Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré said recent talk of a Senate run against incumbent Louisiana Senator David Vitter (R) is “all about speculation and rumors.”
“As of this time, I’m not running for any political office,” he told CNN on Sunday, seemingly hedging on whether he will run in the future. Honoré, who quarterbacked the relief effort for southern Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, is now an emergency preparedness analyst for the network.
TPMDC reported last week that Vitter could face a possible challenger from the retired lieutenant general, based on information posted at the blog BayouBuzz.com.
From the CNN report:
Honoré said he had received more than 100 e-mails in response to that report, but no news outlet asked him whether it was true before CNN contacted him Sunday.
“That ought to scare the hell out of people in this country,” said Honoré, who once called a reporter “stuck on stupid” during a nationally televised news conference.
This weekend, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin – who once described Honoré as a “John Wayne dude” – said “Oh, man, I’ll support that guy any way he goes,” when asked if he would back Honore as a Republican Senate candidate.
