This is how politicians should speak.

Let me channel Denis Leary for a moment...

There's a guy, maybe you've heard of him, there's this guy, who wants his peers to do something. And he doesn't give a "doggone" what the consequences are to his career.

I think we should take a page or two from his book and wake this country up:

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NAGIN: Well, did the tsunami victims request? Did it go through a formal process to request?

You know, did the Iraqi people request that we go in there? Did they ask us to go in there? What is more important?

And I'll tell you, man, I'm probably going get in a whole bunch of trouble. I'm probably going to get in so much trouble it ain't even funny. You probably won't even want to deal with me after this interview is over.

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Mayor to Feds: "Get off your asses..."

Mayor Nagin, you tell those sons of bitches that aren't helping you whatever you need to tell them and damn what they think of you. There are better people in this country who think you're saying the right thing.

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