escape from the gop
Jun. 20th, 2007 04:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theholyinnocentNew York's mayor, Mike Bloomberg, announced earlier that he is abandoning the Republican Party: Adieu, Darth Cheney! This means I can finally admit that I kind of like the guy, and I like (for the most part) the things he is trying to accomplish for the city.
This does fuel speculation that he may run for President next year, as an Independent, although he continues to insist otherwise. (The article describes Bloomberg as "coy" and no other word can be so aptly applied to him in the past few weeks, as he has danced around the issue.) If so I think he may be a serious candidate to be reckoned with--if only because he has pots of money, and he comes across as more palatable to the mainstream than other notable Independent candidates (e.g., Perot, Nader), not to mention creepy former NYC mayors who exploit their grand moments of leadership during 9/11 and who shall remain nameless.
It could be a very interesting race.
In the meanwhile, to my spouse's confusion/amusement, I grow obsessed with NY City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (who is openly gay) and her pearl necklace. Almost every time I see her on the news, she is wearing the pearls. Example:
Quinn: Don't worry. The pearls, they're lucky. No one will ask about the black guy you shot 41 times.
Police Commissioner: Hey, is there a black guy right behind me now? Shit!
Quinn: Yeah, he'll pop a cap in your ass, muthafucka.
Bloomberg: THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF EVERYONE WOULD LISTEN TO ME ABOUT GUN CONTROL.
Of course, this morning (or perhaps it was yesterday morning), I noticed she was not wearing the pearls. Is this a sign, Christine? We, your adoring groupies (well, me, actually) want to know.
This does fuel speculation that he may run for President next year, as an Independent, although he continues to insist otherwise. (The article describes Bloomberg as "coy" and no other word can be so aptly applied to him in the past few weeks, as he has danced around the issue.) If so I think he may be a serious candidate to be reckoned with--if only because he has pots of money, and he comes across as more palatable to the mainstream than other notable Independent candidates (e.g., Perot, Nader), not to mention creepy former NYC mayors who exploit their grand moments of leadership during 9/11 and who shall remain nameless.
It could be a very interesting race.
In the meanwhile, to my spouse's confusion/amusement, I grow obsessed with NY City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (who is openly gay) and her pearl necklace. Almost every time I see her on the news, she is wearing the pearls. Example:
Quinn: Don't worry. The pearls, they're lucky. No one will ask about the black guy you shot 41 times.
Police Commissioner: Hey, is there a black guy right behind me now? Shit!
Quinn: Yeah, he'll pop a cap in your ass, muthafucka.
Bloomberg: THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF EVERYONE WOULD LISTEN TO ME ABOUT GUN CONTROL.
Of course, this morning (or perhaps it was yesterday morning), I noticed she was not wearing the pearls. Is this a sign, Christine? We, your adoring groupies (well, me, actually) want to know.
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Date: 2007-06-20 09:57 pm (UTC)Bloomberg was a former Democrat, so there are always things to like about him. And he's actually been a competent mayor. It will be interesting to see if he makes an independent run. I hope not. If there was a possiblity that he'd bleed vote from the repugs, that would be nice. But I highly doubt that. New York Republicans don't find favor with the rest of the country. It'll be the democrats who would be most affected by this, and we sure as hell can't afford the risk this time around, however appealing his candidacy might be.
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Date: 2007-06-21 09:12 pm (UTC)But at the same time, I am dying for change within this political system. We are all. I think Lewis Black was onto something when he said (paraphrasing) that Republicans are nice people with bad ideas, and Democrats are nice people with no ideas. I'd like to elect someone who has ideas about running this country better, who can salvage our standing in world, who can minimize or end the bloody disaster we have made of Iraq. I don't know if that's Bloomberg, but I don't think we would be any worse than any of the Dems.
Maybe in the long term he can parlay his way into an alliance with one of the Democratic candidates, but maybe that is wishful thinking on my part.
New York Republicans don't find favor with the rest of the country.
If that indeed spells the end of Giuliani's campaign, then I will be deliriously happy.
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Date: 2007-06-20 11:14 pm (UTC)Your input and perspective on current events, especially politics, is always welcome.
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Date: 2007-06-21 09:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-21 12:04 pm (UTC);)
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Date: 2007-06-21 09:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-21 05:52 pm (UTC)My all time favorite city council person is former council member Margarita Lopez. She has a spanish accent thick as black bean soup and is still one of the most exciting public speakers I've ever heard.
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Date: 2007-06-21 09:16 pm (UTC)That is a great description!
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Date: 2007-06-21 08:35 pm (UTC)Don't believe all those stories about me in those porn movies. I just happen to look like Madonna the porn star. Matching tattoos...yeah, but it's all just coincidence.
I'm not much into politics or politicians but I wouldn't mind Quinn trying her best to change my mind. I would love to have her pearly whites nibble on me.
Later baby doll and thanks for the photo.
Re: pearly whites
Date: 2007-06-21 09:17 pm (UTC)