Posted on 06/24/2007 1:25:14 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
NEW YORK - New Yorkers: They're smug, egotistical, and already think they run the country (if not the world). So what's the rest of the nation to do now that three of 'em are mentioned as White House hopefuls, ready to swap Penn Station for Pennsylvania Avenue? Cringe? Clap? Or just consider somebody else?
"That's pretty sick," said Norm Whipple, 59, of Los Angeles, offering a wry grin about the presidential prospects of Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican Rudy Giuliani and unaffiliated New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "Someone has to keep an eye on those New Yorkers."
The specter of an all-New York November 2008 was raised when Bloomberg, a titular Republican since his 2001 mayoral run, announced last week that he was quitting the GOP to become an independent. His predecessor, Giuliani, is running for the Republican nomination for president, while second-term New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is among the Democratic hopefuls.
While New Yorkers are all too aware of the differences between the Big Apple's big three, folks beyond the Hudson River were not as certain.
"I think basically they are the same candidate," said Bob House, a Republican from Des Moines, Iowa. "We all love New York. But when our options are New York, New York, New York, I think people want to see a different life experience."
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is not a New Yorker.
btt
She is smug and egotistical.
Whaddya mnean "think"? It all belongs to us!
So true. :-)
No question about that!
Sometimes I wonder if she’s even a human.
Exactly what she will find ot if Bloomberg runs. He will be like Ross Perot to George H.W. Bush in 1992 - a pain for Hillary.
she’s a lot of things but definitely not a New Yorker.
Git a rope!
They're more or less right. Wall Street runs the world. :-)
They ain’t Upstaters, that’s for sure.
Neither is "I know what's best for you" Bloomberg.
He was born and raised in Massachusetts and is a good-for-nothing, low-life Red Sox fan.
Bossy Bloomberg
New York’s Boston-born mayor
Is a nosey nay-sayer.
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