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Michael Bloomberg Blames Newtown Shooting on NRA: ‘Connecticut Is Because of Some of Their Actions’

Dec. 20, 2012 9:52pm Jason Howerton

NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg Blames Newtown Elementary School Shooting on NRA

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Credit: Getty Images

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is self-admittedly no fan of guns or the National Rifle Association. But the mayor went a step farther in an interview with ABC’s “Nightline” on Wednesday night, saying it is because of some of the NRA’s actions that the Newtown, Conn. mass shooting occurred.

“We’re not trying to take away your right to advance the interests of gun owners, hunters, people who want to protect themselves,” Bloomberg said. “But that’s not an absolute right to encourage behavior which causes things like Connecticut. In fact, Connecticut is because of some of their actions.”

Last week, Adam Lanza killed his mother before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School and killing 20 children and six adults before he committed suicide. Almost immediately following the tragedy, Bloomberg was calling for stricter gun laws.

The New York mayor, who co-founded the Mayors Against Illegal Guns group, has called on President Barack Obama to support strong gun control legislation. Bloomberg must have been pleased when Obama appointed Vice President Joe Biden to lead a gun-violence task force.

In the “Nightline” interview, Bloomberg slammed Obama for moving “in the wrong direction” on guns. He criticized the president for passing two bills that permitted Americans to carry guns in National Parks “where our kids play” and on Amtrak trains.

Out of respect for the victims, the NRA remained silent until Wednesday, when it announced that the group was “prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again.” The organization also announced that it will hold a press conference on Friday morning.

(H/T: HuffPo)

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JJBlazeReader
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:22pm
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Even the former Mayor of NYC, Mayor Rudy Guiliani (who supports an assault weapon ban) stated on the Larry Kudlow show tonight that the incident in Newtown was due to mental illness which we need to look at and the assault weapons ban that expired would not have prevented this tragedy.

Mayor Bloomberg shame on you to politicize this tragedy but then again progressives have no shame.

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- topperj
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:30pm
  I believe Doomberg has a mental illness. He is certifiable. He also claimed the Times Square bomber was someone mad about ObamaCare. He is a flame thrower who can’t back up his charges.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:31pm
  This self-rightious POS needs a 44oz. soda…..watta’ jerk !!
  
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- sparkyrules
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:34pm
  Maybe Rudy And Mike should tell us Americans just what an ‘assault weapon’ is? I’d really like to know what they consider to be ‘assault weapons’.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:43pm
  Bloomberg, another culture changing, rights-restricting, Jewish politician. Better wake up before it’s too late. Let’s see, so far it’s Ackerman (Benghazi), Feinstein (gun control), Blumenthal (gun control), Sirota (gun control), Lieberman (gun control)… .
  
  Tearing our country apart. Churchill was correct.
  http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Zionism_versus_Bolshevism
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:46pm
  Silly me. I forgot the culture changing, rights-restricting, Jewish senator standing behind the Jewish Bloomberg. That would be Schumer.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:56pm
  Silly me. I also forgot the rights-restricting, culture changing, Jewish politician, Brad Sherman. What are the odds?
  
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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:59pm
  Jerk – who isn’t a jew? Come on man, you gotta chip or what? Next topic.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 11:08pm
  AbrahamsSheepdog, many. But, let there be no doubt, all of these culture-changing, rights-restricting, tradition removing, people are Jewish. What are the odds? Their ethnic group ,only makes up 1.3% of the population. We’re being led down the Jewish Marx’s, international kibbutz road, commune-ism.
  
  It’s fair to point out those responsible, no?
  
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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 11:27pm
  I’m beginning to think it is actually Mayor Bloomberg that has the mental illness here. With this blame the NRA CRAP he just isn’t making any rational sense any more. Connecticut HAS an assault rifle ban, so when Adam Lanza killed 26 people, he stole his mom’s gun and used it illegally, DUH!!!
  http://www.isthatbaloney.com/a-list-of-mass-shootings-that-did-not-happen-in-america-for-new-york-mayor-bloomberg/
  
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- Maji
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:34am
  Bloomberg caused the “Sandy” incident!
  They should throw him out of office for starting that storm…ooh ooh and take his money!!
  
  Silly isn’t it…so is he. Naaaa he’s a fool!!
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:43am
  Shouldn’t Caesar be checking restaurants for salt or something?
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 1:02am
  One qualified armed person in the Newton school could have saved lives!! All schools need at least one person that is willing to take the responsibility and carry a concealed weapon just like air marshals!!
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 1:03am
  These libs remind me of the Nazi propagandists of the Third Reich, every last one of them.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 1:09am
  “If I had a rubber hose I would beat…..” Cop, Christmas Vacation
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 1:22am
  Bloomburger is one deceiving snake.
  
  Top Ten Countries with Highest Murder Rates
  
  Murder Rates (Per 100,000)
  
  82.1 – Honduras
  66.0 – El Salvador
  56.9 – Cote d’Ivoire
  52.1 – Jamaica
  49.0 – Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  41.7 – Belize
  41.4 – Guatemala
  38.2 – Saint Kitts and Nevis
  38.0 – Zambia
  36.3 – Uganda
  
  All these nations have way more stricter gun laws than the US.
  
  If the CT mass murderer would not have had a rifle, but only a handgun and shot gun, he would have killed the same amount of people. No law prohibiting “assault weapons” would have stopped him. How stupid can liberals be? He could have only had the handgun with him, and it would not matter, the police got there in ten minutes. The innocent souls in that school building were left defenseless by the school administrators and progressives in Washington. Banning the rifle and shotgun wouldn’t have done jack squat.
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 1:34am
  Liberals, if someone in the school was actually armed to protect the children, lives would have been saved! What do you think police showed up with, nunchucks? No, Guns!
  
  If a teacher or the principle at least had a gun in a locked safe, in the case for such emergencies, lives would have been saved. Show me facts proving otherwise, not presumptions based on illogical reasoning.
  
  Let’s take a walk down reality lane:
  
  “The Pearl High School shooting was a school shooting that took place on October 1, 1997 at Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi. The gunman, 16-year-old Luke Woodham, killed two students and injured seven others at his high school. Before the shooting at Pearl High School began, Woodham stabbed and bludgeoned his mother to death in his home.
  
  The school’s assistant principal, Joel Myrick, retrieved a .45 pistol from his truck and, spotting him near the parking lot, shouted for Woodham to stop. Woodham instead got into a his mother’s car and tried to escape. Myrick, a US Army Reserve commander, detained Woodham until authorities arrived.”
  
  You see how that works? The principle prevented further harm, subjected the murderer, and safely waited for the police to arrive. Let me repeat that, s – a – f – e – l – y waited for the police to arrive. No one else was murdered or threatened while waiting for the police to arrive, and the murderer was quickly apprehended by an armed good guy. Is that too much to ask for?
  
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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 7:45am
  Well gee whiz, Bloomie, let’s just pass more laws for the criminals to IGNORE – let’s just cover a brief run down of the laws Lanza broke to carry out his crime….theft – he stole the guns and his mothers car; violated the all powerful ” Gun free zone” signs and the real big one MURDER. So by all means, more laws will prevent this from happening in the future right?
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 8:07am
  BS it’s obvious that thet shear numbers killed are based on the fact that the liberals made schools a gun free zone.
  
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- guardrail
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 9:53am
  Bloomberg is a sorry excuse for a human being, this is why.
  
  This is a question Bloomberg and all politicians and civic leaders need to answer.
  
  Why do they care more about the safety of politicians than that of our children?
  
  After every mass shooting in a school there is talk of arming teachers or providing armed guards in the school. Every time politicians and anti-gun groups scream that this only endangers our children.
  Yet, in the nations capital and in virtually every court house and capital building in the nation there are armed guards protecting the politicians and judges. What makes these people so much more important than our children? Why do they deserve to be protected with armed guards and our children are not?
  If armed guards will not work in schools and college dorms why does it work in capital buildings and court houses across the nation?
  Our politicians create “gun free” zones in our schools and place millions of our children in them every day of the week. Worse, these same politicians then advertise to every mentally ill person and terrorist in the world that our children are in these building totally unprotected. At the same time theses “responsible leaders” make sure everyone knows that their buildings are protected and that they have armed body guards.
  We have seen this terrible scenario play out around the world, not just here in the US. In some places the political leaders take appropriate action and put a stop to it by plac
  
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- enzomedici
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 9:54am
  Bloomberg is clearly stupid if he actually believes what he is saying. It doesn’t speak well for NYC that they have elected this moron 3 times.
  
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- Proverbs17-12NLT
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 10:55am
  When the democrat news channels report like they do, lying and manipulating people, It’s a wonder why there isn’t more deaths of people including the reporters and politicians with any weapon.
  
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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 11:21am
  Bloomberg fell and hit his head a few years ago and has been nursing a concussion which has affected his mental ability to think accurately, kinda like Hillary. Give him more room and he’ll either get better or worse.
  
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- Yeah_Buddy
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:35pm
  If his body guards were not armed with scary guns, I would hit this anti-free-rights SOB with a big gulp! The real-sugar kind that would be a sticky mess!
  
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bobfrommosinee
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:21pm
NRA cave? The NRA isn’t Boehner, and We have the Constitution on Our side, and More importantly, We are ready to defend that Constitution and the Republic that was created by it’s ratification.

The Bill of Right, the People’s Rights, Rights that existed before the First Words of the Constitution were ever put to paper, The Natural State of the Free Man, Granted by the Natural Creator of All Men.

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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:20pm
I respectfully disagree, not only should gun free zones be illegal in America for violating the 2nd Amendment to begin with, but communities could park an empty police car at campus with random showings of real police officers or security cards, if they don’t have the will power to be responsible enough to take the training that our military veterans, police officers and professional instructors to provide the decades of crime prevention experience and apply it to the personal responsibility of our lives?

You can not regulate personal responsibility, and that is the purpose behind the US Constitution, to articulate that in order to have a united nation, you must have a united sense of personal responsibility not only in the arena of arms, but foreign relations, economic, and other standards that effect our communities, to hold politicians accountable to the maximum extent of the law, but limit their liability to the point where we have the incentive to be responsible individually, so that collectively we demonstrate what being united is all about? Politicians will never be able to regulate a population with individuals who possess free will, they can only lead it?

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- drs1969
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:27pm
  The schools here have had deputies posted daily since Columbine.
  
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- Lt_Scrounge
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 11:03pm
  Israel has had armed teachers in their schools since the early 70s. A string of terrorist attacks (with REAL assault rifles) left lots of Israeli children dead, so the Israelis asked for volunteers. The next few attacks didn’t go as planned for the terrorists so they went looking for new softer targets. The Israelis haven’t had a terrorist attack on their schools since 1974. Funny how having people being able to defend themselves tends to discourage or stop mass murder.
  
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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 1:18am
  Does this Jerusalem school shooting not count?
  “Israel Marks Three Years Since 2008 HaRav ”
  
  http://www.worldjewishdaily.com/mercaz-anniversary.php
  
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- Techcon
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 9:32am
  @SOVEREIGNSOUL
  
  A lone gunman kills eight = terrorism? Don’t think so. Ever heard of Fort Hood?
  
  The most salient part, from Wikipedia:
  
  “The attacker was stopped by long-time Mercaz HaRav student Yitzchak Dadon and off-duty Israel Defense Forces Captain David Shapira who fought back using their personal firearms.”
  
  History has taught us too many times, that:
  
  1. You cannot prevent an attack if the attacker is suicidal.
  2. To stop, or mitigate the damage of an attack, good people must be armed.
  
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scrapadapolis
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:20pm
Hey bloomberg tell that to the Union thugs in Michigan.Their violence towards the women in that tent is just the same as a thug with a gun that holds over 30 rounds.But instead of mags that have a mass capacity the people were in mass quanity and they were just as dangerous.TIME TO BAN UNIONS.Works both ways huh?

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BODYBAG
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:20pm
What a F’ing farce this clown is —– AND a LIAR I might ad:

“That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals.
They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants.”
~ Jeff Cooper

“The welfare of the people has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of
giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.”
~ Albert Camus, 1948

“All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns,
that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party.
~ Mao Tse Tung, “Problems of War and Strategy”, Nov 6 1938

“Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal.”
~ Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States, Clinton Admin, 1993

“If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one
of them… ‘Mr. and Mrs. America, turn ‘em all in,’ I would have done it.
~ U.S Sen. Diane Feinstein, Gun owner with concealed carry permit

“Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA – ordinary citizens don’t need guns, as their
having guns doesn’t serve the State.”
~ Heinrich Himmler, Chief of German Police in the Third Reich 1936 – 1945

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- raderby
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 4:24am
  a -absolutely yeah- men.
  
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Silversmith
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:20pm
It’s not the NRA, the sodas are to dang big in CT!!

Silversmith

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JJBlazeReader
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:18pm
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Even the former Mayof NYC, Mayor Rudy Guiliani (who supports an assault weapon ban) stated on the Larry Kudlow show tonight that the incident in Newtown was due to mental illness which we need to look at and the former assault weapons ban that expired would not have prevented this tragedy.

Mayor Bloomberg shame on you to politicize this tragedy but then again progressives have no shame.

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garbagecanlogic
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:16pm
New Yorkers got what they deserved with this idiot. And to think they let him change the law so they could have him around a little longer. What doof’s!

Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8

The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
The U.N. Out Of The U.S.

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Depressed_American
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:16pm
Interesting…… So what is Bloomberg’s excuse for New York City…. It’s got one of the highest gun murders in the country, but has almost as strict gun control as Chicago……

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GuruMeditation
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:11pm
Bloomberg is mentally unstable. Absolutely insane!

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- john vincent
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:17pm
  guru-
  
  copy that
  
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- right-wing-waco
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:23pm
  I agree, he is a typical liberal moron. I thought New York already had very stringent gun laws. How much more stringent could they be?
  
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cgent47
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:10pm
Moses said it best.

So, as we set out to defeat the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to say those fighting words for everyone within the sound of my voice to hear and to heed ‘From my cold, dead hands!’
Charlton Heston

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kettererbg
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:09pm
Bloomingidiotberg is a moron. The NRA had nothing to do with the CT massacre. A mentally challenged kid on med’s, that worshiped Satan and God knows what else, took his mothers weapon, killed her and then committed a horrific crime. Blaming the NRA for this would be like blaming the auto industry for all of the car deaths in the US. This little man is suffering from little man syndrome. And just think. The taxes from the folks in New York pay his salary. Congratulations, you folks elected a cretin.

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cgent47
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:09pm
You POS.

Moses said it best.

So, as we set out to defeat the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to say those fighting words for everyone within the sound of my voice to hear and to heed ‘From my cold, dead hands!’
Charlton Heston

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momrules
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:06pm
Blame the NRA,blame guns, blame gun owners, blame the Mom……….blame everyone but one single young, mentally ill young man who made a terrible decision to do an evil deed.

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- oldguy49
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:09pm
  so with his LOGIC THEN EVERYBODY IN NEW YORK THAT IS KILLED BY A CROOK IS HIS RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE HE WON’T LET THEM HAVE A GUN………………………………
  
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gyro
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:05pm
Hi Mr Bloomberg
It is unsafe to walk in most places in your city dont lecture good people that want to protect themselves
Have a nice day with your armed body guards !

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pissantno.10
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:03pm
just a little man trying to be a big man . i bet he has to sit down to p cause there is not enough to get a hold of

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patriotteapress
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:02pm
Bloomberg, how about being the NYC mayor and leaving the rest of us alone. We’ve heard all the nonsense we can take from the likes of you and Piers Morgan. If you don’t like 2nd Amendment to the Constitution, move to a private island and setup your own kingdom.

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TADTAD
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:00pm
How does an arrogant excrement pore like this become Mayor? How? What an extraordinary country we live in……

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UNALIEN
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:59pm
What guns do Bloombergs body guards carry..

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50211bs
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:58pm
I will give up my guns if bloomingidiot’s bodyguards give theirs up. This guy is such a communist twit.

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Improvise.Adapt.Overcome
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:57pm
You spray and you spray, but he still keeps coming back.

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Tri-ox
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:57pm
The NRA should immediately file a defamation suit against Bloomberg.

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- raderby
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 4:28am
  seconded.
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on December 21, 2012 at 9:10am
  Thirded.
  
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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:56pm
Hey Mr. “Mayor”…You clearly are a fool, a tool, and a ghoul. I feel sorry for NYC folks who did not vote for you. Quite an embarrassing little, little man. I’d love to buy you a 64 oz. RC COLA, little man.

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- gyro
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:06pm
  he loves you back in the same way
  
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drenfroe
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:56pm
What malarky. They’ll push agendas at any cost.

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myrwo6
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:56pm
Watch NRA cave.

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- Silversmith
  Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:21pm
  I doubt that.
  
  Silversmith
  
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