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16. I'm one of those New Yorkers...

Reply to sabrina 1 (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 24, 2013, 06:20 PM

Jul 2013

...I could care less about his sex life but I know how politics and the media works. There will be a steady drip, drip of scandal and it will make his candidacy a circus and should he get elected, his tenure will be greatly weakened. I don't for a minute think this latest is the end of it.

New Yorkers need a fully effective Mayor. Weiner at this point hurts the progressive platform for the city because he's got to always be on the defensive for these stupid displays of horrible judgment.

Don't forget NY is not just Manhatten and parts of Brooklyn--it's Staten Island, and Queens.

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