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De Blasio Confronts a Crisis Over the Police and Race With a Practiced Calm
NY Times ^
| 12/23/14
| MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, NIKITA STEWART
Posted on 12/24/2014 6:25:49 PM PST by Libloather
Mayor Bill de Blasio, confronting the gravest crisis of his young administration, has been by turns composed and defiant, empathetic and indignant, urging calm in one moment and lashing out in frustration the next.
In other words, he has acted like himself: a confident but mercurial leader whose singular political style has not wavered, even in the face of a potentially career-defining flash point over the police and race.
In a sharp turn from his predecessors the pugnacious, prosecutorial Rudolph W. Giuliani and the business-minded Michael R. Bloomberg Mr. de Blasio, a political professional who promised a warmer, friendlier City Hall, is approaching the fallout from the shooting deaths of two police officers with an operatives touch, and a healthy dose of the personal.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; billdeblasio; chirlanemccray; deblasio; demagogicparty; memebuilding; michaelmgrynbaum; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nikitastewart; nypd; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; police; race
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Well, I sure am glad that he's calm. Are the protesters taking off Christmas day?
To: Libloather
“a confident but mercurial leader whose singular political style has not wavered”
Leave it to NYT to describe their favorite Communist who’s a flake as “mercurial”.
Is it any wonder they have to fire a couple hundred “journalist” every year because no one will pay to read their crap anymore?
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:29:28 PM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Libloather
Bloomberg must by mad after all he bent over backwards accommodating the Left and the Slimes still won't worship him cause he was a Republican.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:32:19 PM PST
by
RginTN
To: Libloather
Wow, the Times Progressive Media Pimps sure had to do some serious “word smithing” to come up with that load of crap to support the Commie. I think they have set a new record for groveling, sniveling and bootlicking in the media world.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:32:44 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Benghazi Clinton killed 4 & injured a dozen as SOS, imagine what she could do as CinC.)
To: Libloather
Great. Wilhelm is calm while the protesters break the law.
Repeating, Wilhelm is calm.
That's the important thing. /NYT
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:33:08 PM PST
by
FreeReign
To: Libloather
wow, nyt. I’m embarrassed for you.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:33:31 PM PST
by
9thLife
To: Libloather
de Blasio will fire the NYPD before he would upset his Dear protesters
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:33:47 PM PST
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: Libloather
News from some low rated blog.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:33:51 PM PST
by
Mark
(Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
To: Libloather
Probably had race fights at home.
Lessons learned.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:34:08 PM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(/s /s /s /s /s, my replies are "liberally" sprinkled with them behind every word and letter.!)
To: Libloather
A well organized and funded recall effort would have this guy out of office by June.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:34:31 PM PST
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Libloather
De Blasieo is large piece of Sh**
To: Libloather
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:36:18 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: blackdog
New York, like most of our older states, lacks a recall provision in the state constitution. The mayor of New York City can’t be recalled.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:36:28 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Libloather
Geez, what log-rolling, ass-kissing, wrong-headed piece of crap this article is.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:36:46 PM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
To: Libloather
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:38:10 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: Libloather
has been by turns composed and defiant, empathetic and indignant, urging calm in one moment and lashing out in frustration the next. Sounds like he needs a 5150 and treatment for Bi-Polar disorder.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:43:18 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
To: Libloather
De Blasio couldn’t find his a$$ with both hands.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:43:54 PM PST
by
4buttons
To: Publius
Funny that MoveON has called for the mayor to resign. Whose side are they on?
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:45:37 PM PST
by
griswold3
(Just another unlicensed nonconformist in am dangerous Liberal world.)
To: RetiredTexasVet
The only thing missing are the pom-poms.
I think red ones are suitable.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:47:45 PM PST
by
Rodamala
To: Publius
Well, that certainly provides the path forward for far worse outcomes other than being recalled!
Being recalled is the only remedy to improper conduct of an elected official in a civil democracy / elected republic. Without a recall mechanism, Romania still carried out their own special recall election.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:49:03 PM PST
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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