Boston Mayor: Sorry I Said I'd Blow Up Detroit

Newser ^ | 09-04-2013 | By John Johnson,

[Responsibility2nd]

Menino apologizes after Detroit mayor takes offense

(Newser) – Detroit's a little touchy these days, as Boston Mayor Tom Menino has found out. Menino apologized yesterday for his "poor choice of words" while offering a little constructive criticism about the bankrupt city, reports CBS News. The flap began when Menino told the New York Times magazine that he would "love to go" to Detroit. But then he added this:

• "I’d blow up the place and start all over. No, seriously, when it takes a police officer 90 minutes to answer a call, there’s something wrong with the system. Forty percent of the streetlights are out, most of the buildings are boarded up. Why? Inaction, that’s the problem—leadership."
• Detroit Mayor Dave Bing: "It is extremely regrettable that Boston Mayor Thomas Menino used such an unfortunate choice of words to describe what he would do if he came to Detroit. I would think the mayor of a city that recently experienced a deadly bombing attack would be more sensitive and not use the phrase 'blow up.'"
• Menino: "I made a mistake," he told CBS Boston yesterday. "I apologize." While he stood by the stats he cited, he said he used a "poor choice of words."

[Responsibility2nd]

Dumb and Dumber.

Rule #1. When you speak the truth - Never Apoligize.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Mumbles doesn’t care about Black people.

[Wurlitzer]

“Mumbles doesn’t care about Black people.”

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If you are referring to Mayor Bing I wholeheartedly agree.

I tried to listen to his response to Boston’s mayor but could not understand a single word he said.

What language is that?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Menino is “Mumbles.”

[Beowulf9]

LOL!

[Beowulf9]

Might not be a good career move;)

[shalom aleichem]

No random act of candor and honesty goes unpunished.

[Wurlitzer]

Thanks, that I did not know, but I was able to understand him but not what ever that was from Detroit.

[cripplecreek]

Detroit Tigers Manager Jim Leyland says Mumbles should worry about the visitor clubhouse at Fenway park. LOL

Jim Leyland: Boston mayor should worry about visiting clubhouse at Fenway Park, not city of Detroit

[cripplecreek]

So what kind of debt is Boston carrying these days?



Michigan legislative action thread

[trisham]

Mumbles is an idiot.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_gaffe#Kinsley_gaffe

A Kinsley gaffe is when a political gaffe reveals some truth that a politician didn’t intend to admit.[7][8] The term comes from journalist Michael Kinsley, who said, “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth - some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.”[9][10]

[lowbridge]

I guess what he meant is that he would rebuild detroit by starting from scratch. In which case, he is still deluded. Democrats do not build shining cities. They destroy them.

[Col Frank Slade]

Mumbles get the spighetti out of your mouth.

[newnhdad]

who would notice?

[trisham]

He’s an embarrassment.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

What language is that?

Mayor Bing speaks Ebonics.

Mayor Menino speaks Memonics, hence his moniker, "Mumbles".

[cripplecreek]

I believe Art Laffer named Boston as one of the cities facing disaster if they don’t heed the warnings of Detroit. He basically said that Detroit is well ahead of the game compared to what many cities face.

$97 billion debt in Chicago, $112 billion debt in NY. Boston’s public transportation system (MBTA) alone carries nearly half as much debt as the entire city of Detroit.

[Navy Patriot]

Boston Mayor: Sorry I Said I'd Blow Up Detroit

Funny, it's the only thing making you worth the oxygen you used.

[trisham]

If Boston does go under, it will be Mumbles who will be at the helm. I doubt that he even approaches an average IQ.