"I'm just a bro tryna drink a beer and be D.A. namsayin?"
The election of Nutter followed by Rendell followed by Obama followed by Williams has left a surprisingly good taste in my mouth about politics. Is it possible that we are moving in the right direction as opposed to Street/Bush/who used to be governor? Ridge? Wasn't he something important for Bush? Homeland Security I think. Point is things are looking up politically, hopefully we'll start seeing some results (the "green" trashcans are cool but are not cutting it, Nutface.) I hope that Seth's idea for community based prosecutions is carried out and works. Wouldn't a safer city be sick? Although maybe then I'd have to stop feeling superior to the Penn kids who are too afraid to venture into real West Illadel.
In the election, Williams received approx. 41% of the vote compared with 30% for McCaffery. McCaffery was polling significantly lower earlier, but his late cash injection from Johnny Doc and the unions as well as giving himself $200,00 helped pay for TV ads, which prolly helped his cause, specially among Irishers. Specifically the one ad that said, "I'm Irish. Are you Irish? If so, you should probably vote for me. Y'all love my bro. I promise to be a candidate who isn't black."
Also I was all ready to say the the Metro is the paper of the future for the city until this ran across its news feed:
"Personal trainer gets fat for study"
Like srsly guys?
And just speaking about Obama, this was funny:
http://www.mediatakeout.com/2009/32848-ummm__we_aint_trying_to_start_nothing__but_michelle__girl__have_you_seen_what_the_white_house_receptionist_looks_like.html
But one final note. This election was a big deal. Consider that before Lynn Abraham, who had no further ambition beyond D.A. three of the previous four have been: the current Chief Justice of the PA Supreme Court, Ed Rendell, and Arlen Specter.
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