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The polls beg to differ. De

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 21:36:28 +0000

The polls beg to differ. De Blasio is far more popular among African-Americans than among whites. In fact the Bronx is the only borough where he has a positive favorability rating. (His worst borough is Staten Island.)

I think your comparison between suave Cuomo and Big Bird de Blasio is apt, though. Imho, Cuomo is actually phonier than de Blasio, but he's so much smoother that he can get away with it. Which comes back to personality and charisma.

I do take your point about journalists basing their judgments on more substantial grounds than "just folks," but journalists aren't immune to bias. They get prickly when they feel disrespected, and they like to please their audiences--especially tabloid journalists.

That said, I'm not faulting journalists for criticizing him. All I'm saying is that his unpopularity is disproportionate to his record, at least relative to other politicians.

The technical term to define

jollyroger — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:54:27 +0000

In reply to Correcting the DeBlasio b.s.

The technical term to define De Blasio (Pace, Daniel Ortega):

A fuckin' weasel

P.S. Had another thought

artappraiser — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:06:51 +0000

In reply to I think it's like this: yes,

P.S. Had another thought thinking of my fellow Bronxites after reading about the Garner story and thinking about activist leaders like say, Rev. Al. As to "just folks". I ain't got no polls to back it up, except perhaps this type of thing, where Cynthia Nixon just couldn't raise enough trust to convince a lot of the African American vote. Just folks of color in NYC don't seem to to trust or like the white radical bleeding heart type, especially if they are big dumb white liberal doofuses, even if they are married to African Americans and have mixed race children. They like old style Dem pros like Biden and Cuomo who have shown their true colors as regards racism over time,whether good or bad. Again, thinking of my fellow Bronxites here. I don't hear a single good word about DeBlasio, and I do mean never. There's a phoniness, a lack of depth, I don't know how to describe it. Except perhaps to say the Sesame Street Big Bird comparison is apt as to how he comes across: only a naive child would fall for the world being like that.

I definitely disagree with the Vox writer on this front. I think she is wrong that it's all about elite whites disliking DeBlasio. A lot of the opposite, actually. I think working class see him as dumb white elite with no street smarts. Falling for crooked shit without even fully knowing he's doing it. You can "put one over" on a guy like him real easy. Example: NYPD walk all over him and he just lets it happen. Says it's not his fault. Well why not? Ain't you got any power? And you think you can be president!?

I think it's like this: yes,

artappraiser — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:19:28 +0000

In reply to Like governor, like mayor.

I think it's like this: yes, a lot of just folks don't like him for the personality thing--the doofus factor. Cuomo is not seen as a doofus by "just folks." Rightly so, he's far savvier.

The professional media on the other hand, as opposed to "just folks", especially the ones located in NY, even if local politics is not their beat, know about the NY Dem machine from their colleagues and experience and can see DeBlasio is clearly a cog in it and an ambitious doofus to boot, very shallow, and don't trust a single thing about him or anything he does. They figure power players with money are always pulling him this way or that.

The professional media are cynical about Cuomo too, but see that he's far savvier and doesn't try to hide much, loud and proud about playing the whole politics game. Professionals see professionals there.

Given that you want clicks and a big audience for your reporting, it makes sense to research and write about what the doofus is up to and who may be playing him. As opposed to just another article researching what the pro from Dover is up to, which readers will react to like this "oh another article about corruption in Albany, so what else is new?"

Like governor, like mayor.

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:11:00 +0000

In reply to Move on, nothing to see here,

Like governor, like mayor. https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2018/07/19/cuomos-dozen-his-top-donors-and-their-six-figure-generosity-518533

And yet Cuomo isn't widely despised the way De Blasio is. Why not?

Correcting the DeBlasio b.s.

artappraiser — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:52:24 +0000

In reply to So the current headline over

Correcting the DeBlasio b.s. spin of his record and trying to pass the buck on Garner, by the NYTimes' Metro
reporter:

Bill de Blasio's administration worked so hard to block Mr. Garner's family from learning more about Officer Pantaleo and the other officers involved in Eric Garner's death that it led to the expansion of a state law that keeps proven officer misconduct secret from the public. https://t.co/PMyJjgDkrA
— Ashley Southall 2020 (@AshleyAtTimes) July 16, 2019

Comes to mind he often does the pass the buck shit. It's always someone else did the wrong thing. Not his purview. His purview: climbing in the Dem machine. Managing if there's no payola of some kind involved? fuggeaboutit.

Kaczinski of CNN rubbing in

artappraiser — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:36:26 +0000

In reply to Move on, nothing to see here,

Kaczinski of CNN rubbing in the pay-to-play money point by stooping to tweet the NYPost:

Pete Buttigieg has raised more money from NYC residents than de Blasio got nationwide https://t.co/kh7rA9tCP2
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) July 17, 2019

So the current headline over

artappraiser — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:32:43 +0000

In reply to Why Bill de Blasio is so hated, explained

So the current headline over at TheRoot.com is not about Trump:

On 5th Anniversary of Eric Garner’s Death, Protesters Will Take to New York City’s Streets Once More

with TheRoot video titled with huge caps:ERIC GARNER'S FAMILY CALLS OUT DEBLASIO

[....] But Carr promised to keep fighting for her son in a New York Daily News op-ed published early Wednesday morning.

“The NYPD failed us. Mayor de Blasio failed us. And now the DOJ has failed us. But we aren’t going anywhere and we will not be silenced,” she wrote. “We are asking Police Commissioner James O’Neill to fire Pantaleo and all of the officers responsible for Eric’s death. They all must be off the force."[....]

Move on, nothing to see here,

artappraiser — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 04:32:24 +0000

In reply to Why Bill de Blasio is so hated, explained

Move on, nothing to see here, I'm sure, published by a traitorous Dem tabloid, tweeted by a CNN reporter in NY, and just retweeted by Maggie Haberman, all of whom are mistakenly under the impression that he's one of those "pay to play" type guys, they just don't realize it's just his personality grating on them:

De Blasio’s presidential campaign raised a third of its money from donors with city business https://t.co/U8pouy7NKS
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) July 18, 2019