The internets are aflutter about the revival of fortunes for disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner. Not too long ago, his long clear ambitions of becoming Mayor of New York seemed to have gone up in the flames of a sex scandal. In the Viking Dutchman’s opinion, it wasn’t the sexting, but the breathtaking stupidity of how he handled it that displayed poor judgement. Yet now he’s leading the pack in polling for the Democratic Primary, and with no real GOP contenders in the wing, the Primary is all but a proxy general election.
But I think the real story is not Weiner, but his chief opponent, Christine Quinn. Quinn is currently City Council Speaker, and is closely tied to the Bloomberg administration. She was pivotal in getting city laws changed to allow Bloomberg to serve a third term.
The Viking Dutchman doesn’t much care for Bloomberg. He used to, back before he caught the Urbanism bug and gained a real appreciation for just what impact Bloomberg was really having. Any number of things in his record have contributed to Bloomberg’s poor reputation among city Democrats.
But it’s the fiddling the electoral laws to suit a specific politicians advantage that pisses me off most, so I’m choosing to interpret this situation as a voter revolt against electoral law abuse.
The Viking Dutchman 