WARROIRS, come out and playyy!
Posted on 10/17/2013 9:11:07 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio is blasting opponent Joe Lhota’s latest political attack ad, calling it “desperate” and “divisive.”
The ad shows video from last month’s melee on the West Side Highway, where a father was beaten by a gang of bikers while his wife and daughter were in the car. Graffiti covered subway cars and images that conjure memories of the crime riddled New York City of the ’80′s and early ’90s are also highlighted in the republican candidates TV spot.
“Bill de Blasio voted to take over 5,000 cops off our streets,” a narrator reads. “And de Blasio’s response to violent biker gangs? ‘Visit motorcycle clubs and talk to bikers.’”
The ad warns that de Blasio’s “recklessly dangerous agenda on crime” will bring New York City back to high crime and disorder.
“The images are so far over the top, it’s unbelievable that anybody responsible would ever have authorized such a thing,” said de Blasio in response to the ad. “I think the people of New York City are going to be angry and disgusted by this ad.” De Blasio compared the ad to George H.W Bush’s Willie Horton ad of hiss 1988 Presidential campaign.
A spokesperson for Lhota defended the ad in an e-mail to the New York Times, saying, “Mr. de Blasio is lashing out because he knows New Yorkers don’t agree with his reckless and dangerous positions on crime.”
I’m pulling for DeBlasio in this one. You see if he wins and the city tumbles back into the chaos of the bad old days I figure my house in the NYC suburbs will gain a good $200,000 in value. A wave of Yuppie refugees fleeing the muggers, the vagrants, the junkies, and the squeegie men will make a big impact on demand for housing in the suburbs. The good old urban experience is only bearable when you have a Guiliani and give the devil his due, Bloomberg in the mayor’s office. With DeBlasio it will be Detroit on the Hudson. Those of you outside the area looking to make a buck in real estate, Bergen County NJ is a good bet if you get in now, before the election.
IOW, Lhota is telling the truth about him.
Can you imagine the horror of the hipsters the first time they get mugged on the L train?
I shouldn’t say this, I do want to see my home value skyrocket, but Lhota would be well served if he sent every voter in the city DVDs of these two movies, Death Wish and Taxi Driver. It would give everyone a taste of what’s to come. In Times Square you can say goodbye to Disney, and hello again hookers, peep shows, and junkies.
The subways will regain their old nickname, Mugger Movers.
Also, Serpico. The problem is that many residents of the city are too young to remember the bad old days and they come from other states so they don’t have relatives reminding them of how it was. They are clueless, like little children.
And then there are those voters who do remember the pre-Giulianni days and who did vote for him then, but who are so blinded by their hatred of republicans now that they will vote for DeBlasio out of spite even though it’s not in their best interest as New Yorkers.
I wonder what the squeegie toll will be? $5.00? $20?
That ad uses a GREAT shot of a middle aged lady on a subway car, I just saw it on a great facebook page “Dirty Old New York in the 1970s”. That one picture is truly worth one thousand words.
If NYC chooses to go back, they are fools.
This di Blasio is a Marxist in the truest sense of the word. He actually went to Nicaragua and supported and associated with the Sandinistas.
The ad shows video from last month’s melee on the West Side Highway, where a father was beaten by a gang of bikers while his wife and daughter were in the car. Graffiti covered subway cars and images that conjure memories of the crime riddled New York City of the ’80′s and early ’90s are also highlighted in the republican candidates TV spot. “Bill de Blasio voted to take over 5,000 cops off our streets,” a narrator reads. “And de Blasio’s response to violent biker gangs? ‘Visit motorcycle clubs and talk to bikers.’” The ad warns that de Blasio’s “recklessly dangerous agenda on crime” will bring New York City back to high crime and disorder.
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