Mark Green Wins NY Mayoral Runoff 52%vs48%( Oh No Rev Al's Pal lost )

WP ^ | 11-01-2001 | AP-By Shannon McCaffrey

[KQQL]

NEW YORK

[Senator Pardek]

That means Green is the next Mayor.

It will be fun watching that left winger deal with that racist crank Sharpy Sharton.

[Torie]

Wow, that was tight. Much tighter than expected no? I think NYC may have just escaped another bullet.

[KQQL]

Ditto....

[McGavin999]

Interesting. He's the one who agreed to an extended change over and the other guy didn't. Maybe the New Yorkers grew up.

[KQQL]

Green is no saint !! NYC will finally get what they deserve.( A liberal Moron)

[clintonh8r]

How was this posted at 3:52AM? What's up with this new format?

[clintonh8r]

Now it says 2:32PM. What the...?

[Torie]

Green is certainly not a kindred spirit to Freepers, including this one who is to the left of most, but I suspect he will be a reasonably competent manager. NYC suffered terribly under Dinkins, and with Ferrer, it might have been a reprise. I suspect Green will be more like Koch, although stylistically quite different.

[KQQL]

What's up with this new format?,/i>

Beats me, I just posted it .( Maybe FreeRepublic is working on Kabul time:)

[areafiftyone]

I wouldn't be so happy about Mark Green either. He stinks too. He is also not a friend of the NYPD. He is a panderer and a democreep that will send this city back to the way it was in the 70's. But New York doesn't have a choice this time. We are going to be stuck with him.

[KQQL]

You are right, he( Green) is better than Dinky or Ferrrrrrerr

[Senator Pardek]

BTW, Eddie Koch endorsed that fake, phony, fraud Ferrer.

A LOT of black eyes tonight.

[Nonstatist]

Ferrer pulled in at least 15 % of the white vote, apparently. Mostly upper west side liberals, I guess. ..Youre right , it was real close. Good thing, Ferrer would make Lindsay look like a savior. But I'm not sure how much better Green is, though..

[jwalsh07]

Green must have gotten 90% of the white vote. Before Sept 11, I would have bet large money that Ferrer was in like flint.

[Nonstatist]

..but I suspect he will be a reasonably competent manager

I dont think he's managed anything in his life, though. Of course , he can thank Staten Island and much of Queens for his victory, so maybe he will govern accordingly. We'll see.

[concerned about politics]

Mark Green defeated Fernando Ferrer in the Democratic runoff for mayor Thursday

And their Republican opponant????? How's that going???

[livius]

Mark Green is odious and repellent, and I never thought I'd see the day when I'd say I was glad he'd won something. In this case, I am glad. Ferrer wasn't that bad, and may actually have been better in some ways, but his going out and sucking up to Al Sharpton told you all you need to know about him. Glad he lost.

[beckett]

I think Green started running for Mayor's office when he was about 12 years old. Hard to believe he will finally get in.

He'll be a disaster, by the way. Count on it.