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Monday, August 10, 2009

City Now With More Obama

Posted by Dominic Holden on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:34 PM

The newest reelection ad for Mayor Greg Nickels:

Nickels has been "playing rope-a-dope with a relentless barrage of negative attacks from challengers," his campaign said today. Joe Mallahan and Mike McGinn are gaining ground, and challengers have made no bones about capitalizing on Nickels's previous ad, which opened by admitting, "As mayor, I've made my share of mistakes." But Obama makes you forget all of those mistakes.

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He's a great mayor, I love him.

Posted by miroslav on August 10, 2009 at 6:57 PM

Obama's mistakes are so much larger, they dwarf the buffoonery of Seattle local Democrat mayors.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on August 10, 2009 at 8:13 PM

Was that Kenneth from 30 Rock?

Posted by I already voted on August 10, 2009 at 8:32 PM

Guys...
Nickels ain't that bad.

Posted by disintegrator

on August 10, 2009 at 8:57 PM

Can anyone actually prove that Seattle has a mayor?

Posted by just askin' on August 10, 2009 at 9:04 PM

@4

Yes he is that bad. Nightlife here is like a police state in Utah compared to other cities thanks to our mayor's war on Loud Noises.

Posted by blueseattle on August 10, 2009 at 9:07 PM

Nickels is awesome. Mallahan is the Seattle Grey Davis and Mike McGinn isn't qualified ot be Mayor of Wasilla.

Posted by Max J on August 10, 2009 at 9:08 PM

It must disappoint Team Nickels that they are outspending McGinn 10 to 1 and still losing vote share to him. Sounds like the frustration boiled over today.

Posted by Bummer dude. on August 10, 2009 at 9:09 PM

Guess that a vote against Nickles is a vote against Light Rail. Glad to see the money pit get mothballed before it kills again.

Posted by Casey Jones on August 10, 2009 at 9:11 PM

@1, @4, @7 ...so, paid Nickels campaign staff members have finally discovered the internet!

Welcome, and do not fret too much about the wording of your comments. Regular readers of The Slog are smart enough to ignore these as part of the Nickels Machine.

We're still voting for McGinn!

Posted by ddoo on August 10, 2009 at 9:39 PM

@10: Who are we talking to now, Sybil?

Posted by Baconcat on August 10, 2009 at 10:05 PM

Re: Light Rail - Nickels was the finance guy on the Sound Transit board in the '90s. That's why I can't believe he was elected mayor in the first place.

Posted by seattlerik on August 10, 2009 at 11:01 PM

I'll at least give him credit for admitting in his campaign that he made mistakes rather than take the usual tactic of pretending they never happened. Whether or not he atones for them is another matter, but still that's something.

Posted by Gomez

on August 10, 2009 at 11:15 PM

@12, thank you for pointing that out. Everyone seems to forget the amount of money he "lost" while he was on the Sound Transit Board.

And why did he become mayor? MARK SIDRAN!!! That's why. Oh and Paul Schell was an idiot.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on August 11, 2009 at 7:33 AM