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Democrat Ex-Mayor Nagin and Convicted Of Bribery, Conspiracy, and Fraud
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:28 PM
JONGSSTRAW
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:55 PM
WHOZIT
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 10:28 PM
Quote:Originally posted by whozit: G W Bush is at his Texas ranch laughing his ass off.
Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:59 AM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:51 AM
GEEZER
Keep the Shiny side up
Quote:Several news sources, including BBC News and numerous blogs and editorials,[10][11][12] have stated that Nagin was a registered Republican for most of his adult life, and a George W. Bush supporter, but switched to the Democratic Party shortly before seeking office. In 2004, he endorsed John Kerry for president.[13][14] In a January 13, 2006 interview on the Tavis Smiley]] Show, Nagin himself denied these rumors, stating that he "never was a Republican" and that he has been a "life-long Democrat", [15] and several of the news sources reporting that he was a Republican have since issued retractions. [16] He did give contributions periodically to candidates of both parties, including Representative Billy Tauzin in 1999 and 2000, as well as Democratic Senators John Breaux and J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. earlier in the decade. Nagin endorsed conservative Republican Bobby Jindal over conservative Democratic Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Blanco in the 2003 runoff for governor. Both candidates platforms were almost identical, so Nagin requested each write a letter detailing what they would do for the citizens of New Orleans if elected. Jindal wrote a very detailed plan while Blanco sent a one page, two paragraph letter.[17]
Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:03 AM
Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:05 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Jongsstraw: Interesting. Maybe that explains why all 3 network news shows last night convienently failed to mention that Nagin was a Democrat in their coverage of his conviction.
Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:20 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Wait, hold on. Mr. " Chocolate City " himself ? C'mon...
Thursday, February 13, 2014 5:16 PM
STORYMARK
Thursday, February 13, 2014 6:56 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: That is lame for them to conceal his party. But hey, at least they didn't pull the Fox trick of just lying and labeling them as from the opposite party.
Thursday, February 13, 2014 7:27 PM
Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:06 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: And, as noted, they ran retractions. Which Fox doesn't do. Nice knee-jerk defense, though.
Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:08 PM
Friday, February 14, 2014 11:43 AM
Friday, February 14, 2014 1:16 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: You might be aware, that some is more than none. And you want an example, here ya go: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/25/fox-news-were-all-democrats-when-scandal-breaks/ Im sure you will continue to pretend that the right is all innocent-like.
Quote:At about 2:30 Thursday afternoon, Trace Gallagher, of Fox News' "Live Desk," offered this on-air apology: "We just want to make a correction to something we put up on the screen during our coverage of the governor's press conference yesterday. We briefly identified Governor Sanford as a Democrat. He is, of course, a Republican and we apologize for getting it wrong."
Friday, February 14, 2014 3:26 PM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Quote:Nagin had actually been a registered Republican for most of his adult life, switching to the Democrats shortly before seeking office, for which his candidacy was branded as opportunistic in the solidly Democrat city. Nagin was, at that time, a known Bush supporter, having contributed to the president’s campaign. http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/new_orleans_mayor.html
Quote:“In short, Rove was going to blame (governor) Blanco (D) for the failure of the response in Louisiana, and to do that he was going to use Nagin. (Rove) had already set the plan in motion on Tuesday with Nagin, who, even though he was a Democrat, was so close to the Republican Party that some members of the African American community in New Orleans called him Ray Reagan.” ("Machiavelli’s Shadow: The Rise and Fall of Karl Rove" by Paul Alexander)
Quote:“Bobby Jindal understands that all of Louisiana benefits from and needs a strong New Orleans. With Jindal as governor, New Orleans and the rest of the state will be partners, not adversaries – which is critical because we can only move this state forward together.” http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/DAEB6262-6772-4AF9-B4DD-F09FE6118D2E.shtml
Friday, February 14, 2014 11:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: Haven't bothered to read this thread, since I'm guessing our righties are having a happy little circle jerk around it. But the fact is, Nagin's never been a "democrat"...
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