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De Blasio Confronts a Crisis Over the Police and Race With a Practiced Calm
NY Times ^
| 12/23/14
| MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, NIKITA STEWART
Posted on 12/24/2014 6:25:49 PM PST by Libloather
Mayor Bill de Blasio, confronting the gravest crisis of his young administration, has been by turns composed and defiant, empathetic and indignant, urging calm in one moment and lashing out in frustration the next.
In other words, he has acted like himself: a confident but mercurial leader whose singular political style has not wavered, even in the face of a potentially career-defining flash point over the police and race.
In a sharp turn from his predecessors the pugnacious, prosecutorial Rudolph W. Giuliani and the business-minded Michael R. Bloomberg Mr. de Blasio, a political professional who promised a warmer, friendlier City Hall, is approaching the fallout from the shooting deaths of two police officers with an operatives touch, and a healthy dose of the personal.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; billdeblasio; chirlanemccray; deblasio; demagogicparty; memebuilding; michaelmgrynbaum; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nikitastewart; nypd; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; police; race
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To: Libloather
A practiced calm?
He looked like he needed new underwear to me!
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:50:39 PM PST
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: Libloather
How could anyone write this crap?
Unreal.
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posted on
12/24/2014 6:55:54 PM PST
by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
To: catnipman
Being ‘’mercurial’’ and ‘’confident’’ are two entirely different and opposing states of being. Does anyone at the NY Times ever consult a dictionary?
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:00:54 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away and the kids are in charge.)
To: Rodamala
Throw in a set of knee-pads.
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:02:23 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away and the kids are in charge.)
To: Libloather
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs ... perhaps you have misread the situation.
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:05:26 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
To: Libloather
“a confident but mercurial leader whose singular political style has not wavered,”
that coud be said to have defined any bumber of tyrants of days gone by
hitler stalin,,,mao,,,any number of Caesers,,,
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:05:38 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: jmacusa
“Being mercurial and confident are two entirely different and opposing states of being.”
Yeah, and ya just gotta love that NYT touts the virtue of being unwaveringly mercurial!
One has to wonder if any of their remaining readers have critical thinking skills. Perhaps that’s all they have left as readers: folks who lack critical thinking skills.
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:05:44 PM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Libloather
LOL . . . just when one thinks they couldn’t get any more imaginative . .
Merry Christmas to all, esp @ NYT
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:08:47 PM PST
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Garner, Martin x 2 & Brown . . . all hoisted by their own petards)
To: catnipman
This is what happens when ‘’journalism’’ degrees are handed out like prizes at a seaside boardwalk “Whack-A-Mole’’ game to kids who can’t even spell their own names.
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:08:50 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away and the kids are in charge.)
To: Libloather
Deblasio looks like a weak man with strong believes that can get chattered.
He will need Sharpton to come in and buck that man up.
Phoney, fake, fraud the two of them. We can name more....
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:31:51 PM PST
by
mojo114
(Pray for our military)
To: Libloather
Wait until the NY Slimes blg. gets a serious looting from the thugs. They won’t be licking Wilhelm’s boots then.
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:37:09 PM PST
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyrannye dontchyaknow.)
To: Libloather
Time for the “grey old lady” to quit working the streets while throwing defication against the walls or get booted off her corner as a public hazard.
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:37:17 PM PST
by
mosesdapoet
(Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
To: mosesdapoet
Venezuela is in some serious need for cheap toilet paper.
NY slimes already comes with crap on it so a little more on top won’t hurt before its flushed down the ‘terlets’.
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:43:14 PM PST
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyrannye dontchyaknow.)
To: Libloather
Practiced calm? LMAO So, he’s too stupid to know he’s in a world of trouble/ One termer. He better get used to it.
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:45:08 PM PST
by
tioga
To: Libloather
De Blasio has an NYPD protection detail who protects him from; other cops? or criminals?
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posted on
12/24/2014 7:51:08 PM PST
by
umgud
(I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
To: Libloather
To: umgud
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posted on
12/24/2014 8:04:23 PM PST
by
timestax
(American Media = Domestic Enemy)
To: Libloather
has been by turns composed and defiant, empathetic and indignant, urging calm in one moment and lashing out in frustration the next.In other words...wishy washy.
To: Libloather
LOL....
NYSlimes calm = cowardice and incompetence....
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posted on
12/24/2014 8:10:50 PM PST
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: Libloather
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posted on
12/24/2014 8:23:28 PM PST
by
Phosgood
(Send in the Clowns...but Wait, they're here!! >..<)
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