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Mayor to feds: 'Get off your asses'
Transcript of radio interview with New Orleans' Nagin
Friday, September 2, 2005; Posted: 11:49 a.m. EDT (15:49
GMT)
(CNN) -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin blasted the slow pace
of federal and state relief efforts in an expletive-laced
interview with local radio station WWL-AM.
The following is a transcript of WWL correspondent Garland Robinette's interview with Nagin on Thursday night. Robinette asked the mayor about his conversation with President Bush:
NAGIN: I told him we had an incredible crisis here and
that his flying over in Air Force One does not do it
justice. And that I have been all around this city, and I
am very frustrated because we are not able to marshal
resources and we're outmanned in just about every respect.
You know the reason why the looters got out of control?
Because we had most of our resources saving people,
thousands of people that were stuck in attics, man, old
ladies. ... You pull off the doggone ventilator vent and
you look down there and they're standing in there in water
up to their freaking necks.
And they don't have a clue what's going on down here. They
flew down here one time two days after the doggone event
was over with TV cameras, AP reporters, all kind of
goddamn -- excuse my French everybody in America, but I am pissed. (full transcript)
Well said, Mr. Mayor.
Transcript of radio interview with New Orleans' Nagin
Friday, September 2, 2005; Posted: 11:49 a.m. EDT (15:49
GMT)
(CNN) -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin blasted the slow pace
of federal and state relief efforts in an expletive-laced
interview with local radio station WWL-AM.
The following is a transcript of WWL correspondent Garland Robinette's interview with Nagin on Thursday night. Robinette asked the mayor about his conversation with President Bush:
NAGIN: I told him we had an incredible crisis here and
that his flying over in Air Force One does not do it
justice. And that I have been all around this city, and I
am very frustrated because we are not able to marshal
resources and we're outmanned in just about every respect.
You know the reason why the looters got out of control?
Because we had most of our resources saving people,
thousands of people that were stuck in attics, man, old
ladies. ... You pull off the doggone ventilator vent and
you look down there and they're standing in there in water
up to their freaking necks.
And they don't have a clue what's going on down here. They
flew down here one time two days after the doggone event
was over with TV cameras, AP reporters, all kind of
goddamn -- excuse my French everybody in America, but I am pissed. (full transcript)
