Mary is, well, Mary...born to prominent political family and got a leg up in her political life thanks to her name and her dad's maneuvering and connections.
Her intelligence and wisdom has always, and I do mean always, been questioned by anyone who has met her or who has observed her over the years.
But I voted for her when she got her first term, which guarantees her a sinecure, because the GOP made the incredibly stupid mistake of running someone even worse, much worse, IMO, than Mary.
You will hear a lot of anger from La. politicians in the future because it plays well. Nagin might be the only one who is doing it sincerely; he's not nearly as bad as many think. He genuinely has tried to do something positive about the race problem, a refreshing thing. He also, and this is important, supported Jindal--yes, a black liberal Dem supported an Indian right wing GOP candidate because of Jindal's merits--during the Governor's race which Blanco won.
Blanco has never forgotten this and punishes NO every chance she gets. Dumb and vindictive, that is our gov. |
