Mayor Ray Nagin puts his foot in his mouth, again

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08-28-2006, 06:16 AM
Midnight Mike

Mayor Ray Nagin puts his foot in his mouth, again

New Orleans Mayor, Ray Nagin, has a very bad habit of saying something stupid, & says that he was misunderstood:

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During the "60 minutes" interview, a correspondent pointed out flood-damaged cars still on the streets of New Orleans' devastated Ninth Ward. Nagin replied, "You guys in New York can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later. So let's be fair," according to CBS.

Let's not forget his other infamous quote:

Quote:

AGIN: It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2354606
08-28-2006, 08:37 AM
T-Bird76

Amazing he was elected to another term. This man is a joke.
08-28-2006, 09:43 AM
Matt Molnar

He almost apologized yesterday, but fell short, relenting only that he had called it a "hole in the ground," but not for bringing it up, even though it would have been irrelevant and offensive no matter what he called it.

Quote:

"I wish I would have basically said that it was an undeveloped site, which it is," he said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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"I meant no disrespect for anyone," he said. "I have seen death, I have the destruction, and I was just using it as a comparison to show how difficult it is for people to rebuild after a major disaster."

He said he was sorry to the families of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, and believe the World Trade Center site is sacred ground.
08-28-2006, 10:07 AM
hiss srq

This guy is an offenseive, unintelligent, andrude little ashole just like the the govenor and most of that states goverment is. None of them have any brains.