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20. What was Bloomberg thinking to allow this to go on. He did so well and crashed

Fri Nov 2, 2012, 05:53 PM

Nov 2012

and burned on this one. Where the hell were those Marathoners going to stay on Staten Island when so many are without power that the destitute who could scrape some dollars up probably were already in the hotels that functioned on the island (if any still do).

It was a horrible move on his part ...made him seem like like a Faker!

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Good. I have no idea what Chakab Nov 2012 #1

Political manuevering; he wanted to hear the rightie hate merchants flip out. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2012 #5

Not trying to defend him... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #36

Hope it's a reschedule. A lot of charities and local businesses depend on the event. progressivebydesign Nov 2012 #2

Seeing it now on CNBC. SoapBox Nov 2012 #3

WCBS tv in NYC says it's postponed. speedoo Nov 2012 #4

And the right decision imo. Graybeard Nov 2012 #6

It wasn't "good handling" of the crisis when he turned down FEMA help preparing for it. pnwmom Nov 2012 #19

Kudos Earth_First Nov 2012 #7

finally some sanity CreekDog Nov 2012 #8

Moving on post-9/11 v. Hurricane Sandy Earth_First Nov 2012 #9

But if we don't hold the marathon, christx30 Nov 2012 #43

Good decision. TDale313 Nov 2012 #10

The NY Times sent an alert. BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #11

Perhaps it was today's NY Post cover, with the humongous generators in Central Park, Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #12

Good! Nobody here wants this. I was in Staten Island today to check on relatives, and nobody in SI hrmjustin Nov 2012 #13

Likely a painful call, but people in the city are really hurting. closeupready Nov 2012 #14

Or, was a clever pitch to try to make him get back in the good with Business folks after he endorsed KoKo Nov 2012 #22

What Public Resources? Huh? KoKo Nov 2012 #24

Law enforcement for crowd control, to prevent looting, closeupready Nov 2012 #34

correct mike dub Nov 2012 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #15

Bridges would have been closed most of the day Gin Nov 2012 #16

The right thing. Glad they did it. nolabear Nov 2012 #17

Easy call oswaldactedalone Nov 2012 #18

What was Bloomberg thinking to allow this to go on. He did so well and crashed KoKo Nov 2012 #20

12,000 animal's lives are hanging in the balance at the NY Aquarium magical thyme Nov 2012 #21

The appropriate course of action dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #23

The right call, but it should have made Wednesday... SidDithers Nov 2012 #25

Agreed. Now they will still be competing with flood victims for hotel rooms Patiod Nov 2012 #26

Jeeez. Lots of runners were travelling to NYC today. Is this late announcement geckosfeet Nov 2012 #27

Maybe the runners,et all, can just leave the money they would have spent. Donate it to FailureToCommunicate Nov 2012 #28

Crazy that it wasn't immediately cancelled - TBF Nov 2012 #29

I'm relieved... as a runner I was worried that people would blame running jimlup Nov 2012 #30

One of my training partners was set to run in the 2:25 to 2:30 range... uwbadgerdem Nov 2012 #38

a wise decision... defacto7 Nov 2012 #31

FINALLY-! did someone knock some sense into him? beachgirl2365 Nov 2012 #32

I originally thought it was OK for the show to go on Skittles Nov 2012 #33

same here uwbadgerdem Nov 2012 #39

Finally. eom Purveyor Nov 2012 #35

Good move DemoTex Nov 2012 #40

Good Superbot Nov 2012 #41

Kick! n/t Tx4obama Nov 2012 #42

I'm wondering if they should move/cancel the football game as well. alarimer Nov 2012 #44