You can see the set-up.
Twitter-perv Anthony Weiner jumps into the Democratic primary that has seen no candidate catch fire and the presumed frontrunner, Christine Quinn, lose support over time.
Weiner does the usual "It's all about me!" schtick in the race, but for some reason, a segment of New Yorkers dig it.
(The latest Marist poll shows Weiner now leading among Democratic men and also engendering the most "strongly support" votes - 29%)
Weiner makes the runoff against a wounded Quinn, unleashes his "charm" campaign in September (which to be honest leaves me feeling uncharmed, but whatever) and beats her in the runoff.
Meanwhile in the GOP primary, former Giuliani budget director Joe Lhota easily beats the Gristedes slum lord for the nomination.
Weiner faces Lhota in the general.
The business community unleashes a torrent of ads against Weiner, licking their lips at a Lhota term (even though Weiner throughout most of career was an outerborough conservative and has put forth some pretty friendly pro-business, anti-union policies since he rejoined the race.)
The Republicans are sitting on more Twitter photos which they unleash a couple of weeks before the election - photos of Weiner masturbating or holding his penis next to a ruler or some other offensive images sure to tank his support.
Lhota, despite being one of the scummiest people on the planet (he actually challenged a 77 year old man to a fist fight last year at an MTA board meeting), then shifts his campaign to "Weiner doesn't have the morals or ethics to run this city."
While Weiner still garners significant support from the same chowheads who are supporting him now, it's not enough to beat Joe Lhota in November.
Joe Lhota becomes the next mayor of NYC.
Within days, his transition team begins to plan a Chicago-style mass closure of NYC schools as Lhota, the ed deform movement, the charter industry and the business community lick their lips at another four years of dismantling public education and profiting off students.
Think it can't happen?
Look at the latest Marist and Quinnipiac polls and you can see how it can happen.
This is scarier than Nightmare on Elm Street and the saddest part is your version is not fictional.
ReplyDeleteIt's plausible, right? That's the scary part.
DeleteRabbi trims lower brain but monsignor does upper. Joey Lhotka, like Joey Tribiani, got his luncheon meat clipped at both ends but the two together don't make a whole chiclet. Better a properly trimmed Wiener.
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