Rupert Murdoch begs top cop to run for NYC mayor

[DonViejo]

Commissioner Ray Kelly's NYPD has been deeply corrupt and criminal. Now the city elite want him to run the town

BY ALEX PAREENE

Ray Kelly is the New York City police commissioner. Some people (it’s not clear whether Kelly is one of these people) would like him to be the town’s next mayor. Among those people: Rupert Murdoch, who owns two local daily newspapers and one nationwide cable news television station. Murdoch buys newspapers because he loves newspapers, and one of the things he loves most about newspapers is that publishers can use them to influence elections. (Murdoch has had more success with this in the UK, where his papers were instrumental in election of Prime Minister Tony Blair.)

Here was Murdoch this weekend:

Rupert Murdoch ✔ @rupertmurdoch

Ray Kelly great public servant. Only hope of averting disaster for NY. Look at alternatives lining up to bankrupt city , hobble cops, etc.
4:40 PM - 25 May 2013

As Media Matters reports, Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” rather quickly and blatantly began praising Kelly and saying he should run for mayor. (Fun fact: Ray Kelly’s son Greg is a Murdoch employee and former “Fox & Friends” co-host.)

This week, a Republican pollster released the result of a poll saying that Kelly “can win,” which is much more than any of the other Republican candidates can say. Kelly (whose approval numbers have always been good) polls quite well against all potential Democratic mayoral candidates.

full article
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/30/rupert_murdoch_begs_top_cop_to_run_for_nyc_mayor/

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Ya. We don't have enough problems. We should take the explicit advice of ...

... Fox News personified about how to govern the most complicated and expensive city in the world.

The silver lining here is that apparently M. feels none of the alternatives are in his pocket.... yet.

Now THAT's encouraging. And surprising, frankly.