I know, I know… I’ve seen a lot of comments already about the New Orleans mayoral election, which I characterized as a contest between Goofy, the incumbent, Ray “Chocolate City” Nagin, and the crook, Mitch “my fambly’s been tappin’ New Orleans for generations” Landrieu.

But this article kinda puts things in perspective:

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN MAY 21, 2006 20:00:02 ET XXXXX

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE WORKED TO DEFEAT NAGIN

**Exclusive**

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) secretly placed political operatives in the city of New Orleans to work against the reelection efforts of incumbent Democrat Mayor Ray Nagin, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

DNC Chairman Howard Dean made the decision himself to back mayoral candidate and sitting Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu (D-LA), sources reveal.

Well, bunkie, I’m like this: If Howard “screamin’ meemie” Dean is against it, I’m FOR it…

Dean came to the decision to back the white challenger, over the African-American incumbent Nagin, despite concerns amongst senior black officials in the Party that the DNC should stay neutral.

The DNC teams actively worked to defeat Nagin under the auspice of the committee’s voting rights program.

The party’s field efforts also coincided with a national effort by Democrat contributors to support Landrieu.

Landrieu had outraised Nagin by a wide margin – $3.3 million to $541,980.

In the dimmocrat party, big $$$ = big crooks. And if they dumped THST sort of coinage in New Orleans and DIDN’T win the election, that should say a lot about exactly HOW UNDESIRABLE Mitch Landrieu REALLY is as a candidate… That kind of money in New Orleans is normally enough to get Osama bin Ladin elected POPE!

Preliminary campaign finance reports indicate many of Landrieu’s contributions came from out of state white Democrat leaders and financiers, including a $1,000 contribution from Sen. Ben Nelson’s (D-NE) PAC.

The defeat of Mitch Landrieu is the latest setback for Dean’s often criticized field operation.

A lot of Louisiana voters are getting mighty tired of having out-of-state forces try to decide who should run various offices around the state. If left to our own resources, this state would be a lot more conservative in ALL levels of government, but the national dimmocrat party doesn’t want to give up.

And here’s the kicker:

In his victory speech late Saturday night, Nagin praised President Bush.

“You and I have probably been the most vilified politicians in the country. But I want to thank you for moving that promise that you made in Jackson Square forward,” Nagin said.

Now, if you think that there’s ANY circumstance wherein a Landrieu would have any good to say about President Bush, I have a couple of lots in New Orleans that you’ll be interested in…