Weigh-in on NY mayor elections?
Carl Remick
carlremick at hotmail.com
Fri Nov 9 17:35:18 PST 2001
>From: "Max Sawicky" <sawicky at bellatlantic.net>
>
>Max Sawicky wrote:
> >They can't take anything from Al because he has nothing.
> >Not exactly a sign of invulnerability.
>
>Really? He boosted Ferrer's candidacy - doing the previously
>impossible thing of getting a Latino candidate a significant number
>of black votes - and helped sink Green's. Plus he's very smart and
>very entertaining. Not exactly nothing. Doug
>
>He can swing votes but he can't make public policy.
>He's a municipal version (albeit in a big municipality)
>of Jesse Jackson.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, IMHO. See also J. Jackson
self-description, "tree shaker, not jelly maker."
Carl
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