New York, NY – On some days, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg can be quite charming and courteous with the press, congratulating reporters who have gotten married or given birth.
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Monday was not one of those days.
When asked his reaction to the indictment of John F. Haggerty Jr., a Queens political operative who had become close to Mr. Bloomberg, the mayor was curt and prickly.
First, he said that the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., had asked him not to talk about the case.
“There’s nothing else I can say about this,” he said.
When asked about reaction to critics of his contributions to the state’s Independence Party, which were at the heart of Mr. Haggerty’s legal woes, Mr. Bloomberg said: “I have a right to make donations to support people and parties that I think will help this city and this country and this state, and I’ll continue to do it.”
And about the question of why he hired poll watchers on Election Day?
“Miss!” Mr. Bloomberg began. “I’m sorry that my English isn’t apparently good enough for you.”
Finally, when asked how the case had affected him personally, since he and Mr. Haggerty had, by all accounts, developed a close bond, Mr. Bloomberg began: “Miss, I just said ——”
“What will you say to him next time ——”
“You’re not listening to the words, and the district attorney, Cy Vance, who I think is a very good district attorney, asked us not to talk and we’re not going to talk,” the mayor answered.
Mr. Bloomberg looked at another reporter and said, “We will take a legitimate question from you.”
that’s right, do not & don’t ever question bloomy.
If you seperated this man from his money what would he be??
Can any one the writers 1 thru 5 explain to me one thing: what in the world does Bloomberg, or for that matter anyone else, owe these creepy reporters whose main livelihood is to crawl under someones skin!
Haven’t you seen enough of them distroy Jews and Non Jews alike? as if they’re squeaky clean and are the guardians of the rightous!
They twist and distort quotes, stories, and in general paint the picture to suit their agenda!
HOORAH FOR BLOOMY………………SOCK IT TO THEM and more!
You’re not afraid of them so you give them hell the others are petrified of this fifth column we have here in the US called “THE PRESS” and they were never elected!
Its oser to speak loshon hora. So he doesn’t want to speak.
The Mayor is under no obligation to answer any question, concerning a pending legal case, since it may prejudice that case. Unfortunately, many of these reporters have tunnel vision, and don’t understand what the word “no” means. Essentially, they act as provocateurs, with the wish of embarrassing public figures. Regarding the comments about the Mayor’s wealth, I can’t understand why some people are not content, unless they look in other people’s pocketbooks. Nobody handed the Mayor his fortune. He was a brilliant entrepreneur; this is America, and people are free to make as much money or as little money as they please, whether it is $10,000 or $10,000,000,000. It is bad enough that we hear derogatory comments about Bloomberg’s wealth from goyim. We should not have to listen to that bubba meises from our own!