Angelina Jolie and partner Brad Pitt arrived back at Nice, France, with their brood, on Wednesday, October 8, after short but significant visit with possible political overtones to the Big Easy. Photo Credit: Splash NewsOctober 08, 2008, (Sawf News) - Angelina Jolie and partner Brad Pitt arrived back at Nice, France, with their brood, on Wednesday, October 8, after short but significant visit with possible political overtones to the Big Easy.
The couple had indicated earlier that they would like to return to their 1,000-acre 35 bedrooms estate - Château Miraval - in Provence, South France
The visit to New Orleans allowed Brad to catch up on the progress that his charity, Make It Right, has made in building houses in the Ninth Ward, a low-income neighborhood devastated by Katrina. The charity already has enough donations to build 90 houses, and is hopeful of building 150 eventually.
However, that was not the only purpose of the couple's visit to New Orleans.
"With just a handful of weeks before the presidential election, they wanted to subtly remind everyone that New Orleans is still in recovery mode," says a friend of the couple who is a Louisiana local. "Their visit right now was not an accident. They knew by popping into town, with pictures of Brad walking through the damaged neighborhoods, New Orleans would again be in the headlines. They are very savvy that way."
Jolie-Pitt, who have yet to endorse Obama or McCain, may just be reminding the nation and the candidates that rebuilding of the city should also be an issue.
"They're just saying, you know, think about which party might really do this region the most good before you cast your ballot," the friend adds.
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