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The smash hit comedy that is the Philadelphia DA's office keeps the hits rolling in by electing a former defense attorney to the position. (Technically Krasner only won the Democratic primary, but in Philly politics, that's the same as winning the election about 99% of the time. Reactions range from "there was a primary yesterday?" to OH MY GOD WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE, CRIMINALS WILL BE CUTTING DOWN LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS IN THE STREETS, BRANDON BOSTIAN WILL BE GIVEN A TRAIN TO DRIVE DOWN BROAD STREET TO SATE HIS LUST FOR BLOOD WHILE KRASNER LUBES HIS ROD WITH WIDOWS' TEARS For the uninformed, Christine Flowers is a columnist for the Daily News, which is to say she is a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer whose parent company also owns (but no longer publishes) the Daily News in physical form. She is an immigration lawyer who harshly condemned Trumps attempted travel bans, and health care repeals, and the composure of the man himself. She's also a firm supporter of well-known bags of snakes plodding around in man-shaped skins Jeff Sessions and Neil Gosruch (and isn't it just awful the way Democrats played politics with his nomination the same way they did with that nice Robert Bork fellow). Although these may seem like contradictions they are in fact easily explained by today's column, and her staunchly anti-choice/pro-death penalty Catholicism. Basically, she's a law-and-order Democrat who doesn't understand why anyone would get so upset (and so rude!) about anything beyond her lived experience. The worth of the arguments in the column itself are left to the judgment of the reader. Rangpur fucked around with this message at 15:11 on May 18, 2017 |
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Peven Stan posted:Can someone hook me up with a sweet IT job in philly, last time I visited I really enjoyed the outright hostility and contempt from the locals. Or just apply to Penn's IT department, I guess? They probably need a lot of positions to keep their 5-year plan to own an entire city on schedule.
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May 19, 2017 00:56
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I didn't pay too much attention to the DA race because I live outside city limits, but Krasner seems like an alright dude. I liked his ad the best. Though I am a bit surprised he won by 20 points in a 7 man race. Going from noted Death Penalty Aficionado Lynne Abraham to Krasner in under a decade is one hell of (good) jump. My fondest Seth Williams memory is probably him telling the cops to gently caress off after the Shady McCoy barfight. Speaking of the trainman, Bostian surrendered to the charges filed by the State after a judge told them to do it. I want to see the defense call Seth Williams as a witness just for the irony. As to what it all means, I suspect an awful lot of the people who pay attention and care enough to vote in a municipal DA primary cast their vote for the guy who looked like he'd piss off Trump/Sessions the most. The general election will probably see Grossman adopted by an ALEC sugar daddy of her own, and pick up cross-party support from Democrats who think Krasner is planning to just throw open the prison doors or something. I doubt either will overcome the massive difference in party registration.
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