I know that what’s happening to New York is an extinction event, politically speaking, but I’m small-minded enough to enjoy the clown show. Ms. Murray, you should pack up and move to my little corner of northwest Indiana, where people don’t have to pay attention to what our political overlords are doing. Imagine a perfect world in which you’d have trouble remembering who the governor is!
Okay, now let me be serious. New York City is nothing like the rest of America, thank God, but still it’s not a good thing for this country’s greatest city to be circling the drain. When the choices before the voters consist of an erratic former cop with a Turkish connection, a psychotic former governor, and an antisemitic Bolshevik head case, the situation is obviously dire. But for all of his deficiencies, Eric Adams is NYC’s best hope. The alternative, it seems, is the People’s Democratic Socialist Republic of NYC. And though that might be fun to watch, I remind myself that when democratic socialism presents its bill, the so-called little people will have their wallets emptied.
New York City is very much an American city; please see Colin Woodard's AMERICAN NATIONS for an explanation of this. It's as American as Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, etc. All cities have their unique qualities - but NYC could only have been "Made In The USA."
And everyone stop saying that what happens in NYC doesn't matter for the rest of the country. It matters a great deal.
BTW NYC is not a socialist republic, it's a machine Democrat hellhole run by that most unsocialist thing on earth: Big Money.
I agree that voting for Adams is a no brainer, since Welden and Sliwa are distractions who have no chance of winning. Given the choice between the corrupt incumbent and the inexperienced communist jihad supporter, go with the devil you know.
I don't live in NY, but Mayor Adams seems to be the logical and rational choice, but with liberals, you never know. Great article, Diana.
I know that what’s happening to New York is an extinction event, politically speaking, but I’m small-minded enough to enjoy the clown show. Ms. Murray, you should pack up and move to my little corner of northwest Indiana, where people don’t have to pay attention to what our political overlords are doing. Imagine a perfect world in which you’d have trouble remembering who the governor is!
Okay, now let me be serious. New York City is nothing like the rest of America, thank God, but still it’s not a good thing for this country’s greatest city to be circling the drain. When the choices before the voters consist of an erratic former cop with a Turkish connection, a psychotic former governor, and an antisemitic Bolshevik head case, the situation is obviously dire. But for all of his deficiencies, Eric Adams is NYC’s best hope. The alternative, it seems, is the People’s Democratic Socialist Republic of NYC. And though that might be fun to watch, I remind myself that when democratic socialism presents its bill, the so-called little people will have their wallets emptied.
New York City is very much an American city; please see Colin Woodard's AMERICAN NATIONS for an explanation of this. It's as American as Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, etc. All cities have their unique qualities - but NYC could only have been "Made In The USA."
And everyone stop saying that what happens in NYC doesn't matter for the rest of the country. It matters a great deal.
BTW NYC is not a socialist republic, it's a machine Democrat hellhole run by that most unsocialist thing on earth: Big Money.
I agree that voting for Adams is a no brainer, since Welden and Sliwa are distractions who have no chance of winning. Given the choice between the corrupt incumbent and the inexperienced communist jihad supporter, go with the devil you know.
I don't even know who Welden is.
So I looked him up.
It's Walden.
LOL.
Even you don't know who he is.
Some people are urging Bill Ackman to run - totally dumb idea.