Political connoisseurs want to know, what's the matter with New York these days?Political connoisseurs want to know, what's the matter with New York these days? Look at the field in the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Democratic mayoral primary. When front-running Bronx politician Freddy Ferrer isn't playing the race card, as he did against Mark Green four years ago, he reverts to type, the inarticulate inarticulate /in·ar·tic·u·late/ (in?ahr-tik´u-lat) 1. not having joints; disjointed. 2. uttered so as to be unintelligible; incapable of articulate speech. charisma hole. Harlemite C. Virginia Fields C. Virginia Fields is the former Borough President of Manhattan, elected in 1997 and reelected in 2001. Her term expired in January 2006. C. (Clara) Virginia Fields was born in Birmingham, Alabama circa 1946 and received her B.A. made waves only when a leaflet depicting her multiculti supporters proved to have the heads of two Asian-Americans photoshopped onto the bodies of two white folks. Archetypal white folk Gifford Miller spent $1.6 million of the City Council's money on mailings that essentially touted him. Rep. Anthony Weiner is defined by his name. No wonder Mayor Michael Bloomberg--a runty runt n. 1. An undersized animal, especially the smallest animal of a litter. 2. Offensive A short person. [Origin unknown. Republican who raised taxes, hounded smokers, and campaigned for an Olympic stadium no one wanted--seems safe. Is this the end of history, post-Giuliani? Has Gotham become Smallville? Jimmy Walker, where are you? |
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