Nutter is an interesting case. He won the Dem primary in a 5 way race where 2 of the extreme far left dingbats (Congressjerks Fattah and Brady) split the vote. As far as Democrat mayors go, Nutter is relatively ok. He’s a pretty smart guy and ran on an aggressive ‘stop-and-frisk’ policing approach to try and get some of the repeat animals off the street. The city is 80% Dem and the GOP is non-existent so Nutter was a fairly attractive candidate to moderates. Knowing the GOP couldn’t beat Charlie Manson if he had the (D) after his name in Philly, I personally prayed that Nutter beat Fattah and Brady, both of whom are utterly detestable individuals. Nutter has no chance to succeed since the far left lunatics who really run the city hate him. The culture of the city is too far gone after 50 years of uninterrupted Democrat corruption (including Rizzo) to be changed. The local media is to the left of moveon.org. I do think Nutter is at least trying to do some better things on crime, however.
Most overrated politician in American history. Would have fit in perfectly in the old country (talk tough, encourage graft and featherbedding). Most of the current fiscal problems of Philly can be laid on decisions taken by Mayor Riz back in the day.
I really like your sense of humor, especially the line about “Charlie Manson with the ‘D’ after his name!” Thanks for the information about the specifics of Phila. city politics. Do you think the article is right about Nutter? I get the impression he’s certainly the lesser of many evils but still, albeit more passive, a liberal boob. Is that accurate?