Posted by
Catmman on Sunday, March 18, 2007 12:20:02 PM
I really don't know what's worse: that the idiots who stayed in New Orleans actually thought they could ride out a Cat 5 hurricane; that this moron was re-elected by those same idiots who tried to ride out a Cat 5 hurricane; that this obviously racist mayor is still given forums to spew this kind of drivel.
From that paragon of journalistic integrity the
WaPo:
Nagin Suspects a Plot To Keep Blacks Away
By Hamil R. Harris
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 17, 2007; A07
New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin has suggested that the slow recovery and rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina -- which has prevented many black former residents from returning -- is part of a plan to change the racial makeup and political leadership of his and other cities.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what happened in New Orleans could happen anywhere," Nagin said at a dinner sponsored by the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a trade group for newspapers that target black readers. "They are studying this model of natural disasters, dispersing the community and changing the electoral process in that community."
Nagin's remarks Thursday night recalled the controversy stirred up by his prediction in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech in 2006 that, despite the evacuation of thousands of black people in the wake of Katrina, New Orleans would once again become a "chocolate city." The mayor later apologized for the comment, which had infuriated many whites and African Americans.
Nagin, who won reelection last May over Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, referred obliquely to the "chocolate city" comment at the dinner and suggested that his assertion that New Orleans would once again be a majority-black city had made him a political target.
"Everybody in America started to wake up and say: 'Wait a minute. What is he doing? What is he saying? We have to make sure that this man doesn't go any further,' " Nagin told a room full of black newspaper publishers and editors at the Capital Hilton.
Referring to Landrieu, who is white, as "the golden boy," Nagin suggested his chance at reelection in the mayoral race had seemed slim because "they dispersed all of our people across 44 states with one-way tickets."
"They thought they were talking about a different kind of New Orleans," Nagin said. "They didn't realize that folks were awake, that they were paying attention."
I guess one can't fault Nagin. He's continually given a pass on his ineptitude and the people of New Orleans keep the guy around.
I guess it never ocurred to Mr. Nagin that those who haven't returned to New Orleans are the smart ones
This photo sums it up pretty well (h/t: Hot Air):
