Reuters Racism – somehow they find it important that New Orleans elects first WHITE mayor since 1978

democrat-logoWhy does the fact that the new mayor of New Orleans being white warrant a headline at Reuters? You know, the same Reuters that pulled a story revealing the backdoor tax increases on the middle class in Obama’s $3.8 TRILLION budget? Yes, somehow not only the headline, but first paragraph about Mitch Landrieu being white is of any significance to this left wing biased news service.

Mitch Landrieu was elected mayor of New Orleans on Saturday, the first time in over 30 years that voters of this majority-black city have chosen a white candidate.

Mitch Landrieu is of course the brother of nut job Mary Landrieu who threw a tantrum on the Senate flood the other day over the Louisiana Purchase II. That’s all fine and dandy that he was elected, but against I ask, WHY is his skin color (or lack thereof) significant? Maybe some “educated” liberals or progressives can explain it. I really don’t care what an elected official’s skin color of ethnicity is, regardless if its mayor, congressman/woman Senator, or President is. I wonder if Reuters ran a headline about Bobby Jindal when he won the election that “Louisiana elects its first Indian governor”?

Landrieu, a Democrat and Louisiana’s lieutenant governor, won more than 50 percent of the vote, defeating a field of 10 other competitors and avoiding a run-off election. Democrat Troy Henry, a black businessman, came in second.

Landrieu, 49, the son of New Orleans’ last white mayor, Moon Landrieu, rode a wave of discontent over the slow pace of the city’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and rampant crime.

In his victory speech, Landrieu said his election showed that voters wanted a city that was “unified rather than divided.”

About two-thirds of New Orleans’ population is black and Landrieu was helped by his father’s legacy of desegregating the city. Moon Landrieu left office in 1978.

The Landrieu family is a political force in Louisiana. Mitch Landrieu’s sister Mary is a U.S. senator.

The mayoral election was overshadowed by Sunday’s Super Bowl in Miami, where the New Orleans Saints make their first championship game appearance against the Indianapolis Colts.

Ray Nagin, the current mayor who can’t seek re-election due to term limits, was the public face of the city’s botched response to Katrina, which flooded 80 percent of New Orleans and killed 1,500 people.

Some of its neighborhoods are still unfit for habitation due to flood damage, and its system of levees and flood walls — protecting a city with large areas situated below sea level — is vulnerable to a repeat of Katrina’s catastrophic flooding.

Albert Arnold, 66, who lost his home in eastern New Orleans to Katrina, said Nagin’s performance on Katrina recovery and crime has been disappointing.

“Crime is the biggest problem in the city, and it’s gotten a lot worse in the last four years,” Arnold said.

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February 7, 2010 · Filed Under Liberal Media Bias


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