in interviews, or else we need to make sure that such superficial phonies have got real leaders waiting in the wings who can handle situations like this. |
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becca1223
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NOLA Mayor Ray Nagin backed Republican candidate, Bobby Jindal, in Louisiana's 2003 Governor's race.
Blanco won by a 52-48 margin.
| Quote: | Jindal's heritage touches nerve
The Associated Press
Posted on November 10, 2003
Republican Bobby Jindal's campaign to become the first Indian-American governor in American history has touched a nerve with some Pakistani-Americans, who are lining up to support Democrat Kathleen Blanco of Lafayette in Saturday's runoff.
The support culminated during an Oct. 21 fund-raiser for Blanco in Lake Charles sponsored by the Pakistani-American Business Association of Louisiana, which gave Blanco $50,000 for her campaign.
One attendee said Jindal's Indian heritage has some Pakistanis worried, given the decades of animosity between India and Pakistan.
"I think it's a kind of unforeseen fear that if Bobby Jindal gets elected he might push things that are against the Pakistani interest," said Ashraf Abbasi of Port Arthur, Texas, president of the Pakistani-American Congress, an umbrella organization for Pakistani-American groups.
Blanco spokesman Bob Mann confirmed that she attended the fund-raiser but could not verify how much was collected.
Mann said the subject of Indo-Pakistan relations never surfaced. "What I was told is it was a social function in which people came and mingled and spoke with her."
Landrieu amid controversies
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., has become an issue in the Louisiana gubernatorial race, and not completely by choice.
First, she got into a tiff with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin when she criticized his endorsement of Republican Bobby Jindal of Baton Rouge. Landrieu is backing Democrat Kathleen Blanco of Lafayette.
Then the pro-voucher group D.C. Parents for School Choice ran a full-page ad Thursday in The Times-Picayune complaining about Landrieu's opposition to a voucher bill and urging local voters to send her a message this election. The group also is running a radio ad in New Orleans and has placed about 20,000 pre-recorded telephone calls to city residents on the voucher issue.
"We're asking black folks in Louisiana to just say no when Mary Landrieu asks them to get out the vote for her friends, just like she said no to black D.C. children trapped in the nation's worst public schools," said Virginia Walden-Ford, president of the D.C. group.
Walden-Ford said money for the campaign is coming from Indianapolis insurance executive Pat Rooney, a major GOP financial supporter who backs public financing of vouchers.
Magazine picks Jindal for best, brightest list
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Jindal of Baton Rouge has been featured in quite a few national publications recently. And he's adding to that a mention on Esquire magazine's annual "Best and Brightest" list.
In its December issue, the magazine describes Jindal, the 32-year-old son of Indian immigrants, as "the new face of Southern politics" and says it expects to see more of the GOP candidate regardless of whether he defeats Democrat Kathleen Blanco of Lafayette in the runoff Saturday.
"Even if he isn't elected, Jindal will wind up making an impact somewhere," the article says.
Nagin tries to downplay role of party affiliations
Continuing his bid to siphon Democratic support from Kathleen Blanco in the gubernatorial race, Republican Bobby Jindal unveiled a new TV commercial Thursday that features New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin asking viewers to ignore Jindal's party affiliation.
"This year, it can't matter whether we're Democrats or Republicans," said Nagin, a Democrat who crossed party lines to endorse Jindal last week. "We've got to do what's right for Louisiana."
Without mentioning Blanco by name, the 30-second spot suggests the lieutenant governor is a product of the old political machine. "Old politics says what's in it for me," Nagin said. "New leadership says what's best for all of us."
BOLD defectors back Blanco's bid for post
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Kathleen Blanco has picked up the endorsements of high-profile defections from the BOLD political organization that earlier stunned observers by endorsing Republican Bobby Jindal for governor.
Blanco got the backing of New Orleans City Council President Oliver Thomas, state Rep. Karen Carter and former New Orleans Assessor Ken Carter.
"They are the biggest people in BOLD. ... We view it as cementing solid African-American support across the city," said Ray Teddlie, Blanco's media consultant.
"Her record as lieutenant governor has proven that she is a champion for our city," Thomas said.
Karen Carter couldn't make the news conference because of a scheduling conflict, so her father spoke on their endorsement. "Kathleen has endured and produced results while being in public service," Ken Carter said. "She has the full support of my daughter Karen and my family."
N.O. pastor supports Democratic hopeful
The pastor of one of the country's larger black churches has given his blessing to Democrat Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco's bid for governor in Saturday's runoff.
Bishop Paul Morton of the Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans threw his backing to the Lafayette resident during a press conference Friday afternoon at an eastern New Orleans motel. Joining him were 25 other black clergyman.
"She is a woman of God, goals and vision who will help the people of this state make a difference," Morton said, according to the Blanco campaign.
Three state officials stand behind Wooley
Democratic Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley has picked up the backing of three other statewide elected officials hoping to help him keep his job.
Wooley faces Republican Dan Kyle in Saturday's runoff. He got the backing Thursday of Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom, outgoing Attorney General Richard Ieyoub and newly elected Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu. All three men said Wooley has the skills Louisiana insurance companies and consumers need in the state Insurance Department.
Wooley has run the office since October 2000, when Jim Brown stepped down after a federal conviction.
Ieyoub said Wooley has built back the confidence of the national insurance industry and the people of Louisiana. "I say if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And it ain't broke. It is operating full speed ahead."
http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/42BA3191-8835-43FC-AF69-6A5308FCF2C1.shtml |
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BuffaloJack
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FreeFall
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witchywoman
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:39 am Post subject: |
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The democrats turning on each other. Boy, boy, boy. The democratic socialist party can not pin this one on Bush.
Nagin's breakdown proves clearly he was not in charge. It appears they both need leadership.
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Sep/04-8438.html
I like that US Army Lieutenant Gerneral Russel Honore said that they will not foribly remove anyone from thier homes. It is now time for the local officials that were voted in by their constituants to take over and do what they were put in office to do. |
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FreeFall
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:18 am Post subject: |
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Here's what she needed 24 hours for, from that Katrina Timeline:
In an interview with CNN on 9/5, Mayor Nagin says that Governor Blanco resisted a request from the Federal government to nationalize the relief effort when meeting with President Bush aboard Air Force I. Blanco is reported to have asked for 24 hours to “think about it.” (HT: Sue Hanley) Revised 9/6 |
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I B Squidly
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:52 am Post subject: |
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She used that 24 hours to go out and hire Witt, a Clinton apparatchik who knew how to screw up (Hurricane Floyd) and still smell good. She seems to have been planning to do to W what Chiles (Florida Governor) had done to GHW Bush after Andrew.
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SBD
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| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:00 am Post subject: |
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Bush should have punched the crack head in the face for the things he said on live TV about him. If I ever get the chance, I would do it for him.
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