New York and New Jersey, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Miami

[bklyncowgirl]

Anyone notice anything about these cities whose ports are about to be taken over by Dubai?

[Mutley]

1. Um. All blue cities?

Though NYC has a (R) mayor. And I'm not sure about Miami.

So, no. I dunno.

[FatDave]

2. Pretty much all cities are blue, I think (nt)

[Mutley]

4. Is a city considered blue if it has a Republican mayor?

[sir_captain]

6. Sure

in the case of NYC, Mayor Bloomberg is a RINO--pro-choice, anti-death penalty, blah blah blah. He's more liberal than most democrats.

[Mutley]

8. Okay. Wasn't sure since Baltimore

the city in which I live, voted 83% for our current Dem mayor. :P But we also have a Repub governor. x( Marylanders are confused.

[sir_captain]

10. Heh...it's ok

Yeah, Bloomberg may have been the first person in modern history to be both the Republican and Liberal party candidate. I voted for him on the Liberal Party ticket since I couldn't quite bring myself to vote for a Repub even though he's completely fine.

But don't worry--NYC is *very* solidly blue.

[Mutley]

11. Excellent.

What about Miami, though? I think I've heard they have a Dem mayor.

[sir_captain]

12. I don't know too much about their politics

but I've got a friend from there who tells me that the dominant issue is still Cuba, so I get the feeling that Miami may be kind of atypical on a lot of levels.

[bklyncowgirl]

13. Actually John Lindsay, I believe was both Liberal and Republican candidate

But then Lindsay was a kind of Republican that is more extinct than the wooly mammoth.

[sir_captain]

14. Thanks for the correction!

I forgot about Lindsay--and yes, they don't quite make them like him anymore, do they? Imagine any other Republican (other than maybe Bloomberg) who gives a rat's ass about public education...it kind of boggles the mind.

[HockeyMom]

3. Exactly the same as the closings of the military ports --

Blue cities. Only with this one, it has the potential for SECURITY disaster.

But did any of us DU posters every doubt that the bottom line with this Administration is MONEY beyond anything else?

[High Plains]

5. They all have NFL franchises?

...given that Giant Stadium is in the Meadowlands.

[bklyncowgirl]

9. Not George's favorite cities. nt

[RagingInMiami]

7. The latest approval ratings for Bush

Show that only 31 percent of people in South Florida approve of him, and 66 percent disapprove.

[OneBlueSky]

15. I read somewhere that this might have to do with union busting . . .

any thoughts on this? . . . have there been any posts? . . .

[file83]

16. Those are cities whose ports will be paying PROFITS to the UAE, not USA.

Wow, GREAT idea President Bush, wonderful!