Saturday, January 9, 2010
Georges: "I'd have a new U.S. Attorney. It's not a racial thing; it's a Democrat thing."
Posted by Kevin Allman on Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 10:23 PM
Eli Ackerman of the blog We Could Be Famous picked up this bit of audio from last night's meeting of the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee, at which mayoral candidate John Georges appeared. The entire context isn't clear from the tape, but Georges seems to be defending himself as a member of the Democratic faithful by stating his opposition to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten, a Republican.
Georges, a Republican-turned-Democrat, raised money for George W. Bush's presidential campaign in 2000 and ran for governor in 2007 as an independent. He also financially supported Mitt Romney's run for the White House in 2008, as well as the 2008 Congressional campaign of Republican Steve Scalise, but says he eventually voted for Barack Obama.
I've been supporting Democrats my entire life.... I would've been a Democrat, but I was asked to stay independent to help fight Bobby Jindal. I'm a team player. I'm fightin' for New Orleans; you need to fight for me. Mitch Landrieu is a leader. But you know, I tell you, we still have a Republican as a U.S. Attorney. I voted for Barack Obama, so I'd have a new U.S. Attorney. It's not a racial thing; it's a Democrat thing.
Letten, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, was originally nominated to his post by President George W. Bush during his first term, and has has not been renominated by the Obama White House despite public statements of confidence from Republican Sen. David Vitter and Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, who said last April she supported Letten continuing in the job.
By positioning himself against Letten, is Georges helping or hurting himself? Listen to the whole tape over at We Could Be Famous, and see what you think.
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This could not be a bigger mistake. Almost the entire citizenry sees the Cowboy on Poydras as a hero and anyone who wants to replace him as somebody who has something to hide. What a colossal misstep, huge political mistake!!!
This is exactly what I mentioned this morning. NO one trusts him. He will say anything and has no shame about it. It also could be connected to the fact that the US Attorney and FBI interviewed him at least once about the tax credit scam that hit the Saints this year. Supposedly there is material out there that he does not want made public. We will see. Also, Clancy, no follow up on the Mexican Casino Georges' owned? Juicy.
Good ??? Heard Nagin, David White and Nagin's father in law involved. Word up, Clancy
Uh, No2. Kevin Allman wrote this post. He and Clancy are both great but they're not interchangeable.
Weird... I was so taken with the Letten stuff it wasn't till I watched it again and noticed he refers to the potential hospital complex as "LSU wanting to build a plantation" and says as mayor he would buy or build Methodist himself. The plantation thing is like "wha?" But could be bad choice of words. But, the "buy/build Methodist" himself seems like "Hey if you elect me mayor I'll use my money to get things done." But why don't you just do that anyway if you can?
Also, if i'm doing this right and reading this correctly: I click follow your link to Huffington Post; I click on John Georges CEO of Imperial Trading's address "23 Audubon Pl" and it says: $33,600 given by this address. $33,600 to Republicans $0 to Democrats http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=loc&addr=23+AUDUBON+PL&zip=70118
andrastos: was adding my thoughts to the comments of sime. maybe i'll get lucky and he will pass the question on
NO2 - Word is that Georges told his Mexico group that David White (Winvesco, LLC) was in for Nagin. Do you have anything on this? White and his company are Georges contributors. Would love to see some info on this.
"I'm a Democrat, seriously. Here, let me say something really dumb to prove it! Now, ladies and gentleman of the Executive Committee who else would say something so ignorant and partisan but a true dyed in the wool Democrat?"
ok 1st of all most of u have no idea what u are talking about unless u know mr georges personally. i actually do. this man would be the best thing for this cities mayor!! he is not a dirty polotician, as a matter of fact he could care less about the money the city has . Remember there are others that cant live without the cities money.. mr georges was here during the hurrican while his family was away.He satayed to make sure that this city was protected. as i can recall most others fled. as far as the racial thing!!! that is soooooo false. this man doesnt have a racial bone in his body. i think that there are some of u out there that are racial and you wanna pull others down to your level. sorry not gonna happen with mr. georges.. i guess it wasnt a racial thing when mr.nagin called this a chocolate city??? give me a break ... ... find something and someone else to pick on.mr georges is a kind, considerate, educated businessman and all u jealous people need to get over yourselves... he would be the best mayor this city has ever seen!!!!!!
as i read on with some of your othercomments, why does it really matter where mr georges lives or what businesses he has?????? what the hell does that have to do with him being a mayor and getting this city where it needs to be???? it tells me that wow , yea he lives on a nice street in a nice home and that he has successful businesses no matter where or what they are!!! what does any of this have to do with him being mayor???? people need to let go of their jealousness and hope that the city doesn end up with another scum bag person in charge of the beautiful historic city. lets look into the other mayor candidates lives if it means so freakin much to yall.... hey how about someone who's for abortion?? thats would be wonderful dont your think??? please its people like all of you with the stupid comments that makes me sooooo embarrassed to be a part on this city. when mr georges wins mayor of new orleans i will be able to smile and close my eyes at night beause i know that he is going to do what no mayor has ever done for the well deserved city of new orleans.....
When will these politicians learn...we are sick of their Cr*p.that goes for both parties!! We need real americans to run for office...not "experinced" politicans. It just goes on and on and on. STOP IT and do something. They are all a bunch of Hacks. Mitch should go home. he has done enough of screwing the state up.
Karen Why does John Georges say one thing to the African Audience and then repudiate it to his white friends. For specific instance, Walker Hines (a State Rep) was in the audience when Georges told people that "I voted for Barack Obama so I could get a Democratic US Attorney". As he was finished, he whispered to Hines "that wasn't for your ears. The next day he told two or three others that I know of that he "just said that so he could get their votes" and "I did not vote for Obama". Now, he is either lying to his friends or to the African American community. Which is it? And what makes you smile about that?
Bull: No more info than what I asked but you have lots of good info. Post away anytime you see Georges name on an article. Knew there was a lot of man luv between him and Nagin and there was no breakup. What are the names of the White companies besides Winveso?
I REALLY DO FEEL SO SORRY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH THEIR TIME THAN TO SHREAD APART SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE NOTHING PERSONALLY TO THEM. WHY ALL THIS HATRED????? WHY ALL THE NEGATIVITY??? IT SEEMS THAT THOSE WHO COMPLAIN THE MOST AND THE LOUDEST HAVE SOMETHING TO FEAR... WHY ARE YOU ALL SO OBSESSED WITH WHAT MR. GEORGES SAYS OR DOES. IF YOU REALLY DONT LIKE HIM WHY NOT TURN THE CHANNEL. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF YOU ARE SO PROUD OF YOUR MAN WHO IS RUNNING YOU SHOULD BE SINGING HIS PRAISES AND FOR SOME REASON I HAVENT HEARD 1 THING FROM ANY OF YOU ABOUT WHAT YOUR CANDIDATE CAN OR CANT DO. I WILL NOT LOWER MYSELF TO YOUR LEVELS AND SAY ONE THING ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES I AM FOR MR. GEORGES AND PROUD TO BE A SUPPORTER. MAYBE YALL SHOULD DO THE SAME , JUST FOCUS ON THE CANDIDATES THAT YOU LIKE AND PRAISE THEM... WHY ALL THE BITTERNESS???? SCARED? WELL THAT SEEMS TO BE A DARN GOOD REASON TO ME... HAVE A NICE DAY...
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF ANY OF THE UGLY PEOPLE WHO BLOG LIVE IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS?? ID BE WILLING TO BET THAT THEY IN FACT DO NOT...
So Karen is into parochial poitics and parochial politicians!!! Yuck!!!! And what does a mayor of a city have to do with abortion and the US Attorney for that matter? Maybe that is why the city of New Orleans and the parishes around it went 15 feet under water--because Mayors and parish presidents were sitting around worring about things that do not concern them. They should have thinking about sandbags and pumping stations. Jim Letten is keeping us safe from corruption and the flood of corrupt politicians. Maybe these mayoral candidates might want to start telling the constitutents about how they plan to keep us safe from the flood waters this coming hurricane season,
hey storm, i agree with you about the politicians i also agree about the mayors and parish presidents...we do need someone in office that can and will make changes.. And as far as the city's laws or guidelines i believe that they should burn the damn papers and make some new ones because the rules and guidelines that the city has been following for years apparently arent the answer.(thats my opinion though). as far as john georges is concerned i know that he would be an awsome mayor as u believe in your candidate. im just disgusted with those who have nothing better to do than to bash all the good guys out there. id like for the citizens to talk about their candidates and what they can do for the city instead of knocking others... and i have mentioned no names when talking about politicians... i only know that i am behind mr georges 100 percent and others should do the same for theirs....thank god for mr georges!!!
