Posted on 09/11/2005 8:17:42 AM PDT by rickmichaels
Up until yesterday, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin had refused to join critics who say that Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts were slow because the majority of the storm's victims were black.
In an interview Saturday with the New Orleans Times-Picayune, however, Nagin said his thinking had evolved.
"The more I think about it, definitely race played into this,” he told the paper.
"How do you treat people that just want to walk across the bridge and get out, and they’re turned away, because you can’t come to a certain parish?" the embattled mayor complained. "How do resources get stacked up outside the city of New Orleans and they don’t make their way in? How do you not bring one piece of ice?
"If it’s race," said Nagin, "fine, let’s call a spade a spade, a diamond a diamond. We can never let this happen again.
"Even if you hate black people and you are in a leadership position, this did not help anybody,” he added.
I hate it when the mayor lets the buses flood and doesn't execute the plan.
oh jeez..he doesn't do a da*n thing to get people out and blames everyone except himself..a typical democrat..
Yo, Ray! They wouldn't be walking across any bridge if you'd loaded them on buses.
Guess he figured his other assinine comments just were not cutting the mustard, so to speak, in trying to place the blame elsewhere. Now, as is usual of most Leftists, he will resort to race baiting to cover his sorry arse.
Hizzoner just now received his copy of Rev-rund Jack-sonn's playbook.
Nagin let 700 hotel guests cut in front of the line at the superdome.
Americans have decided: Decision 1. Nagin is a loser. Only the indigenous population would re-elect him.
You beat me to it.
OK Nagin, you are a diamond.
Yep.
He's a race-bating democRAT thinking this will cover his backside!
Sounds to me like the good mayor is beginning to reason his very own political affiliation, albeit a little late.
You know clearly there were more than just whites and blacks living in New Orleans.
Why is it the hispanics never use the race issue?
Why are the asians not using the race issue?
At some point you have to drop the "poor me" issue and get off your butt and take care of yourself.
There are so many blacks who grow up with drive in the step, rather than "oh woize me".
Men and wowen control their own destiny - good or bad.
Joins them??? He was leading the pack while the hurricane was still blowing things around in New Orleans. I thought that he had slowed down some lately. That may just be because so many real experts have been playing the race card he was just overshadowed.
> Nagin: "How do you treat people that just want to walk
> across the bridge and get out, and they’re turned away,
> because you can’t come to a certain parish?" ...
Nagin has a lot to answer for, but on this issue he (and
many other pundits) may have a point. The police bridge
blockades need some serious investigation.
Also, the formal evac plan presumably called out routes
and destinations. Did the plan have the agreement of
the jurisdictions of transit and destination?
He's a lazy azz jerk who isn't man enough to take responsibility for his actions.
He is not too late in joining the baiters and he is a master of the craft.
I don't know where you live but there are several "hispanic" organizations dedicated to playing the race card whenever possible. Several are national. LULAC, MALDEF, La Raza for instance.
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