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| 2004-10-30 | |
Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg ditched his party's Senate candidate -- and his own earlier statements -- to endorse Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer on Friday. Asked about the same race on Oct. 5, Bloomberg said: "I've always said that who I vote for is my business. I'll do it in the privacy of the voting booth." But Friday, Bloomberg said without prompting: "Chuck Schumer is up for re-election ... and I will vote for him."
Bloomberg made the about-face during his weekly radio interview on WABC (770-AM). Schumer, he said, "has worked very, very hard for the state and I think the voters in the state should re-elect him." The timing shielded the mayor from facing potentially embarrassing questions about his conflicting statements. He made the latest remarks in the middle of a pre-taped show, free of outside callers, just before a pre-election weekend. Bloomberg's next news conference is expected to be Monday or later. A spokeswoman for Republican Howard Mills called the mayor's move "no surprise" because Bloomberg's transportation commissioner, Iris Weinshall, is married to Schumer. Schumer spokesman Stu Loeser said later that Schumer was "delighted" to win the mayor's vote. I bet he was rolling around on the floor singing 'happy days are here again!' Bloomberg said Schumer "is running against a guy, Howard Mills, a Republican who is a -- I don't know very well, but people say nice things. But Schumer has worked as hard as anybody, and so does Hillary [Clinton], incidentally." When asked a follow-up question about Bush and Schumer, Bloomberg said: "I'm going to vote for people who I think will do the most for New York City." Don't do us any further favours ...please! Where is Rudy when we need him? | |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #1 No suprise, Mayor Mikey is one of the biggest RINO's out there. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-10-30 7:55:53 AM |