lol. Daily News: Two Pols Unfit to Lead New York...

[allin99]

*ahem*. Pretty much sums it up...

Mayor of New York has been called the second toughest job in America. It is a role for a mature adult. Remarkably, the two leading candidates in the Democratic primary lack that fundamental quality. If New Yorkers do not wake up soon, they risk sleep-walking into a Democratic runoff election between two politicians unfit to lead.

Anthony Weiner, a disgraced former congressman with no legislative record of distinction. While in Washington, he managed to alienate most all of his colleagues. His is not the sort of personality that will build consensus across New York’s diverse population.

And, of course, we have now learned that even after he resigned his office for sending lewd pictures to women, he continued to send inappropriate messages to women other than his wife.

Mayors must learn on the job. This man-boy does not. He has tried to cast his campaign as a journey of forgiveness and redemption, but that is not the point. Weiner is stuck emotionally in adolescence and needs help. He is transparently unqualified to hold the office he seeks.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn throws tantrums worthy of a spoiled child, hardly a confidence-inspiring profile. She has denied funding to worthy community programs to punish political enemies, and she has authorized allocating city tax dollars to fictitious programs so the money could be doled out later for political gain.

...Weiner and Quinn are ahead in the polls because they have name recognition and money. But surely New Yorkers are discerning enough to understand that a man whose name is known because he behaves like a creep and a woman whose claim to fame is that she wields power like a brat are not famous for reasons that make them good choices to be mayor.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/pols-unfit-lead-new-york-article-1.1410270

[southernyankeebelle]

1. I think Spitzer would have made a better mayor. He deserves a second chance and is

the grown up in the field.

[brush]

2. Spitzer is not in the NYC mayoral field

He's running for city comptroller.

[southernyankeebelle]

4. I know that. I'm just saying he should have been in that field. I think he is trying to easy

his way back up.

[allin99]

5. Mayor is a little more personal and you work...

in the public eye and are much closer to the public than most political positions, i think a lot of people would be turned off by his seeing prostitutes for 10 years. I would be. It's not the right position for spitzer.

[southernyankeebelle]

6. I would vote for him. He deserves a second chance. He got caught and there are alot of politicans

who are out there who haven't been caught. He still managed to do an excellent job in all his positions he has held.

[hrmjustin]

3. K&R!