[Timesink]

Sure he's an ass, but I can't disagree with him re: Atkins, as much as it pains me to concur with this nasal gnome.

I don't think his opinion of the diet is what's really at issue here, although an argument over that is probably what this thread will degenerate into rather soon. The issue is that the highest ranking elected official in New York City attacked a dead constituent of his out of sheer holier-than-thou meanness, and that is way, way, WAY out of line.

Mike Bloomberg is like a miniature Howard Dean. Only far less funny.

[cyborg]

OMG I thought I'd get sick of hearing that clip BUT every time I hear it Dean gets funnier every time. Bloomie is just annoying.

[NYC GOP Chick]

I don't think his opinion of the diet is what's really at issue here, although an argument over that is probably what this thread will degenerate into rather soon. The issue is that the highest ranking elected official in New York City attacked a dead constituent of his out of sheer holier-than-thou meanness, and that is way, way, WAY out of line.

Politicians don't get where they are by being nice guys -- they tend to be hard-nosed SOBs. Do you remember when Giuliani released Patrick Dorismond's criminal record?

RUDY ADMITS 'MISTAKE' ON DORISMOND

In the days after the shooting — in which the unarmed Dorismond was gunned down by cops in a Manhattan drug sting gone awry — Giuliani ordered the release of Dorismond's sealed police records, including his juvenile file, and described him as no "altar boy" on national TV.

Not one of his finer moments, but his intentions -- defending the NYPD -- were noble. He knows how to play hardball and often steps on lots of toes.