The New York Times is NOT Impressed With Eric Adams SWAGGER

Nobody is impressed with the NY Times anymore.

Jimmy Walker? Dy-No-MITE!

Isn't the NYT owned by that fat Mexican billionaire?

The former New York Times has been irrelevant for about 5 years. I canceled my subscription two weeks ago. I got tired of all the narrative they saw fit to print.

The absolute gall publishing this bullshit after years of normalizing Trump.

The NYTimes is shit and there isn't a single Democrat they aren't ready to set up for failure.

Oh goodness my great aunts or great great aunts used to hang out and party with Jimmy Walker's crowd. NYC was swinging. OT fun bit: a great or great great Irish uncle ran bootleg liquor with Owney Madden who owned the Cotton Club and a big chunk of boxer Max Baer.

Here's why this is bad for Joe Biden.

R7, basically everything that is going to happen in the next three years will be bad for Biden.

Much as I love the Pitchbot, we don't even need him anymore. The NYT is beyond parody.

I think this guy has potential to go far, he has an old-fashioned blue collar vibe about him that reminds me of early Bill Clinton.

R7, that's nothing. On yesterday's Spelling Bee clone at the link, I scored 173 words and 1244 points.

If you are too good the NY Times throws you off the game and makes you subscribe. I scored genius for about 3-4 days playing for free and then the site got all uppity and limited my play. Once I got a pangram immediately and that was it - threw me off. I need to see if clearly my NY Times cookie gets me back to square one with them for free play.

Always thought that swagger from Walker (& other politicians) is so they can fill their pockets with our cash.

Became Vegan when diagnosed with Diabetes.

I wish he would shut the fuck up with his whole IM A NEW KIND OF DEMOCRAT!!!! shit. One thing is clear - he can't stop bashing other Democrats . It's almost tourettic at this point.

He's a total asshole and so is the school chancellor he brought in. He made all DOE personnel get on a phone call with him where he just talked about himself and his accomplishments for an hour straight. Something no other incoming chancellor has done before. He thinks he's going to shorten summer break to a month and get all students into a uniform. Like he did with his all boys Eagle Academy network where the average tests scores were just mediocre.

Both are self-obsessed idiots.

He’s never going to get parents to agree to a one-month summer break. Or the TEACHERS.

He might think that every public school family struggles to fill that time, but plenty of people send their kids to camp or go places during the summer. There are free public school programs for kids during the summer months for the people who need them.

That chancellor loves to hear himself speak. And he sounds like an uneducated idiot. AND he does all this speechifying with a Greek chorus of black militants who vocalize in assent after every grand pronouncement. It’s bizarre.

Is he doing anything?

[quote]I think this guy has potential to go far, he has an old-fashioned blue collar vibe about him that reminds me of early Bill Clinton.

No. And you’re only saying this because he’s black.

He is a smug assholes who called essential workers low skilled. He also wants to force corporations to reopen by bringing back their employees to the office and end remote work. I regret voting for this piece of shit and I hope he is a one term mayor.

He hired his brother as a deputy mayor and a brother of the chancellor in a high ranking police police position. The NY Post who supported him may change their mind.

Well, R19, the reality is that there are jobs that are less skilled than others. Maybe not less important but certainly less skilled and less complicated with less responsibility.

It's so odd to see all these posters claim they've been lifelong readers of the NYT and yet they still don't seem to understand how opinion columns work.

[quote]that while he may go out at night with the boys, he wakes up in the morning “with the men.”

Oh god, you just know he describes himself as an "alpha male".

His attacks on working from home seem quite odd, I'd have thought NYC was best prepared to weather WFH than most cities, given how mixed most areas are in terms of commercial/residential.

[quote]Well, [R19], the reality is that there are jobs that are less skilled than others. Maybe not less important but certainly less skilled and less complicated with less responsibility.

Oh please. If a Republican said this, you’d have a meltdown. Stop being a hypocrite.

R16 Mmmmmm-hhhhmmmmm. Yes, lawd. I know dat's right.

Wait, he's black?

It’s the whole reason you voted for him. ^

I have to agree with the OP of another thread about Adams who referred to him as a CLOWN.

He doesn't come across as TOO BRIGHT.

Who told the school chancellor we the public want to hear what he has to say all the time. We have one asshole that we have to deal with constantly and we don't need another know it all douchebag mugging for the camera. I am referring to Eric adams. We knew less about the last school chancellor and it should stay that way. the next four years is going to be shit with those two egomaniacs. I can't tell who I hate more. New Yorker better find better candidates to run in the next mayoral race because it isn't fun getting stuck with Eric and school chancellor sidekick.

I like a man with swagger.

R29 it is easier to state when your mayor isn't the black lex luthor.

R30- The new mayor is more like ZOD in Superman II

[quote] He is a smug assholes who called essential workers low skilled

That is not what he said - he is being misquoted by the moronic AOC. What he said is that if you don't have a good education, you're not going to get an office job these days.

The new mayor is hiring someone who has questionable ethics. I also read the mayor is hiring his brother for the job of deputy police commissioner. I don't know about SWAGGER but I can safely say this new mayor has a lot of STUPIDITY.

He’s a Republican.

New York is beyond over at this point. It had a nice run.

The Times never had a good thing to say about Adams. Every article about him was negative.

[quote]“My low-skill workers, my cooks, my dishwashers, my messengers, my shoe shine people, those who work at Dunkin’ Donuts… They don’t have the academic skills to sit in a corner office,” Adams said as he signed the new Small Business Forward executive order to reform existing business regulations.

I think he meant people who work in these jobs as careers, not as a stepping stone to a career. It just didn’t come out clearly.

R36- New York magazine has said plenty of negative things about Adams as well.

[quote]He also wants to force corporations to reopen by bringing back their employees to the office and end remote work.

He's right about this too. If this doesn't happen NY will continue to be a shadow of what it once was.

Remote work is great.

He’s not correct about remote work.

He's absolutely correct about remote work. Just go to the area around Bloomingdales and you'll see what remote work does. Pretty much everything around Bloomingdales is closed and gone.

He's absolutely correct about remote work. Just go to the area around Bloomingdales and you'll see what remote work does. Pretty much everything around Bloomingdales is closed and gone.

I don’t think he’s correct about low-skilled workers either. I think it was in bad taste. They bring something to the table, but like Trump, who dislikes his own voting base, it doesn’t matter. They’ll still vote for him.

R32 he called essential workers low skilled. I watched his interview. R36 who can really have anything good to say about him at this moment. He keep putting his foot in his mouth. He needs a speech writer asap.

He’s not correct about remote work. I work remote and am way more productive as opposed to being in an office.

Adams is an even bigger threat to the Times than Trump.

The Times' self-narrative is that they are enlightened liberals who are uniquely qualified to help working class black and brown New Yorkers (all while gentrifying them out of their neighborhoods with articles extolling the hot new neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx)

Adams' victory was those black and brown working class New Yorkers from the boroughs telling the Times that they are wrong and that they're tired of White Liberal Condescension.

"Defund The Police" was a perfect example of this, as outside of Twitter, it has proven incredibly unpopular with POC, especially those living in high crime areas. They don't want less police, they want more police, but just police who won't treat them unfairly.

And then there's Adams himself, who is a guy from the hood who worked his way up in the police department and is very, well, Black. Meaning he is not like Obama, who is someone Timesians could see themselves being friends with. Adams is someone who'd mock them and whom they'd be at a loss to communicate with, being as they live in such cloistered educated-wealthy-liberal bubbles.

OTOH, politicians like Adams are our best hope.

If the GOP is now the party of the white working class and the Democrats the party of the educated white meritocrats, we're sort of screwed-- there are far more of them than there are of us.

If Adams and his ilk can keep working class voters--Latinos in particular--in the fold, then this will be great for Democrats and is really our best hope. Progressives and Neo-Liberals both appeal to the coastal elite types and beyond mayor of San Francisco, you don't win too many elections with that coalition alone--too few people.

And I will guarantee you that the NYT makes a huge deal out of every minor act of corruption in Adams' administration because despite their protestations, they still see him and the people around him as inferior

[quote]He’s not correct about remote work. I work remote and am way more productive as opposed to being in an office.

It has nothing to do with you personally, fuckwad. It has to do with the long term viability of cities.

Sorry blue deplorable. Name calling is all they do.

Mr. Adams is out of his depth.

[quote]Name calling is all they do.

If the shoe fits then the shoe fits.

[quote]And I will guarantee you that the NYT makes a huge deal out of every minor act of corruption in Adams' administration

So you mean they'll be doing their jobs?

I see him as intellectually inferior, but he is terrifically smart in other ways. At least for now, I’m enjoying watching what he does.

NOT a fan of his schools chancellor pick; but if he doesn’t destroy the SHSAT system I’ll be mollified enough.

The NYTimes is bullshit. On paper, I’m their ideal target demographic, but my peasant genes recognize them as a naked emperor.

[quote]If the shoe fits then the shoe fits.

You’re right. And that’ll definitely help Democrats.

[quote]So you mean they'll be doing their jobs?

Like they didn't do with de Blasio. Phreet Bharara was investigating de Blasio for pay-to-play. The Times should have beat that drum much louder and much longer.

R56 So you admit they reported it, you just wanted them to editorialise it by repeating it?

R54 what is exciting about his policies so far? He has been shitty so far and also hiring family members to unqualified positions.

[quote]what is exciting about his policies so far? He has been shitty so far and also hiring family members to unqualified positions.

Sounds like Trump, and of course, you have bizarro Trumpers support ling him.

*supporting him

⬇️ is how tepid the NYTimes was with de Blasio's transgressions, r57.

Adams comes across as the mayor of a Ghetto city like Detroit or Newark, N.J.

[quote]shitty so far and also hiring family members to unqualified positions.

De Blasio's wife would like a word.

The NYT and Adams will be fun to watch. The NYT is into stories about increasing black diversity among chamber musicians. But Adams does represent the black community but not in a way they like. Adams needs to calm down though because it’s only a week and his act is getting old. Blacks are a dwindling minority in NYC so he needs to diversify the people around him. NYC is not Bed Sty.

R64 how does he represent blacks? I am black and even I regret voting for this asshole.

R61 And what would you rather they did?

Seriously, R66?

R67 Yes, go on.

He's on local news every day. (I live in NJ.) Have you heard him speak? The man is an idiot. He's a great symbol for the inadequacy of New York's education system. His language skills are appalling.

R68, So you think journalism means to tepidly report on political wrong doing and then just move on? Let's see if they give Adams, a black man, the same treatment.

He won’t last four years. Mark my words, this guy seems unstable. He’s too “extra”. Just get the work done.

R70 So, again, tell me what you think they should've done. Tell me what you think that report should've looked like.

Eric Believes In Nepotism

We need more democrats like this guy. He's pro-business. He's not a pussy. He's not babying people with Covid or a bunch of progressive bullshit. Clone this guy and maybe Democrats will have shot in the midterms.

R71 - I thought the same thing when I heard he appointed his brother as deputy police commissioner this morning. He won't last 4 years.

lol^

I was just going to say in response to R73, watch Democrats defend that, unlike they did with Trump, and along comes R74.

Well said, R47.

I heard him not so subtly shading the Chicago mayor the other day. He's dyslexic and grew up disadvantaged. I give him props for having the grit to achieve a (sub-par) higher education. I'm sure he's capable in many ways but the way he speaks, he comes off of average intelligence as best. I think like many dyslexics he reads people and this guy probably plays people. He's an operator.

He is the black Trump. I supported Garcia and jumped to Sliwa.

The helmeted guy in a suit riding a citibike is “swagger”?

The Times is phoning it in from an audience taping of Good Times in 75.

You rang R76? I'm not sure what your post is about. I don't care that he hired his brother. Why should you? And if I were alive back in the 60s, I wouldn't have cared the JFK hired his brother. So what's your point?

NY Times wanted Wiley, so they will not be making Adams’ life easy.

You care about Ivanka, Don Jr, and the other one though^.

NYT endorsed Garcia, no?

R83, you don’t know that. Sure, many did care when Trump did that, but just as many didn’t give two shits so stop making assumptions about people.

[quote]you don’t know that.

😉

[quote]You care about Ivanka, Don Jr, and the other one though^.

Please link to any comment that I made about Trump's kids. Other than a random comment here and there about Ivanka and Jared being out of their league and some bad coke jokes about Jr.

I'm the poster who told everyone that Adams was going to win, and the one who posted, much to many people's chagrin, that he did win, even when the ranked choice tabulating was going on. The reason is: I work with Adams. Not in a major capacity but I' know what's going on for the most part.

The Times hates Adams. I have been interviewed three times now by Times reporters for stories and each time the reporter has either intentionally or unintentionally made it clear that all they want is dirt. You say something nice and quotable, they angle for the mean and quotable. They're relentless, they're angry, and they don't want Adams to work out.

When covering people like Trump, the Time still plays the ancient he-said she said game. But when covering people like Adams, who has never played the Times game and threatens their core belief system, they have no interest in so-called "fairness." They just want to bury him and get one of their own inside Gracie Mansion.

Luckily, as this thread shows, many people are on to the Times' games.

...as opposed to the cardboard cutout that was Bill DeBlasio?

[quote]Other than a random comment here and there about Ivanka and Jared being out of their league and some bad coke jokes about Jr.

Then I’ll anticipate similar comments about Adams’ nepotism from you.

DeBlasio was a waste of space. What ever happened to the billion dollars of mental health money? Are we just going to let that slide? What an egregious scandal that just went away without a peep.

If the brother turns out to be a coke head or out of his league, sure. But I'm not sure why you're making this about Trump. The President of the United States is not the Mayor of New York, and the two roles cannot be compared. But, more importantly, Trump is no longer in office let him go.

[quote]If the brother turns out to be a coke head or out of his league, sure.

Kween, not sure. YES. You need to stop being a hypocrite.

R88 you shouldn't be commenting since you are biased. You work for him so it is expected you will defend his shitty policies.

Chirlane = grifter extraordinaire

The only people who don't like this guy are whack-job AOC progressives, liberals who think they know what's best for everything, and racist. What a great trio.

R96 you are a moron. People who dislike him also hate AOC. You won't admit this guy is a fuck up so your opinion is mute.

And all the people who upvoted/WW him, R94.

AOC vs Adams

AOC's myth is that she is this wise-cracking Latina from Da Bronx who was working as a bartender and then challenged the incumbent. Congresswoman JLo, if you will.

AOC's reality is that she was raised in a nice middle class town in northern Westchester (they moved there when she was 5) and "Sandy Ocasio" went to the (very expensive and private) Boston University. She is very smart and well-spoken, held a number of leadership positions in college, etc. Timesians are very comfortable around her and vice versa because she's been around people like them her whole life, likely even has friends in common with the younger ones.

Adam's myth and reality is that he was a kid from the projects who straightened himself out by becoming a cop and rose through the ranks. He attended John Jay College, a city school that specializes in criminal justice. Timesians don't really interact with people like him and vice versa and thus do no know what to make of him.

Similarly, while they may despise Trump, the speaks their language (when not on stage) and no doubt reminds them of the fathers of some of their friends growing up or from college.

^^AOC's stepfather died while she was in college and that threw her off the path she was otherwise taking, hence the bartender job despite having a degree from a very good college.

[quote] People who dislike him also hate AOC.

Yes and no

Racists hate them both.

Progressives hate Adams, love AOC.

[quote]Racists hate them both.

That’s it, huh?

Apparently liberal white people have a visceral dislike of working class Black men.

Who knew?

[quote]Apparently liberal white people have a visceral dislike of working class Black men.

Why didn’t you capitalize white?

R82- As I said earlier New York magazine doesn't like Adams either.

R82- The NYT did not want Wiley they endorsed Garcia.

Adams seems to have basic decency which was lacking in the hideous DeBlasio and his grifter wife.

Good thinking R94 -- if someone works for the subject we're discussing, and openly reveals it, he might be somehow be coloring the conversation in ways that paranoid people might not be able to tell.

[quote] you are a moron.

[quote]so your opinion is mute.

I so love irony!

As r33 pointed out, he also hired Phil Banks as Deputy Mayor for Public Safety. Banks was reportedly at police headquarters the other day telling people they’re fired, including the head of Internal Affairs, which played a role in investigating Banks for corruption. Before Banks was allowed to retire, he was thisclose to getting arrested along with his two compatriots who were ultimately convicted and jailed.

Banks also issued a public apology (in written form) for his past indiscretions.

Not off to a great start.

R16- The mayor sounds like an uneducated idiot too.

I’m not saying it’ll last but the Daily News poll has Adams approval rate at 63%.

R112- Is that high or low for two and half weeks in office?

He is a bit much....I do not like the idea of hiring his brother..That was not a great move....imho..

It’s pretty decent for an politician to be above 60. I thought some of his missteps would cost him.

this guy won't make it through the 4 years. He is not ready for prime time. Has already committed a series of gaffes that expose him as an incompetent.

Eric Adams seems super sketchy. When he leaves office, there will be a shit load of investigations into him and his brother and half of his administration.

Right away, going into his term, he's not even trying to appear above board.

R117- Why don't the investigations begin NOW?

Everything rests on whether he is successful in dealing with street crime. If he manages that, a LOT of indiscretions, gaffes and missteps will be forgiven.

No idea whether or not he will, I guess its too early to tell, and I'm not in NYC. But if he doesnt, I agree, he likely will not even last the four years

[quote] Why don't the investigations begin NOW?

I think there might be one already going on into his brother.

Most politicians are able to stall investigations until the end of their terms. This new District Attorney is the worst person for the job. He's recently doubled down on not arresting people and pleading down serious crimes.

NYC is going to get so out of control, the federal government will have to step in and start charging criminals.

I like his swag and his Bronx accent (or is it Queens? whatever, I like it.)

The Excrement is Too Damn High!

No matter how good or awful they are, the public loves to elect Democrats and then tear them limb from limb the moment they're in office.

In my opinion it doesn't matter one bit if it is deserved or not so the office-holder should make all the mistakes he can as well as generally avoid the law completely. It doesn't matter at all, but it's nice if they get good stuff done however they can do it!

R121- I don't. He sounds kinda GHETTO.

You need to get out more r124. Go meet some working class people.

he tawks like the cop he is. Here he is speaking at a media event in the Bronx after an infant was shot in the face by a stray bullet:

The "New York Whines" says so? --That's OK, bye, gurl.