Superdome Quotes

I spoke to him Sunday, and I said, `Get out of there, you dumb idiot,` ... I told him to at least go to the Superdome, but turns out he was smart enough not to do that.

A lot of them were really stuck in their ways and felt there was no reason to leave. I think of everybody I talked to, nobody left. I persuaded a lot of people to go to the Superdome. Of course, you worry about the people, especially the elderly people. My prayers are with them.

It`s not a time for anarchy or trying to make a buck. My real concern is the impoverished people waiting in their houses to be picked up or waiting at the Superdome to get out of the city.

Once again, a day late and a dollar short, words of wisdom from our President. And once again, Bush finds the photo op (matching pictures shown): Some black folks to hug, some white men to bond with. He flies over the messy parts of New Orleans, waves and leaves. The President has put himself at risk by visiting the troops in Iraq, but didn`t venture anywhere near the Superdome or the convention center, where thousands of victims, mostly black and poor, needed to see that he gave a damn.

While so many children are agonizing through this tragedy, ... those who suffered through the nightmare in the Superdome draw strongly on our compassion.

There was more haywire in the Superdome than there was standing in the water. Kids were getting raped.

The plucky Brits were shaken but not stirred by the Superdome ordeal,

I was preaching to the people at the Superdome because they were only looking after themselves, not after each other, and I told them, `God wants you to help each other. You have to help each other or you will all die.`

The thing to understand is the demand today has increased substantially ... 15,000 people are being evacuated from the Superdome itself. I mean, that`s Natchitoches; that`s a ton of people.

More than eight years ago, I walked off that turf at the Superdome with a national championship, ... Now, as I look at the tattered dome, it symbolizes the devastation to my home, my city and my ministry.