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NoTradeClause19 t1_j9luw9r wrote

Reply to comment by karensPA in Mayoral candidate Helen Gym and ex-Mayor Michael Nutter clashed during a live event: ‘We are just in total disagreement’ by thefirststoryteller

So dry and so savage.

I love that progressives ragged on Nutter for years. Now he's in a position of impact where he can effect THEIR mayoral run and he is utilizing it.

Basically saying, "Oh, you thought this was over. This shit ain't easy."

I don't think getting offended when someone asks you tough questions and then whining to the press about previous history is smart electoral strategy. I guess we'll find out.

Gym's attitude in those quotes and her going to the media to cry about it might have just cost her my vote.

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Rheum42 t1_j9lysxh wrote

Yeah, I would like to vote for her but she's not exactly prompting herself as one of "the common people"

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NoTradeClause19 t1_j9m0z21 wrote

That "Systems of oppression fall" line is the most self-agrandizing BS I've heard come out a politician in a while.

I don't discredit people's experiences but acting like you're the only person just in this race who has had to deal with systems of oppression is laughable. She just comes across as a progressive who has had a lot of smoke blown up her bum.

Nutter was one of the better mayor's this city has seen in a while. Gym was constantly on his ass for not being progressive enough. I'm pretty liberal, but this city needs a fucking technocrat that gets the streets paved, the trash picked up, and cameras on street corners. Not someone virtue signalling by changing the pronouns used by the City Council.

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Sunni_tzu t1_j9mnaia wrote

I’m pretty liberal too and I would volunteer for that campaign in a heartbeat. We need a good technocrat to run this city. We would probably actually get more done.

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Sunni_tzu t1_j9mwj0m wrote

Agreed. I do miss Nutter. Times have changed and things are different but I feel like he was respected by most, even if people didn’t agree with him. Plus he legit took part in the Red Bull Soap Box Derby in Manayunk like a million years ago lol.

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KFCConspiracy t1_j9oqnmi wrote

Honestly, this has been who she's been all along. Those of us in progressive circles who have known her for years know she's more about attention than substance and action.

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