[highball]

I think he deserves to be pilloried for his politics, rather than this.

Yeah, this smacks of desperation.

It's not like we can't find anything to oppose in his politics. Better to focus on that than get caught up in trivial nonsense.

[justiceseeker93]

Yeah, this smacks of desperation.

Desperation on the part of whom?

This article was written by a left-leaning rag, the New York Daily News. Doesn't seem that DeBlasio's GOP opponent, Joe Lhota, whose name is conspicuously absent in the article, discovered the name changes and called them to their attention.

With DeBlasio supposedly having a large lead, Lhota needs something of a bombshell to shake up the race. This can be a springboard for him if he can connect the name changes to a larger pattern of deceit on the part of his opponent.

[firebrand]

New York Times had a front-page story about de Blasio’s far-left-wing roots, couple of days ago.

He’s a deceiver in more ways than one. Immediately started talking about crime the minute the primary was over, after trashing the cops all through the campaign.

Watch out for him.