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WashPost: Bill de Blasio wins mayor’s race in New York, ushering in new era of liberal governance
Wash Post ^ | Phillip Rucker

Posted on 11/05/2013 10:34:21 PM PST by tcrlaf

Bill de Blasio overwhelmingly was elected mayor here Tuesday, becoming the first Democrat to lead New York in 20 years and ushering in an era of activist liberal governance in the nation’s largest city.

In early returns Tuesday night, de Blasio was soundly defeating Republican Joe Lhota, a protégé of former mayor Rudy Giuliani.

De Blasio campaigned on a mantle of progressive change following Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s 12 years in office, highlighting what he saw as “a tale of two cities.” The moneyed Manhattan elite have had their mayor, he argued, and now the 46 percent of New Yorkers living at or near the poverty level need one of their own.

De Blasio’s administration will be a laboratory of sorts for modern progressivism — testing whether an anti-establishment activist can effectively manage a sprawling municipal government and lessen growing inequality between the rich and poor.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bankruptcy; bluezones; deblasio; detroit; malaise; nyc; nycmayor
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To: tcrlaf

He’s going to use Karl Marx’s ideas to help the middle class?

That’s not going to work.


21 posted on 11/05/2013 11:17:47 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: LeoWindhorse; firebrand; neverdem; Tabi Katz; ELS; Coleus; Exit148; rmlew; Clemenza; Yehuda; ...
I pity New Yorkers , those of whom voted against this piece of pig excrement . I agree , all good folks should get out , abandon ship.

Looks like a new, frightening era is about to begin in New York City. I remember the city in the 1970s. I hope it doesn't regress to the hell hole it was back then...

22 posted on 11/05/2013 11:19:49 PM PST by nutmeg (ObamaCare: Yet another disaster brought to you by the democRATic party)
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To: tcrlaf
I only wish the wealthy liberals who destroy cities and states by funding and voting in liberals were forced to stay and endure the consequences of their votes. Instead, they will depart, like locusts who have devastated an area and have nothing left to consume. They will then swarm to an area in which sensible economic policies have created jobs and wealth, vote in liberals, and the cycle continues.


23 posted on 11/05/2013 11:21:50 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Hardraade

“The only uncertainty about NY now is: Communist, Shariah or both?”

Because of “tolerance” and “diversity”, why not both???


24 posted on 11/05/2013 11:54:30 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: tcrlaf

It will take a while for that freight-train of failure to pick up speed, but once it gets going again...


25 posted on 11/06/2013 12:16:55 AM PST by OldNewYork (Biden '13. Impeach now.)
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To: tcrlaf

“Liberal Governance” is on its last legs. Good luck, Bill. You’ve been elected on the wrong side of history.


26 posted on 11/06/2013 12:18:14 AM PST by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: tcrlaf

I look for states to start breaking up ala WV / VA.


27 posted on 11/06/2013 12:28:57 AM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: NoLibZone

We have?


28 posted on 11/06/2013 12:31:31 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: tcrlaf

“Liberal governance”? Like saying Hitler’s election in Germany was “ushering in a new era of non-militant governance”.

Leave it up to the Wash Post to coverup for a hardcore communist like DeBlasio and his avowed commie wife.


29 posted on 11/06/2013 12:34:28 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: LeoWindhorse

All the good folks left a long time ago
Degenerate animals can fight it out in the concrete jungle, and the Wall street crooks can leave too if the commies try to get too nuts


30 posted on 11/06/2013 12:39:02 AM PST by Rome2000 (THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
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To: tcrlaf
and lessen growing inequality between the rich and poor.

When will the GOP ever get around to debunking this misleading and foolish charge?

The ONLY time the gap between the rich and the poor is NOT growing is when the economy is in decline. Period. Easy example:

You're rich (congrats!), and I'm poor. You have $100 million. I have $100.
By ObamaLaw2015, we MUST invest in exactly the same way. For easy numbers, lets use a 10% rate of return.
After one year, you have $110 million. I have $110.

The "gap" between us grew by just under $10 million... even though we did EXACTLY the same thing!

The ONLY ways for this gap to shrink would be if vast amounts were taken from you evil rich guys, so much so that you gain nothing, or even start losing overall... or if we were both losing at the same rates (total economic decline).

Again, let the Right be VERY clear: The ONLY way the gap can shrink is for the "rich" to never gain a dollar, or for everyone to start losing money together... and in nether system can America's economy stand for very long... and this is what the Left is openly advocating for!!!!

31 posted on 11/06/2013 12:46:05 AM PST by Teacher317 (Obama is failing faster than I can lower my expectations.)
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To: tcrlaf

I’m beginning to believe that Solzhenitsyn
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I believe in Alexander. The first one that breaks through my door gets an axe to the brain. Hopefully it will make them all think of going to work the next day.


32 posted on 11/06/2013 12:49:48 AM PST by o-n-money
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To: tcrlaf

Back to the 1970s!


33 posted on 11/06/2013 12:54:15 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: LeoWindhorse

“I pity New Yorkers , those of whom voted against this piece of pig excrement .”

I stopped pitying them when they let Bloomberg have a third term (by amending the laws); they should have voted him out. They reap what they sow...


34 posted on 11/06/2013 3:07:55 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Teacher317

That gap has actually been growing since the start of the industrial revolution. And you are correct...the only way to stop the gap is to stop growing the economy. What the gap-agenda people really are arguing for is a complete communist system.


35 posted on 11/06/2013 3:44:49 AM PST by driftless2
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To: tcrlaf

When so the squeegee men start showing up at the Lincoln Tunnel when I’m commuting back to New Jersey?

All I know is that like the last time, the stupid Noooyawkas will move to New Jersey when they realize the horror show that NYC will become and then vote for the same kind of people here.


36 posted on 11/06/2013 4:07:11 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: tcrlaf

Because Nanny Big Gulp Bloomberg just wasn’t liberal enough...


37 posted on 11/06/2013 4:07:34 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: LeoWindhorse

NO! Let them stay, these assholes ruin every city with their evil political views then up and leave and flock to nice red states with lower crime and taxes only to start ruining everything there as well.
These leftest bastards are like locusts. Let them STAY in NYC and live with their mistake.


38 posted on 11/06/2013 4:11:58 AM PST by snarkytart
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To: tcrlaf

The exodus will begin now.


39 posted on 11/06/2013 4:45:47 AM PST by SC_Pete
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To: tcrlaf

Noo Yawkers who miss the David Dinkens era will be happy with their new choice for mayor.


40 posted on 11/06/2013 4:50:54 AM PST by Iron Munro (When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
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