“It’s time for us to come together. It’s time for us to rebuild New Orleans _ the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans,” the mayor said. “This city will be a majority African American city. It’s the way God wants it to be. You can’t have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn’t be New Orleans.”

Why is it that this guy is getting a pass by the media? He’s a more than a little odd, saying some outlandish things, and yet he’s really not getting much news coverage. If a Republican politician said some of the things this guy is saying they would be all over the news.

Update: Michelle Malkin is quoting a Nagin apology about his remarks. While an apology is good, he doesn’t sound very sincere. How can you make a statement like that by accident?