[syriacus]

The mayor of Boston is white - Tom Menino, affectionately known as “Mumbles” because he cannot string together more than one word of the English language.

Sorry, I should have said that Mayor of Cambridge, E. Denise Simmons, is black.

Maybe she would make a good Senatorial candidate to carry out Ted's legacy of supporting gays, blacks, and women (all rolled into one person.)

[GOPsterinMA]

Sounds good. I’d like to add to your fine list of qualifications: Someone who can swim, no matter what the situation or time of day or night is. An accomplished swimmer!

[GOPsterinMA]

Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons marrying her longtime partner, Mattie B. Hayes, at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. (Simmons is the nation’s first openly lesbian black mayor)...

http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1194339&format=text