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Gotta Watch: Cory Booker, Newark's 'super' mayor
This week, Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Cory Booker rushed into a burning building to rescue a neighbor. That wasn't the first time Booker has gone above and beyond the standard mayoral duties for his constituents. You Gotta Watch Brick City's leader at work.
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this guy is a phony,been so fo many years.this is another jiveasse photo op for this jiveasse...politician.
amen,bruther.
how is running into a burning building to rescue someone "phony" or just for a photo op?
So what you're saying is that the fire was fake? Dude, it's one thing to dislike a person. However, your comment alone is enough to prove that you would have been the coward that sat outside and watched her die.
I don't know this guy's politics. However, in a world where politicians seem disinterested in anything but their own advancement, we now know there is at least one who has demonstrated that he cares about others,
"this guy is a phony,been so fo many years.this is another jiveasse photo op for this jiveasse...politician"
kee folderdick: You probably would've crapped your pants at the thought of going into burning house.
When a person has to BOAST about their actions, it only shows them for what they really are. *Self-absorbed*
Do not judge and criticize and condemn others, so you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourself.
This is to Mary and keefolder, as a Firefighter whos been in Cory Bookers situation a few times in a fire, once off duty going into a burning house with no gear in which three persons died, I feel exactually what hes going thru. Your thankful but dont feel heroic and you are embarrsed and a little sick but at the same time glad to be called a HERO. I got a medal for what I did and can look back on that. Worthless do nothing Trolls like you two just need to shut up and at least acknowledge what this public servent did along with the two bodyguards with him.
right. so quick to criticize. and yet the guy still does good things for other people in his position. i would venture to guess not too many of you have run into a burning building to save someone.
The Obama campaign returned $200000 to the brother of a Mexican fugitive. Now ask yourself this: why on earth would he give Obama that kind of money?
you can bet the insect repukes don't like this
Michael
The Obama campaign returned $200000 to the brother of a Mexican fugitive. Now ask yourself this: why on earth would he give Obama that kind of money?
EASY > SO I COULD COME HERE and humiliate you and the OBSOLETE RON PAUL Internet for "children" !!!! 🙂
Is he interested in running for president? Might be nice if he is a republican. He seems in touch with people, unlike Romney.
@ bill, EXACTLY! And he still keeps saying hes not a hero, so doesnt sound to me like hes *boasting* at all. Just sounds like someone is a little jealous because they dont do unselfish acts!
Cory Booker for President!!!!
catch u guys, i wil be ready 4 it.
Cory Booker has done many good deeds in his city, that has Not been reported by the national media! He truly seems to take his Public Service job seriously! When people wanted to call him SuperMayor for saving his neighbor from her burning house, he quickly pointed to Police officers & Firefighters as real Everyday heroes! He said he just did what he was compelled to do, as a neighbor! Mr. Booker is putting our National politicians to shame, because this is what a true public servant should be about! I don't expect them all to be running into burning buildings, but they certainly need to cra.nk up the Care Meter!!
Sorry, but Booker is a Democrat. A Republican responds to a house fire by attempting to take out insurance on the resident asap.
Sorry, Flip, A Republican tries to find a way to cancel the insurance policy and avoid a payout.
Actually, a republican takes out the insurance policy, bundles it with 100 others, sells the bundle to pension funds in tranches, and only then allows the insurance policy to be cancelled.
Brave men and women perform acts of heroism everyday. Firefighters, police EMTs, teachers, plumbers, soldiers, truck drivers etc..We don't hear about them because the national media just can't cover them all. But calling an individual a "Super" mayor, because of a brave act on the part of a politician, is just plain inane. He could be the worst mayor in the world. Probably not...but an act of bravery by itself...doesn't make a Superman?
Booker has a history of going above and beyond his job description. Within weeks of being sworn in, he chased down a bank robber. He also dug out people during a snowstorm, and went door-to-door during Hurricane Irene to try and get people to evacuate. There's no such thing as a "superman," but a politician with a hands-on approach is a breath of fresh air.
@minerva ...My point was not about Mr. Booker at all. From what I've read, he is a good man who cares about his fellow citizens and just happens to be a politician. My complaint was actually directed toward the press who have a tendency to overuse superlatives and inflated adjectives when describing a brave act by a consciousness average "Joe" who
just happened to be the town's
mayor.
My bad: Conscientious not consciousness