New Yorkers are faced with a choice between a competent battle-tested managers in Joe Lhota, the Republican candidate for New Yorker mayor, and charismatic Democrat Bill de Blasio.:
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Joe Lhota was a former deputy mayor for Rudy Giuliani who was at his side during the dark days of the 911 attacks.: As first deputy mayor he stood firm during a traumatic time and his leadership skills shined.: His mettle was tested and he passed with flying colors.
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Bill de Blasio doesn’t any leadership skills of note because he’s never ran anything (sound familiar: think community organizer from Chicago).:
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However, his mixed race son, Dante, does have a very big Afro.: And that Afro plus the fact his wife is African American and a former Lesbian, was enough to make several progressive constituency groups for gaga in the Democrat Primary.
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But, what else is there to Bill de Blasio?: Not much other than boilerplate wealth redistribution, taxing the rich, yada yada yada.: :
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Let’s stipulate that Bill de Blasio loves his wife and children.: We can all agree he has a beautiful family.: But that’s not requisite qualifications to run a touch city.: In fact de Blasio promises to undo the very policies that have made Mew York the safest big city in the country in exchange to get votes.:
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Does that make any sense?
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Substance and experience matters.: : Image can be very alluring but often times leads to horrible results.: : :
Originally published at The Last Tradition