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BlackSkimmer

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188. My best friend just ordered some swagger tests today.

Reply to tenderfoot (Reply #163)

Tue Jan 4, 2022, 05:56 PM

Jan 2022

Said she’d share them, woot!

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NYC mayor Eric Adams: "You see, the problem is that you didn't have enough swagger to defeat covid." [View all] tenderfoot Jan 2022 OP

Politicians with swagger is one thing the world needs a lot less of. DavidDvorkin Jan 2022 #1

Wow. He is really full himself. Way to go NYC. Go ahead blast me. I do not care. JanMichael Jan 2022 #2

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Another reminder that there is no qualification for an elected... TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #4

Lol good luck with that. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #5

Oh goody, more male ego in politics Walleye Jan 2022 #6

Stevie Wonder could see this train wreck coming. Might as well start setting Vinca Jan 2022 #7

Totally Me. Jan 2022 #168

Post removed Post removed Jan 2022 #8

From comments read on another post, rownesheck Jan 2022 #9

What a dope. WestIndianArchie Jan 2022 #10

JFC. It's a virus, not ISIS n/t leftstreet Jan 2022 #11

Viruses fear swagger nt XanaDUer2 Jan 2022 #12

Quick. Somebody bottle up some swagger. Could be the next de-wormer. Solly Mack Jan 2022 #13

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Oh Boy WHITT Jan 2022 #15

What an ass. So sorry for NY - my beloved hometown. Still consider myself a NYer rather than a Nanjeanne Jan 2022 #16

Who's he talking to?! Joe SCABS & Mika Mouse gushed on him today like they did with Drumpf UTUSN Jan 2022 #17

Joe and Mika live in Connecticut. madaboutharry Jan 2022 #29

Where did he say what your title has in quotes? nt Atticus Jan 2022 #18

Good question PatSeg Jan 2022 #23

That was my view. "Inartful" language but, in context, meant to encourage. Atticus Jan 2022 #24

It is a bit unsettling PatSeg Jan 2022 #27

Thank you, Pat sheshe2 Jan 2022 #58

Happy New Year sheshe! PatSeg Jan 2022 #61

To you and yours as well, Pat. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #65

Some are intentional, some are not. I suspect many are though. On a humorous note, not a headline... George II Jan 2022 #83

Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Jan 2022 #151

Agreed. I watched the video to see if he said what the OP title... brush Jan 2022 #30

Thank you. I wonder if some didn't wander out from under the bridge. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #36

Heehee. brush Jan 2022 #42

After all the years of dealing with right-wing media PatSeg Jan 2022 #59

Here's Adams saying it... brooklynite Jan 2022 #148

Come on Brooklynite, you're one of my favorite posters... brush Jan 2022 #164

I read the OP: I thought it was a reasonable summary. brooklynite Jan 2022 #165

I'm from the publishing world. You can't pipe a quote. brush Jan 2022 #167

No one did. The Mayor's office put out the full transcript, and the OP was accurate. pnwmom Jan 2022 #175

We're not talking about the "wallowing in covid" phrase. brush Jan 2022 #178

I posted his full 34 MINUTE address further down. Here it is: George II Jan 2022 #40

Thank you PatSeg Jan 2022 #60

It's the word swagger JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #101

Right. They did stop short of saying he should know his place though. brush Jan 2022 #106

I know JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #134

NOBODY made up a quote. It's in the transcript from the Mayor's office. pnwmom Jan 2022 #170

Wrong. Those exact words are not in the transcript. brush Jan 2022 #174

We've had 5 years of watching Trump swagger. Most of us have watched enough swaggering pnwmom Jan 2022 #140

He couldn't swagger JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #156

But Adams didn't say what the OP attributed to him. brush Jan 2022 #166

Yes, he did. There's a transcript -- from the Mayor's office. pnwmom Jan 2022 #169

Again, the OP made up a quote and attributed it to Adams. brush Jan 2022 #176

Obviously - we can't JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #184

Thank you JAG. It's posters like you who keep me coming back.... brush Jan 2022 #186

Because Trump is the epitome of swagger, and most of us are sick to death of it. n/t pnwmom Jan 2022 #171

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #181

Trump is an obese spoiled brat man child - Zero Swagger - Not a cool cat n/t JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #183

Not only that, but it's a 28 second excerpt lifted from a much longer address, with no context. George II Jan 2022 #32

Here's the transcript. pnwmom Jan 2022 #141

Wow, that's a lot of swagger! BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #150

Well, it was him vs. Curtis Sliwa. Now there is a piece of work. I recall, the opening of Sliwa''s 3Hotdogs Jan 2022 #19

It wasn't just him or Sliwa. Remember he won the primary over 12 other Democrats. George II Jan 2022 #117

Swagger is a poor substitute for a confident, competent stride. n/t Harker Jan 2022 #20

:) That's what THIS meaning and use of the word means. Hortensis Jan 2022 #119

Fair enough. Harker Jan 2022 #130

New Yorkers do have swagger. They couldn't survive in that city... brush Jan 2022 #187

Oh boy. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Carlitos Brigante Jan 2022 #22

What an ass. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2022 #25

"wallowing" in COVID (a.k.a taking it seriously) is exactly what everyone needs to be doing cadoman Jan 2022 #26

He reminds me a bit of Ben Carson. nt woodsprite Jan 2022 #28

Except he appears to be awake most of the time. n/t Mr.Bill Jan 2022 #34

WHAT? Dorian Gray Jan 2022 #91

No: George II Jan 2022 #126

I was actually talking about his "swagger", some of his odd out-of-touch remarks, and money. nt woodsprite Jan 2022 #146

Only 28 seconds, with no context, taken out of a much longer address. George II Jan 2022 #31

And nowhere did he say the "quote" in the OP. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #37

Why do people keep saying that? From the Office of the Mayor's transcript: pnwmom Jan 2022 #172

I guess I will ask AGAIN: where do you see the Mayor saying the sentence attributed to him by Atticus Jan 2022 #177

That was a reasonable paraphrase but, yes, he should have left off the quotation marks. pnwmom Jan 2022 #179

I do not agree that was a "reasonable paraphrase".. I believe it was the rearrangement of some of Atticus Jan 2022 #180

Big-talking man. Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani swaggered. This is weird. Something strange nt delisen Jan 2022 #33

Here's the full THIRTY FOUR MINUTE address (not just 28 sec) Watch it and let us know.... George II Jan 2022 #35

Thank you. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #38

Well LOOK here! Mayor Adams speech in Full Context Budi Jan 2022 #50

"The safest place for our children is in a school building" (1:50) wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #54

Swagger 101 Celerity Jan 2022 #75

It's a 34 minute video, not 28 seconds and not 1:50 or so. And nothing personal, I'm not your buddy. George II Jan 2022 #102

You Seem Confused wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #120

No I'm not. And I'm not your "scooter", or your "buddy", or your "sport", or any of the other.... George II Jan 2022 #138

Also, congratulations to your "Buffalo Party" mayor wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #143

... betsuni Jan 2022 #144

I don't get it wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #145

Eric Adams is the Democratic mayor of New York City. PS - I've supported Democrats since 1972. George II Jan 2022 #152

Plus the "Buffalo Party" mayor wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #153

What are you talking about? I know you're trying to deflect this discussion to the mayor of Buffalo. George II Jan 2022 #154

You're the one who first brought up Mayor Brown wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #160

Here are the two full paragraphs from the address, as provided by the Mayor's Office, pnwmom Jan 2022 #173

Question for New Yorkers, Law and Order SVU fans Diablo del sol Jan 2022 #39

Why do you ask, think Adams is a "weenie"? George II Jan 2022 #46

character was a weenie Diablo del sol Jan 2022 #52

Mayor Eric Adams most certainly is NOT a "weenie". George II Jan 2022 #69

the new larwdem Jan 2022 #41

It's a "We're going to beat this" speech Sympthsical Jan 2022 #43

Yup. At least, the term "uppity" hasn't been used---yet. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #44

Exactly. Not-so-subtle racism pops up here sometimes. brush Jan 2022 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Jan 2022 #45

+1 George II Jan 2022 #63

+1 betsuni Jan 2022 #89

I'd describe Dorian Gray Jan 2022 #111

Where did he say "You see, the problem is that you didn't have enough swagger to defeat covid."? George II Jan 2022 #47

He never said that. Are we allowed to do that now... NurseJackie Jan 2022 #51

Thanks. Keep 'em honest, Jackie. Silence is complicity. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #77

+100. Seems routine now since about 2015. Nixie Jan 2022 #92

More like since 2009, when this was done to Obama, too. George II Jan 2022 #116

Saw him this morning snowybirdie Jan 2022 #48

The Recount invented a line from Adam's speech & ran it as a headline Budi Jan 2022 #49

It's not even the headline of The Recount. George II Jan 2022 #55

This is the second time Eric Adams' was "quoted" for something he didn't actually say lapucelle Jan 2022 #94

I thought so but couldn't remember where. Long discussion about how quotes work. betsuni Jan 2022 #96

Falsely quoting someone is a shitty and DISHONEST thing to do... NurseJackie Jan 2022 #147

I miss you, Jackie Polybius Jul 2024 #189

He did not say "we didn't have enough swagger to defeat covid" NYC Liberal Jan 2022 #53

"We've allowed people to beat us down so much that all we did was wallow in COVID." wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #57

He's correct, especially in the context and COMPLETE thought he was presenting, both before.... George II Jan 2022 #62

That thinking is delusional wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #64

Yes, "up" 395% - from an infinitesimally low 22 to 109. When you're starting off with a very low... George II Jan 2022 #67

THIS sheshe2 Jan 2022 #68

Covid deaths were very low, until they weren't wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #71

People are taking it seriously, that's why they keep statistics and follow trends. But suddenly..... George II Jan 2022 #76

You'd be singing a different tune if it were 109 kids who were shot wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #78

Why are you calling Democrat Eric Adams the "Buffalo Party" mayor? lapucelle Jan 2022 #84

Operative word is "Buffalo" wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #85

He's salty a literal socialist lost to the democratic mayor in the general election in buffalo mathematic Jan 2022 #158

This is a different mayor. Eric Adams is the mayor of NYC. lapucelle Jan 2022 #86

Read the post I was replying to wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #87

Yes...and? Eric Adams is the mayor of NYC. This thread is about Eric Adams. lapucelle Jan 2022 #90

This was the post I was actually replying to wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #93

Why are you misrepresenting what he said? mcar Jan 2022 #56

Good question. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #70

Not-so-subtle racism is all over this thread. He didn't say that. brush Jan 2022 #72

I thought that myself but was hesitant to bring it up. He's being "Obama-ed", if anyone remembers... George II Jan 2022 #79

Yes. I remember. Pres. Obama got a couple of weeks, Adams... brush Jan 2022 #81

This is the second time Eric Adams' didn't actually say what he was quoted as saying. lapucelle Jan 2022 #95

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Jan 2022 #73

He's going to be a terrible mayor budkin Jan 2022 #74

Two and a half days into his term, why do you say that? I actually think he's going to be.... George II Jan 2022 #80

GSD JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #97

With swagger?? budkin Jan 2022 #98

It's a wonderful start JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #100

I disagree. Are you an New Yorker? George II Jan 2022 #104

I'm a native New Yorker budkin Jan 2022 #185

:) Probably not. Buck up. I can't think of a job with more different things Hortensis Jan 2022 #99

No question? Dorian Gray Jan 2022 #112

What a thread Piasladic Jan 2022 #82

Guess it's a trend to incorrectly use quotes to misrepresent what Democrats say. betsuni Jan 2022 #88

And if one can't incorrectly use a quote, just make one up. George II Jan 2022 #118

lol. He might be right though ecstatic Jan 2022 #103

The more he talks the less I like him gldstwmn Jan 2022 #105

What's wrong with the word swagger? betsuni Jan 2022 #107

What the word means and who it reminds us of. Haven't we had enough boasting for a lifetime? pnwmom Jan 2022 #109

No. If the swaggering is real, New Yorkers being confident, nothing to do with Trump. betsuni Jan 2022 #110

You're using an odd definition of swagger. Did you read the one from the dictionary? pnwmom Jan 2022 #121

No, it isn't. I'm old and not stupid. betsuni Jan 2022 #123

So you disagree with the Merriam Webster definition? pnwmom Jan 2022 #124

Oh, the status quo establishment centrist definition? betsuni Jan 2022 #127

Apparently that HE said it? NYC is FAMOUS for its swagger. Hortensis Jan 2022 #113

First time I visited NYC in my early twenties I was inspired by the swagger. betsuni Jan 2022 #114

That's the opposite of swagger. pnwmom Jan 2022 #125

Yes it is. betsuni Jan 2022 #128

Link, please. I'd like to see any dictionary definition that defines swagger that way.Here's another pnwmom Jan 2022 #129

Roget's Thesaurus. It's a book. betsuni Jan 2022 #131

It's not a dictionary. pnwmom Jan 2022 #135

Oh, a "bunch"? Well, that settles it. betsuni Jan 2022 #136

Walking bustling, confident streets is not "swagger." pnwmom Jan 2022 #122

:) If you were NYmom you'd know what it meant about you. Hortensis Jan 2022 #142

I am a former NYer and I totally agree with you. smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #182

New Yorkers HAVE "swagger", and a way of bustling around like you say. I remember when.... George II Jan 2022 #133

Swagger is about boastfulness, obnoxiousness and braggadocio -- not speed. n;t pnwmom Jan 2022 #139

His main idea may have been good Meowmee Jan 2022 #108

Did you watch the entire video, or at least what he said before... George II Jan 2022 #115

What he said in that excerpt, I am not happy with it Meowmee Jan 2022 #132

tenderfoot JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #137

He said what he said and a lot of people were put off by it. tenderfoot Jan 2022 #157

Here's what he said JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #162

A lot of swagger and not much else. tenderfoot Jan 2022 #163

My best friend just ordered some swagger tests today. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #188

Mayor Gunnut. Kid Berwyn Jan 2022 #149

I do not understand why New Yorkers voted for this man helpisontheway Jan 2022 #155

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Who is wallowing in Covid? I'm not. Nobody I know is. I don't think many people in DU are. marie999 Jan 2022 #161