9/11 Brings the Results of NYC 2013 Primary Election

To the surprise of many, not least Billionaire Mayor and his anointed successor, Quinn not only did not walk away with the nomination, she came in a  distant third. None were more surprised than me that my candidate of choice, who was considered by one and all, a long shot, came in on top, perhaps even enough so, once the paper ballots are counted and processed, to avoid a run-off with the second highest vote.

De Blasio is standing with 40.6 percent, and Thompson with 26 something percent, so de Blasio should be certified with that necessary 40%, one would think. But this is NYC and New York state politics are not only corrupt but already in the colonial era, of an intricacy rivialing those of the Byzantine Empire.

I am disappointed that Jenifer Rajkumar,

my choice for City Council representative candidate did not defeat Margaret Chin -- another hand-in-glover with the behemoth real estate power that rules us all. Since my chosen lady is Indian American, and running in our gerrymandered to make predominately Chinese district, it's not a surprise.  But Rajkumar's dedicated, diverse campaign team worked tirelessly and effectively. She's also young, so she can keep going.

This year NYC's Bold Face Names are posturing with less hysteria than in the past our annual 9/11 observances. At the same time things seem eerily alike earlier years, with so many New Yorkers protesting, as they did Bush's invasion of Iraq, Obama's stupid declaration of killing innocent Syrians to punish their ruler for killing innocent Syrians and Kerry howling. Gads, why didn't Kerry stay in that hole into which he crawled in 2005, when we needed him to fight back against the warmongering repugs stealing the election? Hopefully, international mediation between Obama’s stupid red line and Assad will keep us from leaping sans plan, will or funds into starting yet another one. If this strike is to be so eeensy teeensy we won’t even know it happened, as Kerry bleats THIS ISNT WAR at the top of his voice to show that he really is a Tough Guy, not a gutless wonder who lets the repugs take anything they want away from him -- since killing women, children and men and destroying parts of a city so ancient that it is a world heritage site is such a miniscule action -- tell me, then, what eff is the point -- and don't say it is stop chemical warfare -- because, guess what? There are hordes of Americans who are not convinced it even happened and who keep remembering Iraq, WMD and Yellow Cake. And you cannot order us not think about that.   Surely we can do better than Kerry for Sec of State?

Nevermind. Thank goodness it's less 9/11 Redux today than it is July Redux.

As well I have a beautiful new sombrero vueltiao from Barranquilla.  Made for this sort of weather, I shall wear it when taking the subway up to the libary in todays' high heat and humidity. 

Sidebar: both candidates who lost office due to being central figures of sex scandals, failed in their, alas surely only first, attempt to get back into public office.