heh- I’m in mee-tear-ree so they don’t represent me but she does. If I lived in Orleans I’d probably hate Jefferson more..

But consider this…

At least with Jefferson and Nagin you know what you have. Mary is just a slimy snake who will say anything to anyone for personal power. That’s why my hatred for her is more personal. YMMV.

Will anyone be willing to be Obama’s VP?

JiangxiDad on August 12, 2008 at 10:45 AM

I’ve been wondering that the last couple of days myself. I have also been wondering, at what point should McCain ready himself to face Hillary, and not Obama, in the fall election. I think Barack Obama is going to get pushed aside, or to the VP slot, at the convention.

Nagin really said that? oh dear

The scary thing was, he was serious. He later tried a bit of backtracking by pointing out that it was just the drug dealers killing one another and the tourists in the French Quarter were relatively safe. So New Orleans brand is a tourist-safe place so long as you don’t come across a lost drug dealer!

The high murder rate keeps New Orleans brand out there in the public eye.

Nagin really said that? oh dear

Well, let’s start with that fact I hate her more than any other pol in the state…. so you know where I stand.

Diogenes of Sinope on August 12, 2008 at 2:04 PM

Lucky you. Jefferson and Nagin are my top two. She’s probably #3 but I’ve never been a fan of Vitters (too slimey and opportunistic even as a Congressman). Landrieu is merely incompetent, not overtly corrupt and/or incompetent as Jefferson and Nagin.

P.S. I agree that the likelihood of her losing in November is less than the pundits are suggesting.

By Harry Ruskin for Miss Trixie Landrieu

Landrieu backs away from Obama

Yeah Mary, we understand…
(in part)
Don’t follow leaders
Watch the parkin’ meters
Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don’t steal, don’t lift
Twenty years of schoolin
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don’t wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don’t wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don’t work
Cause the vandals took the handle.

I am amazed because even to a non yankee like me these 3 things were abundantly obvious, that this woman is still in a big race as opposed to pursuing another career amazes me.

saus on August 12, 2008 at 11:47 AM

Well, let’s start with that fact I hate her more than any other pol in the state…. so you know where I stand.

BUT since the storm she has not done a horrible job. — Now she hasn’t done a good job but she hasn’t done a horrible job either. And that’s on my scale.

What none of the “national” pundits are talking about is how much the Vitter hooker scandal helped her. Before that we had a competent, qualified popular Republican senator which stood in stark contrast to the whiny (mostly) incompetent liberal Senator.

But as life would have it, taking the shine off Vitter makes her not look so bad after all. (it’s sorta human nature)

Before the scandal you would often hear people compare the two and say they wanted another Republican. After the scandal broke, that talk vaporized.

None of this is to say people love her, indeed they never have. But she has a ton of money and that makes a big difference.

She may lose but I’m just telling ya up front, don’t get your hopes up.

This is getting hilarious. Other people are now starting to throw Obama under the bus.

Anyone got a call into Ray Nagin, gonna need more buses.

GarandFan on August 12, 2008 at 10:49 AM

Got your NO buses right here, GarandFan.

or

they’re people who like consistency in presidential portraits on the currency and don’t like funny sounding names.

or (for folks who can’t read between lines)

they’re racist philistines.

Tman on August 12, 2008 at 11:56 AM

I hadnt seen that. hahaha Good Stuff!

No discussion about Mary Landrieu is complete without a link to the Wuzzadem classic after Katrina-

I much prefer Naginisms although the current scandal may put an end to this form of entertainment. My favorites include:

New Orleans is a chocolate city.

New Orleans is a vagina-friendly city.

The high murder rate keeps New Orleans brand out there in the public eye.

And the “we are about to turn the corner” line about recovery that Nagin has been using for three freakin’ years.

Bottom line is that New Orleans has squandered the opportunity to make itself into something better than the pre-storm status quo. Politicians like Landrieu, Vitter, Nagin, and Jefferson are the reason why that opportunity was squandered. They all need to be run out of office and, preferably, out of the state. Nagin’s made a good first step considering his family lives in Dallas now.

The telling thing will be whether or not Landrieu can win a state-wide election without the “chocolate vote” of New Orleans which has been much dissipated to Houston, Atlanta, etc. since the storm.

-Star Trek, “Return of the Archons”

“See, we couldn’t use those busses, they were FLOODED.”

funky chicken on August 12, 2008 at 11:23 AM

Interesting…but that was then and this is now. The pressure to split from someone like that jackass Salazar is stronger now.

Plus Louisiana benefits from offshore drilling while drilling for shale in Colorado is not in her constituent’s backyard.

Another smooth talker with no idea what it is he’s doing.

And while the dwindling population of New Orleans re-elected clown Democrat clown Nagin, the rest of Louisiana sent Kathleen Blanco a message and that worthless dingbat decided not to seek re-election.

Obama is another Nagin. The people of Louisiana don’t want Nagin in the White House.

Diogenes of Sinope on August 12, 2008 at 11:12 AM

I can’t believe it when I read stuff like that, honestly my only impression was in the aftermath of Katrina, but three things were abundantly clear to me in the month or so following the hurricane on TV.
1) Ray Nagin was incompetent
2) Governor whatever her name was incompetent (She lost no?)
3) Landrieu was incompetent

I am amazed because even to a non yankee like me these 3 things were abundantly obvious, that this woman is still in a big race as opposed to pursuing another career amazes me.

I’ll be shocked if it’s Hillary.

funky chicken on August 12, 2008 at 11:28 AM

Oh, I don’t think it will be her. Jianxi Dad’s question was who would be willing? And I thought their might be some plusses for both her and the Dems. She could pull Obama out of the “gravitas” fire (I can’t believe I’m saying that), get some of those bitter clinger and feminist votes, ease the convention tension, and set herself up for another run at the presidency later.

I’d bet Hillary would do it. She doesn’t have anything to lose and it would keep her in contention for the presidency, even though it’s longer term.

BigD on August 12, 2008 at 11:01 AM

I’ll be shocked if it’s Hillary. Remember all those MSM stories that quoted “sources inside the Obama campaign” who said that Hillary was pushing to get the VP nod? I think they were total BS, and desperate attempts to get her to sign on right after he (barely) squeaked over the line to (most likely) secure the nomination.

But Hillary already knew he was electoral poison so she wouldnt’ accept the offer. She’s not gonna be this year’s Silky Pony, especially now.