In New York City, where I live, David Dinkins, the first Black mayor, was a disaster. He was followed by Rudy Giuliani, who totally turned the city around, in much the same way the Chris Christie is turning New Jersey around. But Jersey is a state, and NYC is a city, so there’s a bit of difference. Christie is fixing the fiscal mess, while Giuliani was not only good on fiscal issues, he was amazing on quality of life issues.
Now here’s my point......nobody benefited more from Giuliani’s policies than Black people in poor, crime ridden neighborhoods. He made all these horrible neighborhoods better, and 10 years after he left office, some of the worst neighborhoods in NYC are continuing to improve. These are neighborhoods that first went into decline in the 1960s, and stayed that way for over 30 years.
I remember hearing stories about Black people in NYC who thought Giuliani was doing a great job, but they dare not say so in public, especially since the former Mayor was Black.
The bottom line is that it will be a long time before NYC ever elects another hard core Liberal as Mayor. Sure, Bloomberg is a total schmuck in many ways. Can’t stand the guy. But while he’s into central planning and nanny state meddling, he’s still pretty Centrist on a lot of issues.
I believe that one of the main reasons that a hardcore Liberal won’t become Mayor of NYC any time soon, is because the Blacks don’t want to see their neighborhoods go back to the hell holes that they were for so many years.
So maybe, if Romney turns things around, after Obama made the economic situation so much worse for Blacks, we’ll see something similar happen nationally that happened in NYC. In other words, no more hardcore Liberals getting elected POTUS, because the Blacks will realize that as much as they like to rail against “the man”, when they got one of their own elected POTUS, he just made things worse for them, and then a White Republican made things better for them.
Just a thought, I know, but one worth pondering.
Very interesting, thanks for posting. I like the optimism, if we can keep liberals from running our cities, we’re better off as a nation. If we can keep them out of all levels of government, the sky’s the limit!
“I believe that one of the main reasons that a hardcore Liberal won’t become Mayor of NYC any time soon...”
Yer dreamin’, my FRiend....