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Dorian Gray

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91. WHAT?

Mon Jan 3, 2022, 09:48 PM

Jan 2022

WHY would you say that? The only thing in common he has with ben carson is that they're both male and both black.

Look, Adams wasn't my choice for mayor... he didn't even make it into my ranking. But the negativity in this thread and the taking things out of context here are frustrating. He's a newly sworn in democratic leader facing a real challenge right now.

He's right. NYers will get past this bullshit. We always do. And he's trying to buck us up because many of us are furious about the state and insecurity that we are feeling. Seinding our kids back to school this week is scary with the numbers we have. We all feel like we are sitting ducks if we haven't gotten this thing yet. I can not plan work meetings, and we went back into lockdown in our house over Christmas break, cancelling plans to see close friends (vaccinated and boosted friends, like we are) because we've all been exposed and considered close contacts to covid positive people.

So, yeah, the man is trying to reassure us we will get past this because we are strong people.

How horrifying.

(Ben CARSON?)

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NYC mayor Eric Adams: "You see, the problem is that you didn't have enough swagger to defeat covid." [View all] tenderfoot Jan 2022 OP

Politicians with swagger is one thing the world needs a lot less of. DavidDvorkin Jan 2022 #1

Wow. He is really full himself. Way to go NYC. Go ahead blast me. I do not care. JanMichael Jan 2022 #2

Post removed Post removed Jan 2022 #3

Another reminder that there is no qualification for an elected... TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #4

Lol good luck with that. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #5

Oh goody, more male ego in politics Walleye Jan 2022 #6

Stevie Wonder could see this train wreck coming. Might as well start setting Vinca Jan 2022 #7

Totally Me. Jan 2022 #168

Post removed Post removed Jan 2022 #8

From comments read on another post, rownesheck Jan 2022 #9

What a dope. WestIndianArchie Jan 2022 #10

JFC. It's a virus, not ISIS n/t leftstreet Jan 2022 #11

Viruses fear swagger nt XanaDUer2 Jan 2022 #12

Quick. Somebody bottle up some swagger. Could be the next de-wormer. Solly Mack Jan 2022 #13

Post removed Post removed Jan 2022 #14

Oh Boy WHITT Jan 2022 #15

What an ass. So sorry for NY - my beloved hometown. Still consider myself a NYer rather than a Nanjeanne Jan 2022 #16

Who's he talking to?! Joe SCABS & Mika Mouse gushed on him today like they did with Drumpf UTUSN Jan 2022 #17

Joe and Mika live in Connecticut. madaboutharry Jan 2022 #29

Where did he say what your title has in quotes? nt Atticus Jan 2022 #18

Good question PatSeg Jan 2022 #23

That was my view. "Inartful" language but, in context, meant to encourage. Atticus Jan 2022 #24

It is a bit unsettling PatSeg Jan 2022 #27

Thank you, Pat sheshe2 Jan 2022 #58

Happy New Year sheshe! PatSeg Jan 2022 #61

To you and yours as well, Pat. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #65

Some are intentional, some are not. I suspect many are though. On a humorous note, not a headline... George II Jan 2022 #83

Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Jan 2022 #151

Agreed. I watched the video to see if he said what the OP title... brush Jan 2022 #30

Thank you. I wonder if some didn't wander out from under the bridge. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #36

Heehee. brush Jan 2022 #42

After all the years of dealing with right-wing media PatSeg Jan 2022 #59

Here's Adams saying it... brooklynite Jan 2022 #148

Come on Brooklynite, you're one of my favorite posters... brush Jan 2022 #164

I read the OP: I thought it was a reasonable summary. brooklynite Jan 2022 #165

I'm from the publishing world. You can't pipe a quote. brush Jan 2022 #167

No one did. The Mayor's office put out the full transcript, and the OP was accurate. pnwmom Jan 2022 #175

We're not talking about the "wallowing in covid" phrase. brush Jan 2022 #178

I posted his full 34 MINUTE address further down. Here it is: George II Jan 2022 #40

Thank you PatSeg Jan 2022 #60

It's the word swagger JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #101

Right. They did stop short of saying he should know his place though. brush Jan 2022 #106

I know JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #134

NOBODY made up a quote. It's in the transcript from the Mayor's office. pnwmom Jan 2022 #170

Wrong. Those exact words are not in the transcript. brush Jan 2022 #174

We've had 5 years of watching Trump swagger. Most of us have watched enough swaggering pnwmom Jan 2022 #140

He couldn't swagger JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #156

But Adams didn't say what the OP attributed to him. brush Jan 2022 #166

Yes, he did. There's a transcript -- from the Mayor's office. pnwmom Jan 2022 #169

Again, the OP made up a quote and attributed it to Adams. brush Jan 2022 #176

Obviously - we can't JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #184

Thank you JAG. It's posters like you who keep me coming back.... brush Jan 2022 #186

Because Trump is the epitome of swagger, and most of us are sick to death of it. n/t pnwmom Jan 2022 #171

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #181

Trump is an obese spoiled brat man child - Zero Swagger - Not a cool cat n/t JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #183

Not only that, but it's a 28 second excerpt lifted from a much longer address, with no context. George II Jan 2022 #32

Here's the transcript. pnwmom Jan 2022 #141

Wow, that's a lot of swagger! BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #150

Well, it was him vs. Curtis Sliwa. Now there is a piece of work. I recall, the opening of Sliwa''s 3Hotdogs Jan 2022 #19

It wasn't just him or Sliwa. Remember he won the primary over 12 other Democrats. George II Jan 2022 #117

Swagger is a poor substitute for a confident, competent stride. n/t Harker Jan 2022 #20

:) That's what THIS meaning and use of the word means. Hortensis Jan 2022 #119

Fair enough. Harker Jan 2022 #130

New Yorkers do have swagger. They couldn't survive in that city... brush Jan 2022 #187

Oh boy. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Carlitos Brigante Jan 2022 #22

What an ass. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2022 #25

"wallowing" in COVID (a.k.a taking it seriously) is exactly what everyone needs to be doing cadoman Jan 2022 #26

He reminds me a bit of Ben Carson. nt woodsprite Jan 2022 #28

Except he appears to be awake most of the time. n/t Mr.Bill Jan 2022 #34

WHAT? Dorian Gray Jan 2022 #91

No: George II Jan 2022 #126

I was actually talking about his "swagger", some of his odd out-of-touch remarks, and money. nt woodsprite Jan 2022 #146

Only 28 seconds, with no context, taken out of a much longer address. George II Jan 2022 #31

And nowhere did he say the "quote" in the OP. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #37

Why do people keep saying that? From the Office of the Mayor's transcript: pnwmom Jan 2022 #172

I guess I will ask AGAIN: where do you see the Mayor saying the sentence attributed to him by Atticus Jan 2022 #177

That was a reasonable paraphrase but, yes, he should have left off the quotation marks. pnwmom Jan 2022 #179

I do not agree that was a "reasonable paraphrase".. I believe it was the rearrangement of some of Atticus Jan 2022 #180

Big-talking man. Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani swaggered. This is weird. Something strange nt delisen Jan 2022 #33

Here's the full THIRTY FOUR MINUTE address (not just 28 sec) Watch it and let us know.... George II Jan 2022 #35

Thank you. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #38

Well LOOK here! Mayor Adams speech in Full Context Budi Jan 2022 #50

"The safest place for our children is in a school building" (1:50) wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #54

Swagger 101 Celerity Jan 2022 #75

It's a 34 minute video, not 28 seconds and not 1:50 or so. And nothing personal, I'm not your buddy. George II Jan 2022 #102

You Seem Confused wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #120

No I'm not. And I'm not your "scooter", or your "buddy", or your "sport", or any of the other.... George II Jan 2022 #138

Also, congratulations to your "Buffalo Party" mayor wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #143

... betsuni Jan 2022 #144

I don't get it wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #145

Eric Adams is the Democratic mayor of New York City. PS - I've supported Democrats since 1972. George II Jan 2022 #152

Plus the "Buffalo Party" mayor wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #153

What are you talking about? I know you're trying to deflect this discussion to the mayor of Buffalo. George II Jan 2022 #154

You're the one who first brought up Mayor Brown wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #160

Here are the two full paragraphs from the address, as provided by the Mayor's Office, pnwmom Jan 2022 #173

Question for New Yorkers, Law and Order SVU fans Diablo del sol Jan 2022 #39

Why do you ask, think Adams is a "weenie"? George II Jan 2022 #46

character was a weenie Diablo del sol Jan 2022 #52

Mayor Eric Adams most certainly is NOT a "weenie". George II Jan 2022 #69

the new larwdem Jan 2022 #41

It's a "We're going to beat this" speech Sympthsical Jan 2022 #43

Yup. At least, the term "uppity" hasn't been used---yet. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #44

Exactly. Not-so-subtle racism pops up here sometimes. brush Jan 2022 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Jan 2022 #45

+1 George II Jan 2022 #63

+1 betsuni Jan 2022 #89

I'd describe Dorian Gray Jan 2022 #111

Where did he say "You see, the problem is that you didn't have enough swagger to defeat covid."? George II Jan 2022 #47

He never said that. Are we allowed to do that now... NurseJackie Jan 2022 #51

Thanks. Keep 'em honest, Jackie. Silence is complicity. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #77

+100. Seems routine now since about 2015. Nixie Jan 2022 #92

More like since 2009, when this was done to Obama, too. George II Jan 2022 #116

Saw him this morning snowybirdie Jan 2022 #48

The Recount invented a line from Adam's speech & ran it as a headline Budi Jan 2022 #49

It's not even the headline of The Recount. George II Jan 2022 #55

This is the second time Eric Adams' was "quoted" for something he didn't actually say lapucelle Jan 2022 #94

I thought so but couldn't remember where. Long discussion about how quotes work. betsuni Jan 2022 #96

Falsely quoting someone is a shitty and DISHONEST thing to do... NurseJackie Jan 2022 #147

I miss you, Jackie Polybius Jul 2024 #189

He did not say "we didn't have enough swagger to defeat covid" NYC Liberal Jan 2022 #53

"We've allowed people to beat us down so much that all we did was wallow in COVID." wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #57

He's correct, especially in the context and COMPLETE thought he was presenting, both before.... George II Jan 2022 #62

That thinking is delusional wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #64

Yes, "up" 395% - from an infinitesimally low 22 to 109. When you're starting off with a very low... George II Jan 2022 #67

THIS sheshe2 Jan 2022 #68

Covid deaths were very low, until they weren't wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #71

People are taking it seriously, that's why they keep statistics and follow trends. But suddenly..... George II Jan 2022 #76

You'd be singing a different tune if it were 109 kids who were shot wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #78

Why are you calling Democrat Eric Adams the "Buffalo Party" mayor? lapucelle Jan 2022 #84

Operative word is "Buffalo" wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #85

He's salty a literal socialist lost to the democratic mayor in the general election in buffalo mathematic Jan 2022 #158

This is a different mayor. Eric Adams is the mayor of NYC. lapucelle Jan 2022 #86

Read the post I was replying to wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #87

Yes...and? Eric Adams is the mayor of NYC. This thread is about Eric Adams. lapucelle Jan 2022 #90

This was the post I was actually replying to wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #93

Why are you misrepresenting what he said? mcar Jan 2022 #56

Good question. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #70

Not-so-subtle racism is all over this thread. He didn't say that. brush Jan 2022 #72

I thought that myself but was hesitant to bring it up. He's being "Obama-ed", if anyone remembers... George II Jan 2022 #79

Yes. I remember. Pres. Obama got a couple of weeks, Adams... brush Jan 2022 #81

This is the second time Eric Adams' didn't actually say what he was quoted as saying. lapucelle Jan 2022 #95

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Jan 2022 #73

He's going to be a terrible mayor budkin Jan 2022 #74

Two and a half days into his term, why do you say that? I actually think he's going to be.... George II Jan 2022 #80

GSD JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #97

With swagger?? budkin Jan 2022 #98

It's a wonderful start JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #100

I disagree. Are you an New Yorker? George II Jan 2022 #104

I'm a native New Yorker budkin Jan 2022 #185

:) Probably not. Buck up. I can't think of a job with more different things Hortensis Jan 2022 #99

No question? Dorian Gray Jan 2022 #112

What a thread Piasladic Jan 2022 #82

Guess it's a trend to incorrectly use quotes to misrepresent what Democrats say. betsuni Jan 2022 #88

And if one can't incorrectly use a quote, just make one up. George II Jan 2022 #118

lol. He might be right though ecstatic Jan 2022 #103

The more he talks the less I like him gldstwmn Jan 2022 #105

What's wrong with the word swagger? betsuni Jan 2022 #107

What the word means and who it reminds us of. Haven't we had enough boasting for a lifetime? pnwmom Jan 2022 #109

No. If the swaggering is real, New Yorkers being confident, nothing to do with Trump. betsuni Jan 2022 #110

You're using an odd definition of swagger. Did you read the one from the dictionary? pnwmom Jan 2022 #121

No, it isn't. I'm old and not stupid. betsuni Jan 2022 #123

So you disagree with the Merriam Webster definition? pnwmom Jan 2022 #124

Oh, the status quo establishment centrist definition? betsuni Jan 2022 #127

Apparently that HE said it? NYC is FAMOUS for its swagger. Hortensis Jan 2022 #113

First time I visited NYC in my early twenties I was inspired by the swagger. betsuni Jan 2022 #114

That's the opposite of swagger. pnwmom Jan 2022 #125

Yes it is. betsuni Jan 2022 #128

Link, please. I'd like to see any dictionary definition that defines swagger that way.Here's another pnwmom Jan 2022 #129

Roget's Thesaurus. It's a book. betsuni Jan 2022 #131

It's not a dictionary. pnwmom Jan 2022 #135

Oh, a "bunch"? Well, that settles it. betsuni Jan 2022 #136

Walking bustling, confident streets is not "swagger." pnwmom Jan 2022 #122

:) If you were NYmom you'd know what it meant about you. Hortensis Jan 2022 #142

I am a former NYer and I totally agree with you. smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #182

New Yorkers HAVE "swagger", and a way of bustling around like you say. I remember when.... George II Jan 2022 #133

Swagger is about boastfulness, obnoxiousness and braggadocio -- not speed. n;t pnwmom Jan 2022 #139

His main idea may have been good Meowmee Jan 2022 #108

Did you watch the entire video, or at least what he said before... George II Jan 2022 #115

What he said in that excerpt, I am not happy with it Meowmee Jan 2022 #132

tenderfoot JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #137

He said what he said and a lot of people were put off by it. tenderfoot Jan 2022 #157

Here's what he said JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #162

A lot of swagger and not much else. tenderfoot Jan 2022 #163

My best friend just ordered some swagger tests today. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #188

Mayor Gunnut. Kid Berwyn Jan 2022 #149

I do not understand why New Yorkers voted for this man helpisontheway Jan 2022 #155

Post removed Post removed Jan 2022 #159

Who is wallowing in Covid? I'm not. Nobody I know is. I don't think many people in DU are. marie999 Jan 2022 #161