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@Jasper, The toxicity of the environment is entirely the fault of democrats at their best: clueless in-fighting

If you would rather replace "partisanship" with "in-fighting," I wouldn't have a problem with that. The point remains the same.

@Dizzy, I read Milloy's article and facts are what they are. The economic chasm has continued under Gray. But I would argue that most people don't consider that chasm the best indicator of how well the city is progressing. Maybe they should. It's just very rare here in the US. You do raise an interesting point though, which sort of cosigns the "myopic twit" charge. That is, the myops refused to see that their view of progress is not universally shared. OTOH, what David focused on in this article were not the same sort of things myops focused on as reasons to reelect Fenty.

@Walker, if you bothered to read the article, Milloy stated, "Among them are my nemeses — whom I have referred to before as myopic twits because of their inability to see that dog parks, bike paths and cupcake parlors do not make a “world-class city.” I didn't read anything in the article suggesting that any policy should be implemented at the expense of cupcake shops.

And are you sure you aren't putting words into David's mouth? When has David Alpert EVER asserted that DC should implement policies that widen the economic gap between the have's and the have not's? I do agree with you that Milloy hasn't presented any arguments why what the myops supported weren't good for the city. I'm actually glad you said that. Have you ever seen a Milloy article arguing against bike paths and green spaces or is that the meme simply floated around by his detractors? I think the latter is more factual.

BTW, I didn't see any anger in Milloy's article. He acknowledges that Gray supporters, the informed one's, pretty much knew that there wouldn't be much difference in their economic plans. As an example of the baseless arguments myops used against Gray, Milloy points out that Gray has continued to install bike paths and green alleys. (something his detractors argued wouldn't happen)

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