RACE TO THE BOTTOM

Glad she finds it funny.

 I've made the point over and over that Democrats must be a pretty sorry bunch if they
couldn't successfully make the case against Donald Trump. But by the same token, I've made the reverse argument regarding the office of Mayor of New York. Republicans should have learned from Rudy Giuliani B.C. (Before Crazy) and Mike Bloomberg: Fiscally conservative, socially moderate, cleaning the streets, lowering crime. Being able to read the room.  Nothing difficult to grasp there.

Glad they find it funny.

Instead, after two terms of our former Idiot Mayor Bill de Blasio (whose name I had to Google because I emptied my brain of him so thoroughly), and our current corrupt leader Eric "I Love Turkey" Adams, the local GOP still can't come up with any serious candidate to provide a clear choice for Republicans, disaffected Democrats, and pissed-off Independents (hey, that's me!).  

And as we face a Mayoral election this year, neither major party is doing anything not to look like the fools that they are. The recent mayoral debate must be the first where the incumbent -- the aforementioned Eric "Fly Turkish Airlines" Adams -- didn't participate on advice of his lawyer. Now that's a mayor I can put my confidence in!

The only way Cuomo couldn't offer an
 unwanted kiss.

Since then, Andrew Cuomo has thrown his tarnished hat into the ring. The former Governor has decided that enough time has elapsed to hope New Yorkers have forgotten those charges of sexual impropriety (all denied) and all-around nastiness that pushed New York Democrats and Republicans alike into forcing him out of Albany... and into Manhattan.

Socialist Zohran Mamdami helping to elect
Donald Trump.

Seemed like a fool's errand. Until the most recent polling had Cuomo in the lead with 38% voter approval over Adams' measly 10% . And if you're keeping score, Zohran Mamdani, a former rapper-turned-State Assembly member from Queens, comes in at 12%. In case you'd like to learn more about Mamdami, his platform includes the usual Santa Claus promises: free transit buses, minimum hourly wage of $30 (and you think egg sandwiches are expensive now!), free child care, and city-run grocery stores. (If those stores are run as well as the escalators at the city-run 83rd Street subway station, there's going to be mass starvation.) And just to make sure he's got the Columbia University vote tied up, Mamdani is a pro-Palestine Muslim Socialist.  

These three make up only a small part of the clown show that is the mayoral circus. Even perennial candidate Scott Stringer is in the race, after having lost in 2021 due to (all together now) charges of sexual impropriety. Other candidates' side hustles include hedge fund manager, lawyer for white-collar criminals, and pastor -- three jobs that should disqualify them all from politics.

"But don't touch my kitty!"

So who's the leading Republican candidate? Curtis Sliwa, the Trump-supporting leader of the Guardian Angels, tossed his beret into the ring with the promise of eradicating the rat problem by unleashing feral cats into the city streets. Any chance of convincing Mike Bloomberg to return to his old job?

                                                                            

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