Ray Nagin -- You Decide

I tried coming up with a catchy description for the Mayor of New Orleans but had to give up. To me he's an enigma. For example:

• In the last Louisiana governor's race, he endorsed the Republican. This while serving as the mayor of the Democratic stronghold of the state. In a city that knows no limits in the lengths it will go to to get Democrats elected (see the fraud committed to get Mary Landrieu elected), the chief executive comes out for a Republican?!?



• He demonstrated total incompetence and the typical liberal blame-everything-on-the-evil-racist-conservatives during hurricane Katrina.



• Today he came out with a strong statement, claiming America was enduring God's wrath via the numerous hurricanes. He partly blamed this on our presence in Iraq (typically liberal.) But he also had some atypical (and interesting) stuff to say about race:

  [God] is upset at black America also. We're not taking care of ourselves.
  
  Why is black-on-black crime such an issue? Why do our young men hate each other so much that they look their brother in the face and they will take a gun and kill him in cold blood?
  
  We as a people need to fix ourselves first.

• And then some wacky stuff about New Orleans being a "chocolate" city again.

Overall, the media is treating him as a harmless aside. There's been no firestorm over his daring to claim that God may not be happy with us. (If only Pat Robertson were black! Or a Democrat!) Of course, he's apologized, leaving us to wonder if there is anyone in America who is willing to talk about God without immediately afterward bowing before the altar of political correctness.

Personally, I’m with LaShawn Barber in calling on all the bloggers (especially the conservatives) who thrashed Robertson for his observation to hold Nagin to the same standard. Plus I’m still waiting for a politician who demonstrates a greater fear of God than of the media. But I’m not holding my breath.