You must be kidding me

Louisiana voters have always been comfortable with a level of corruption in their elected officials that would not be tolerated anywhere else. From Governor Edwin Edwards to the state insurance scandals (three consecutive commissioners went to jail) to current Rep. William (of the $90,000 cash in the freezer fame), the state and New Orleans, especially, will elect some seriously distasteful and dishonest people.

That is the only explanation I can come up with for Jefferson’s runoff victory. In the current electoral environment, with so much emphasis on throwing the bums out and cleaning up corruption and graft, I guess New Orleans voters just said “Fuck It” and by a 57% to 43% margin (?!?!?!). This very Democratic city had a choice between a clean Democrat, Karen Carter, and a corrupt one and they still chose Jefferson. Is there a threshhold for being too dirty to win in New Orleans? Seriously, WTF?