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To: stockman_scott who wrote (3177)	9/2/2005 3:34:10 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26015

Writer Julia Reed blasts New Orleans Mayor and Louisiana Governor on lefty Air America radio al franken show ^ \| Sep 2 05 \| Julia Reed Rachel Maddow as sub host for Al Franken, was interviewing Julia Reed, a well-known writer who lives in New Orleans. Reed said she was "ashamed" to have the mayor and governor she has. Both of them blew it big time. The mayor, she claimed, was on radio Monday night downplaying the situation, and saying that people breaking into pharmacies was not a big deal. She said New Orleans is unsafe most of the time -- cops can't stop the gangs -- so officials should have known a hurricane would create big-time lawlessness She said homes on St. Charles Ave are now occupied by people who didn't own them. "Desperate people" replied Maddow -- No, "lawbreakers," said Reed. A later caller complained that Reed sounded like a Rush Limbaugh