Boyleing Points - D –Blasio: All of the Above
With de Blasio it’s like a multiple choice test and he is the letter D – All of the Above. A) he’s so dumb B) he’s so arrogant C) he’s so clueless or D) he’s all of the above. Of course, I could wear out the rest of the alphabet with other choices, which isn’t too hard because I only see the worst in the guy.
Some might say he was cowardly for avoiding the lion’s den at the parade. By jumping in at Beach 117th Street he missed about 80 percent of the people who gather to watch. From 116th to Beach 105 the crowd is sparse with clumps of people here or there. He heard some boos to be sure. And some yelled at him to go back to Manhattan. But it was easy for him to shrug them off since it wasn’t a sustained thrashing like it would have been in the Beach 120’s.
Some might say he’s got quite a pair and some might even utter an off-color riff on his name. At the reviewing stand, he said by official proclamation he was changing his name for a day to O’blasio. That wasn’t bad but not nearly as appropriate as another one in the air. By unofficial proclamation, he was tagged with another Rockaway-style version. He was called de-Balls-io as in: He’s got some de-Balls-io showing up late. He’s got even more de-Balls-io because he came by boat.
Yes, just in case you missed that little tidbit. In November, he showed up late for the Flight 587 memorial. On that occasion, he came by boat – less than two weeks after shutting down the ferry. He said he was late because of the fog. On Saturday, he came by ferry – a police ferry. And this time he was late because he was at Gracie Mansion planning to be late. Anyway, the last two times he’s come to Rockaway, he’s taken a boat. You believe this guy?
That’s where the tough question comes in: is he arrogant or clueless?
I don’t think his own aids know the answer to that though one said there’d be a ferry here in 2017. And the mayor said one was coming (though he didn’t say what year). In either case, he takes a ferry, the rest of us can eat cake.
De Blasio’s lateness riled many – though honestly, many, many, many people were happy not to see the guy. A large contingent don’t want to see him in the first place and are grouchy if he’s a no-show.
Among those who seem tickled by the Mayor’s lateness were Queens Boro Prez Melinda Katz, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Letitia James (who gets points for asking for a moment of silence to remember Cardinal Egan who died earlier that week). Here’s their dilemma: they know people don’t like de Blasio but is that enough to challenge him? On the other hand, if they just hand him a second term, the next Mayoral race won’t be until 2021 and it’ll have a million candidates. So, they gotta be thinking, should I primary this chump?
Some staffers from the Bloomberg administration were digging the de Blasio tabloid slaps as well. I’m guessing Bloomie himself was happy to see the New York Post on Sunday. Regarding de Blasio the headline blared: St. Putz. Worst Mayor Ever.
I met Bloomberg a couple of years back. I told him I was from Rockaway and saw him at the parade. He said “I heard F U from start to finish. They said F U and I said Thank You.” He didn’t say the clean F U version, he rhymed with truck.
But that’s how you’re supposed to handle it. You show up on time, you take your boos like mayor.
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