Freddy has consistently supported the rights of noncitizens to vote but welcomes a healthy debate of the issue before it becomes law. |
Gracias, New York! ... Take heart. A new city is rising - our time is now. |
hasn't adapted to any of it. He doesn't speak about security, he doesn't speak about policing and he doesn't grasp how powerful the mayor is. This is a failure of political imagination. |
He has agreed to endorse him, |
He shares my conviction for standing up for the most vulnerable, ... which here in New York means building a city that works for everyone. |
He's put tens of millions of dollars on the air trying to persuade people that he's a nonpartisan kind of guy. But when you support George W. Bush, when you support a conservative Republican Congress, when you support George Pataki -- all of whose policies have been hurting this city, all 8.1 million of us -- he is in no way a Democrat. |
hiding behind his checkbook. |
honest leadership that doesn't waver or blow with the wind. |
How can you not feel for a mother? How can you not try to put yourself in that parent's shoes? |
I am in a tremendously optimistic mood, |
I can't imagine anyone would turn down the opportunity to headline at the Apollo. |
I forgot to say this before, |
I had great hopes for you _ given your great personal wealth, I believed you would govern from the heart. You didn't. Time for you to step aside, because I will. |
I may win or lose this election, but I'll speak for those who can't speak for themselves and I will be heard, |
I proudly accept the nomination of the Democratic Party to be mayor, |