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Jeffrey L Minch's avatar

Here is the tenure of New York City mayors:

Edward I. Koch 1978-1989

David N. Dinkins 1990-1993

Rudolph W. Giuliani 1994-2001

Michael R. Bloomberg 2002-2013

Bill de Blasio 2014-2021

Eric L. Adams 2022-

Koch did a decent job and was sort of normal for a Dem. Dems were no so nuts in those days.

It went to Hell under Dinkins -- this was the Big Slide -- and Giuliani cleaned it up after Dinkins.

Bloomberg was sort of OK, but a hard core leftist.

De Blasio destroyed it completely and drove it into the cess pool of bad leftist policies and Adams is even worse.

There is absolutely zero optimism that there is any positive development in NYC in the near term future. It became a sanctuary city, got its desired illegals, and is now in the ICU awaiting its death certificate.

It is worth saying that what we would consider a Kock Dem back in the day is an extreme MAGA right wing sentiment. That is how far left the country has drifted.

JLM

www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com

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John Oh's avatar

If conservatives, or republicans want to win elections they need to start screaming about social issues. All the time. Working class voters don't have the time to consider the implication of market driven forces even though they affect their lives, but they will easily understand which party will kill a baby after it's born and take your young son away from your family for sex reassignment. It often works, and even when it doesn't it moves the conversation towards the right. Frame the issues in the boldest terms and force the left to react. A lot of republicans were embarrassed by Lee Atwater or Tom Perdue but they won elections, and even when they didn't, the conversation changed. Now is not the time to worry about what is said about you at the country club.

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