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Bloomberg Explains Why He's Helping Obama
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Jen Chung
Published Apr 6, 2009
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Mayor Bloomberg was a Democrat, then a Republican to win the 2001 election, and then neither (though with a liberal filling?), which makes him an independent (with billions), right? Yesterday, the Independence Party endorsed the mayor, who said, "I have been a Democrat, I have been a Republican and I really respect both parties. But I’ve never believed that any party has a monopoly on truth or good ideas." Politicker NY noticed how he also said, “We’re supposed to be working together... Somebody the other day criticized me for trying to help President Obama. I thought to myself ‘What kind of sick person was it that wrote that? We should not all be trying to help our new president?’ I don’t care what your party affiliation is.” That sick person is the NY Post's City Hall chief David Seifman. But Bloomberg had nothing to say about another provocative article in the Daily News, which suggested that his likely mayoral rival, City Comptroller Bill Thompson, "could pull an Obama" and beat the incumbent.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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