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You are certainly correct about the Bloomberg/Quinn 3rd term debacle. I'm a gay Democrat — voted for Quinn 2 times, but voted for Kurland in 2009. And DeBlasio in 2013. I know I am very fortunate to truly believe I live in a city where I don't have to vote for someone just because of their race, sex or sexual orientation. Now I'd draw the line at voting for a Republican, particularly in this national environment.
Quinn supported the NYU expansion. That's why she lost our vote.
There is a long list of Quinn's Bad Acts beyond those cited here, all of which drove voters away from her. She didn't lose because of identity politics. She lost big because voters saw that she was a tool of those (particularly the mayor and deep-pocketed developers) who think of themselves first and who do not have the larger public interest at heart. Trickle-down is a failed public policy. But Quinn bought it hook, line & sinker and thought that would get her to the top at City Hall. What was actually seen by the public was a politician without a core. Hence her utter failure to win over NYers.
For those of us who have been on the "inside" of NYC politics truly know what a disgusting bully she is. For her to get bulldozed in the Village, Chelsea, and HK says a ton. It has absolutely nothing to do with being a woman. She is petty. She is mean. She is bossy. She is argumentative. And there are 20 more horrible personality traits I can list here. The Quinn camp can spin this however they want. She lost.
So "inside" that you're unable to state your name here.
Bloomberg is also petty, mean and bossy. If you argue against those traits in any Mayor, you are arguing against someone qualified to be Mayor. Those traits can be put to good use, but she put them to unDemocratic use. The continued focus on them, instead of straight up discussion of policy choices in regard to Quinn cannot be said to be anything but a double standard.
http://nycmls.com/2013/02/15/soccer-is-still-the-…
I don't get it.
Do my comments about Glick and Silver's inability to protect women in the workplace,
make me:
1.) misogynist,
2.) anti-gay,
3.) anti Semitic?
Get real, Glick. Out of touch is out of touch. Inability to focus is inability to focus.
INABILITY TO LISTEN IS INABILITY TO LISTEN, OR HEAR.
For the record, anyone who argues about a "bossy" , "mean", "argumentative" Christine Quinn to me?? Those were the pluses for me. She got it done. Positive, Mayoral traits. But she gave in to corporate and Mayoral personal interests, and abdicated her District.
Chris Quinn was our badass, but she gave it away to someone else for a title.