ANIMAL CRACK PUTS MAYOR IN THE SOUP

New York Post ^ | January 11, 2005 | STEPHANIE GASKELL

[nickcarraway]

Mayor Bloomberg got into some monkey business at the Bronx Zoo yesterday that left him in hot water with several Bronx politicians. During a press conference in front of a monkey exhibit at the zoo, a reporter asked the mayor to name his favorite animal.

[Graymatter]

That's a great headline!

[The Mayor]

I'd like to put him in the soup!

I've been The Mayor longer than him..

[Mears]

I'm no Bloomberg fan but it was just a joke for God's sake.

[StarFan]

I saw the clip this morning and enjoyed watching Bloomberg turn crimson after he made the statement.

[GVnana]

LOL! Funny story.

[aroostook war]

That was a funny thing to say. People need to lighten up a little. Sheesh!

[Verginius Rufus]

Apparently Bronx politicians are humorless and easily offended.

[America's Resolve]

Now, if they'd been in a cemetary, he'd have had something to quip about.

"Sensitive"? WHO FARKIN CARES?!!?!?!

Wefties get theaw feewings huwt did dey?

[Texas Eagle]

Good. Bloomberg is part and parcel of the ideology that made such remarks taboo in the first place.

I love it when these holier-than-thou Liberals get a dose of their own medicine. But I highly doubt anyone will demand that Bloomberg receive the same sentence John Rocker received.

It's a double-standard thing I guess.

[conshack]

Personally, I think it was a valid statement for him to make. Dims like to register the dead and felons, so why not Charley the monkey at the Bronx Zoo. he's probably more informed and has a higher IQ than many Dims.

[Williams]

Hmm when told the animals don't vote he said "It's the Bronx, I'm not sure." This was interpreted as a reference to voting scandals? Maybe, but no one figures the mayor was calling the residents of the Bronx animals?

[Zacs Mom]

and guilty, too! I think the remark hit a nerve 'cause it was more true than funny.

;^)

[GSlob]

so why not Charley the monkey at the Bronx Zoo. he's probably more informed and has a higher IQ than many Dims.
Yep, but just imagine Charley the monkey voting Republican because that part of ballot paper was banana scented. I'd even pay for the scent just to observe the scene.

[Enterprise]

You obviously don't understand. The animals were indignant about being compared to the residents of the Bronx.

[mysto]

Oops... I read the title of your thread and thought it was about Marion Barry... sorry.

[Cicero]

It's the first decent thing Bloomberg has said all year--and last year, too.

[OldFriend]

As a democrat at heart, Bloomingidiot knows full well all about votes by the dead, animals, and other assorted non-entities.

I am particulary amused by how the liberal judges in NY keep bedeviling the city with their liberal decisions that are bankrupting the city.

[LibertarianInExile]

"The chimp set me up!"