Oy! A redneck in charge of culture and tourism for Lousiana.
And from what I have read, he and his wife get ghetto at their chicken joint in Tennessee (anybody have you-tube)?
His big announce this morning on FOX (of course) was talking about changing Ethics. Did he get the memo on what the job entails or what?
In Louisiana the Lietenant Governor is in charge of the state's Culture and Tourism. An Ambassador for the arts if you will.
I just can't imagine a stupid redneck welcoming the heads of states from all of the countries that have been doing cultural exchanges in New Orleans - like France helping rebuild the Museum of Art and then also being able to get down with our biggest commodity in the state: Black Musicians.
We currently have big exhibits happening with DONATED works of arts from the museums of France AND artwork from the VATICAN. Can you imagine a redneck welcoming those folks and properly thanking them? Nightmare. He can't even handle himself in public at a chicken joint.
I've watched Mitch in action and he is PERFECT as Liet Gov. He loves Louisiana music, Louisiana musicians love him back. When he ran for Mayor, he had stage-announced endorsements from all kinds of artists at Jazz Fest. Grammy winner Irma Thomas held concerts for him. He goes out of his way to promote true Louisiana artists, like Terrence Osbourne.
His tourism commercials with folks like Ingrid Lucia, Irvin Mayfield and Marsalis have won national awards for crying out loud. I just have opposite visions of Sammy Kershaw suit up in cammos and go on air with a gun to promote Lousiana as the center of cockfighting "get'er done!"....Oy, lawdy!
Mitch clearly has the cultural demeanor and quality of education to carry himself and represent Louisiana well in well-heeled circles. I just don't see a country singer who is married to the elizabeth taylor of nashville is the best example of who can represent our state.
I totally see this as republicans diminishing the focus of New Orleans and our blend of races in the cultural equation of Louisiana. They are waving their hand, regarding us as irrelevant and running a redneck to win the bubba vote.
...it's totally infuriating!