I think mayor Q-ball had that boot in his tail today!
Posted on 09/02/2005 9:36:25 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The cursing had stopped. The tears were gone. Mayor Ray Nagin returned from his meeting with President Bush a picture of calm.
He leaned back against a railing in a hotel lobby that for the first time in nearly five days was devoid of stranded, sweating, and generally miserable tourists.
"I feel much better. I feel like we've gotten everyone's attention and hopefully they'll continue to do what they're doing," Nagin said Friday night in the damaged downtown Hyatt hotel, where his temporary lodgings and command post have been set up since Hurricane Katrina made life in the Big Easy insufferable.
"I'm cautiously optimistic. I want to see it happen (Saturday). I want to see it happen next week. Then, when I see consistency of delivery, I'll feel like there's a light at the end of the tunnel."
His comments came a day after he was heard on a radio interview erupting in tears and telling the government to "get off your asses and let's do something." By nightfall Friday, his tone had changed.
"Today was a turning point, I think," he said. "My philosophy is never get too high, never get too low. ... I always try to keep my emotions in check and yesterday I kind of went off a little bit. I was worried about that, but it maybe worked out.'"'
Nagin said Bush gave him a hearty greeting and did not seem at all offended by Nagin's earlier outburst. Bush spent Friday on a daylong tour of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
"I do think the pleas for help basically got the nation's attention, and the nation's attention got everybody to stop and re-evaluate what was going on, including the president. ... He basically said, 'Look, our response was not what it should have been and we're going to fix it right now.'"
The mayor asked Bush to focus on helping New Orleans with law enforcement, finishing the evacuation and draining the flooded city. He said New Orleans also needs a fleet of crop dusters to spray the city for mosquitos that could spread disease after hatching from the stagnant water that has swamped most of the city since Monday.
"There's a new Sheriff in town , Mayor.."
Wow... got any more pictures like that? I would love to see some of the NG downtown doing their thing.
Exactly, a man-child mayor and an adult President.
I'm sure they are intense ... alot of what happen .. shouldn't have
Just so he doesn't pull a Teddy K and stick a dagger in the back of the man who will bail his arse out in the end...and do so graciously.
Time will tell
That would have been a nice start.
Sadly, we are going to have to defend President Bush against an almost-certain impeachment attempt this fall. His falling poll numbers have the Dims smelling blood.
I think mayor Q-ball had that boot in his tail today!
cute. thanks for the pings to the good stuff.
Are we sure that Nagin has been in NO the whole time?
This quote will be the basis of impeachment hearings, even if the Dims have to hold "mock" impeachment hearings off Capitol Hill.
lol! Lake Nagin!!!!
Nagin = no class... subtract 'cl' for definition.
Guiliani he aint. Pity for him though...he is a DimRat mayor of a corrupt swamp city surrounded by major incompetence of Loserana politics. Bush pulled his a** out of the sewage-riddled Big Sleazy. Too many good folks paying the price now.
Hurricane Katrina survivors collect food and water during food distribution at the New Orleans Convention Center, September 2, 2005. After five days of surviving Hurricane Katrina, the heat, shootings and other unrest, thousands at the Convention Center were given food and water by the U.S. National Guard. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
A U.S. National Guardsmen wheels an elderly woman from the New Orleans Convention Center, September 2, 2005. After five days of surviving Hurricane Katrina, the searing heat, shootings and other unrest, thousands at the Convention Center were given food and water by the U.S. National Guard. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
that guy in the middle looks like the FEMA director.
ihaven't seen the mayor on tv in three days.sharpton was on tucker carlson saying it was a racist plot.
"New Orleans mayor calm after talk with Bush"
there goes another MSM reporter... misinterpreting the situation again...
What really happened:
"New Orleans mayor scared sh*tless after talk with Bush"
Looks like Nagin got a fix to take the edge of his jones.
"Brainless pinhead (l) and President Bush (r) meet at NO airport.
Unidentified man in center."
That's the guy who was carrying the tranquilizer dart gun in case Mr. Mayor had another fubar moment.
LOL!
In this photograph provided by the White House, first lady Laura Bush visits with people affected by Hurricane Katrina at the Cajundome at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana Friday, September 2, 2005. (AP Photo/The White House Photo, Krisanne Johnson)
there they go again... "U.S. National Guard."
my 6th grader knows more about how this country is structured and run than these reporters do.
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