B….b…….b…..b……That’s all folks!
It’s always fun to use hyperbole and rhetoric when describing politicians but it can get out of hand. Unfortunately, for New York City, calling Mayor Bill de Blasio a communist really isn’t hyperbole.
Bill de Blasio was swept into office on a big wave of progressive support. No, wait. Actually, only 29% of New Yorkers bothered to even vote in the 2013 mayoral election.
Bill de Blasio gave a “State of the City” speech which was about as much of a waste of time as the State of the Union speeches are. This is particularly true since de Blasio has been in office for about six weeks and his notable mayoral achievements are limited to banning horse-drawn carriages in Central Park and shoveling snow into a New York City street, which is illegal. Oh, he also was thought to have delayed plowing the Upper East Side as a token attack on “the rich.”
The State of the City speech was something that Marx would be proud of–and that’s no hyperbole.