Thursday, May 21st, 2015
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
CAN AN INDEPENDENT SHAKE UP LOUISIANA GOVERNOR’S RACE?
This fall’s Louisiana governor’s race has settled down into a four-man contest. U.S. Senator David Vitter is far out front, and conventional wisdom points to a republican-democratic runoff between Vitter and Rep. John Bell Edwards from Amite. But is the current field of candidates set in stone? Is there still room for another major candidate-an Independent?
Senator Vitter’s lead is hefty and he has racked a large war chest of campaign cash. But as BayouBuzz publisher Steve Sabludowsky wrote last week, Louisiana voters have “a long history of punishing frontrunners and promoting also-rans.” So is there another candidate out there; a third party candidate who can swoop in at this late date and make a formidable run for the Governor’s Mansion? I’m talking about that John Wayne Dude.
In the days following Hurricane Katrina, the Crescent City was in chaos and on the verge of anarchy with little sense of law and order. I was there daily and saw it first hand. The calming force that entered the city leading the Army’s 82nd Airborne division and the 1st Cavalry was a native Louisianan, General Russell Honore.’ He was widely credited as being the “Rudy Giuliani of the Gulf Coast” and bringing restraint and stability to the bedlam that had been taking place.
Since retiring from the Army, the General headed up a national consulting firm for disaster response, and has written several books, including nationally acclaimed “Leadership is the New Normal.” He moved back to his home in Point Coupee Parish, and has become a leading environmental voice in the state.
Gen. Honere’ is telling friends and associates that he is seriously considering a race for governor, and is confident, with his national connections, he can raise the necessary funding. And he won’t be caught without an answer in political debates. During the Katrina recovery, his comments included; “This is a Disaster. This isn’t something somebody can control. We ain’t stuck on stupid.” And my favorite: “I can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a reporter.” Continue Reading……
So sorry Brownie but I appreciated what Gen. honored did after Katrina but his comment “Put the rifles down we are here to help people” upon arrival sounds too much like the black leaders in Baltimore who instructed the police to let them loot and burn because they didn’t want to inflame the black rioters.
Besides certain people were looting, some were armed drug dealers, etc. Just ask Houston when they received our “wonderful” citizens which caused such a crime outbreak they wanted export them.
So let Gen. Honored stay in Point Coupe and not stir up more racial issues in Louisiana where race harmony is way ahead of the black Yankee cities up North.