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Imagine being a mayor of a large city and saying this in an interview. Absolutely not surprised that New York is in deep trouble and I saw him comparing himself to Jesus.
I want to laugh, I want to feel bad for him as he isn't the sharpest on his feet, but I cannot as I can't forget the images we say that day:
This is what is known in media parlance as a “softball” question, but Adams’ response made it more hard-hitting than anyone expected.
His first response was to use two words ― not one ― to describe the year and those words were “New York.”
Adams then took the occasion to extol the virtues of the Big Apple, but his example was, depending on your interpretation, unartful or just plain weird.
“This is a place where every day you wake up, you could experience everything from a plane crashing into our Trade Center to a person who’s celebrating a new business that’s open,” Adams said, before adding, “This is a very, very complicated city, and that’s why it’s the greatest city on the globe.”
I want to laugh, I want to feel bad for him as he isn't the sharpest on his feet, but I cannot as I can't forget the images we say that day:
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This is what is known in media parlance as a “softball” question, but Adams’ response made it more hard-hitting than anyone expected.
His first response was to use two words ― not one ― to describe the year and those words were “New York.”
Adams then took the occasion to extol the virtues of the Big Apple, but his example was, depending on your interpretation, unartful or just plain weird.
“This is a place where every day you wake up, you could experience everything from a plane crashing into our Trade Center to a person who’s celebrating a new business that’s open,” Adams said, before adding, “This is a very, very complicated city, and that’s why it’s the greatest city on the globe.”