Undignified Ways to Govern: NYC Mayoral Edition

By Doug Powers  •  March 27, 2011 10:58 PM

**Written by Doug Powers

Is this some kind of No Labels hazing ritual gone horribly awry or something?

If you can handle it, the Daily Mail has a full-size pic along with the back story here. I don’t know about you, but I need some salty snacks, a smoke and a beer with no ice after enduring that.

Here’s Spider Mike in action:

Word is that actual spiders in the building ran for the exits out of sheer embarrassment.

(h/t NY Daily News)

**Written by Doug Powers

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  1. #1
    On March 27th, 2011 at 11:09 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Smoke? I think I need my eyes flushed…. What was he saying in the photo with two fingers up on each extended arm, “I am not a crook?”

    This is a man who wants to be President…

  2. #2
    On March 27th, 2011 at 11:11 pm, passingruffian said:

    Looks like he wants to help The Usurper find whose ass to kick.

    Who is Captain Kickass??

  3. #3
    On March 27th, 2011 at 11:11 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Doug, I am worried that your prolonged exposure to this article could have some damaging effects. You might want to get checked out…..quickly. ;)

  4. #4
    On March 27th, 2011 at 11:16 pm, beenthere said:

    My God, this is an embarrassment, but at least what has been seen, cannot be unseen. In other words, I take it that this is Bloomberg’s subtle statement to the world that he will not be running for president. Ever.

  5. #5
    On March 27th, 2011 at 11:22 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    Looks like he Dukakised in his pants.

  6. #6
    On March 27th, 2011 at 11:26 pm, mattymatt10 said:

    We need some new elites asap. The current ones are an unmitigated disaster. Or perhaps elitism should be redefined to exclude simply having lots of money or having gone to Ivy League schools, cuz those Ivy Leaguers sure have been f’n things up for a while now.

    On March 27th, 2011 at 11:16 pm, beenthere said:
    My God, this is an embarrassment, but at least what has been seen, cannot be unseen. In other words, I take it that this is Bloomberg’s subtle statement to the world that he will not be running for president. Ever.

    From your keyboard to God’s monitor.

  7. #7
    On March 27th, 2011 at 11:40 pm, Dave Turson said:

    At least he didn’t put on a dress or fishnet stockings like Giuliani.
    Must be something in the water.

  8. #8
    On March 27th, 2011 at 11:41 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On March 27th, 2011 at 11:22 pm, OK_Loyalist said:
    Looks like he Dukakised in his pants.

    Oh THANK YOU Loyalist……. I just cleaned my keyboard and monitor screen today and you post this……….. :(

    ;)

  9. #9
    On March 28th, 2011 at 12:07 am, cabrerski said:

    Now, if you really want to find an insect that Bloomberg emulates, try the sewer roach.
    It’s power? The ability to make people gag and run from the room.

    Wait a minute…just got a communique from some nearby roaches. They said they can take the insecticides, the roach motels and even my size 12 foot, but comparing them to Bloomberg is cruel…just plain cruel.

  10. #10
    On March 28th, 2011 at 12:35 am, peteee said:

    spiderman, i was thinking trans-fat salt man, to the rescue. sir, put down the salt shaker, and move away from the twinkees.

  11. #11
    On March 28th, 2011 at 12:37 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    Looks like the wind must be blowing some of that “better living through chemistry” smoke from Greenwich Village up to the Mayor’s office!
    ***
    Just backs up my observation that there are really a lot of clueless clowns in politics. And that belt may make him start singing “soprano” if the supporting cable snags on the way down.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

  12. #12
    On March 28th, 2011 at 12:50 am, mattm said:

    This was definitely NOT the image I needed to see before going to sleep.

  13. #13
    On March 28th, 2011 at 2:05 am, Flapjackmaka said:

    Yea. Rudy was better.

  14. #14
    On March 28th, 2011 at 6:10 am, J.J. Sefton said:

    Bloomberg’s insane megalomania makes me long for the days of David Dinkins.

    And as a lifelong New Yorker, I almost threw up a little in my mouth just writing that.

  15. #15
    On March 28th, 2011 at 6:11 am, J.J. Sefton said:

    Then again, who will we get to replace Bloom-turd;

    ANTHONY WEINER?!

  16. #16
    On March 28th, 2011 at 6:27 am, Ralph Gizzip said:

    Looks like Bloom(ing idiot)berg wants to give Howard Stern a run for his money.

  17. #17
    On March 28th, 2011 at 7:20 am, TheSageOfSedgwick said:

    As the video was running out, Bloomie, for some unfathomable reason, started to intone, “With great power comes great responsibility.”

    Who else would have come up with such an inappropriate caption for such an infantile stunt?

    No, not even Dukakis….

  18. #18
    On March 28th, 2011 at 7:52 am, cicerokid said:

    One flew over the freakin’ cucoo birds’ nest! Put this guy back on thorazine.

    What electorate voted him into office?

  19. #19
    On March 28th, 2011 at 8:04 am, PApatriot said:

    On March 28th, 2011 at 7:52 am, cicerokid said: What electorate voted him into office?

    That would be the “thrill up the leg” crowd. Are we doomed?

  20. #20
    On March 28th, 2011 at 8:19 am, Virginia Patriot said:

    yes.

  21. #21
    On March 28th, 2011 at 8:29 am, mondamay said:

    I see that the “Spiderman curse” continues…

  22. #22
    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:00 am, cicerokid said:

    Madness of King George.

  23. #23
    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:04 am, mojoe said:

    Isn’t he a few days early for “April Fools’ Day”?

  24. #24
    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:12 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Spiderman Mike: I really like it when they cinch that harness real tight around my wobbly bits!

  25. #25
    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:16 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Spiderman Mike: Wait’ll Kirsten Dunst sees me in this, she’ll be all over me like a cheap suit!

  26. #26
    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:18 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    J. Jonah Jameson: If we can get a picture of Julia Roberts in a thong, we can certainly get a picture of this weirdo.

  27. #27
    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:23 am, ShoreDor said:

    On March 28th, 2011 at 6:10 am, J.J. Sefton said:
    Bloomberg’s insane megalomania makes me long for the days of David Dinkins.

    And as a lifelong New Yorker, I almost threw up a little in my mouth just writing that.

    Those were some dark, dark days. But at least you could light up a cigarette while enjoying your adult beverage.

  28. #28
    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:24 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Ring Announcer: What’s your name kid?
    Peter Parker: The Human Spider.
    Ring Announcer: The Human Spider? That’s it? That’s the best you’ve got?
    Peter Parker: Yeah.
    Ring Announcer: Oh that sucks.

  29. #29
    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:34 am, ramblingman said:

    On March 28th, 2011 at 12:35 am, peteee said:
    spiderman, i was thinking trans-fat salt man, to the rescue. sir, put down the salt shaker, and move away from the twinkees.

    Just what I was thinking when looking at that picture (before my eyes began watering).

    I can see a nice couple at a restaurant, their plates before them, the odor of finely-cooked food wafting up. The man reaches for the salt shaker…when…

    thwipp!

    Transfat man, transfat man
    Does whatever a liberal can
    Can he lie? Listen bub
    Don’t try to put seasoning on your grub
    Hey there, there goes the transfat man!

  30. #30
    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:43 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    (Spiderman Mike sees a man in a restruant about to use a salt shaker)
    Thwipp! (a gob of stickyness hits the man’s hand)
    Man: What the..?
    Spiderman Mike: Put down that shaker sir, it’s for your own good!
    Man: What the heck is that stuff you just threw at me?!
    Spiderman Mike: That’s from my web suirter.
    Man:(Standing up and rolling up sleeves) The @#$% it is!
    Spiderman Mike: Uh oh! My Spidey sense is tingling!

  31. #31
    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:50 am, MacEamonn said:

    At least “Tanker” Mike Dukakis was out with the troops when he made is appearance “faux pas”.

  32. #32
    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:59 am, cicerokid said:

    It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Ladies and gentleman, it’s a really bad smell. It’s Fartman!

  33. #33
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:04 am, stillontheroad said:

    cicerokid said:
    Could have fooled me, I thought it was The Spleen dressed rather poorly.

  34. #34
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:08 am, spaceycakes said:

    that dude looks afflicted.

  35. #35
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:08 am, RedDog said:

    Insanity imitates life.

  36. #36
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:13 am, Truesoldier said:

    This is off topic, but a Somali terror suspect who plead guilty to his role in providing support for a terrorist group in Somalia (he was one of the young men from Minneapolis that went to Somalia to try his hand at being a terrorist) is asking a Federal judge to release him until he is sentenced. What is worse is this line from the story:

    He’s one of roughly 20 men who are believed to have traveled from Minneapolis to fight for the terror group, but he’s the only one who is in custody pending sentencing Others are on supervised release while the court processes related cases.

    So we are now releasing terror supsect while they await trail. Oh but don’t worry cause the DOJ is supervising them. I feel soooooooooooo much better knowing that…./sarc

  37. #37
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:15 am, RedDog said:

    I don’t know about you, but I need some salty snacks, a smoke and a beer with no ice after enduring that.

    I’m thinking a large ivory bowl of pate fois gras and some hand-squeezed Beluga caviar served with authentic koran napkins.

  38. #38
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:15 am, Truesoldier said:

    And here I thought it was just a publicity stunt for the Spiderman LXXV…

  39. #39
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:25 am, Marshall_Will said:

    mattymatt10 said:
    We need some new elites asap. The current ones are an unmitigated disaster.

    Right, this stunt makes an 80′s big hair band’s revival tour look ‘dignified’. Btw, even though my Christian name is Matthew I’ll be damned if anyone actually calls me that? Through your teens, it was fine. At 52..? Best of luck to you.

  40. #40
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:26 am, happyscrapper said:

    Thanks everyone!! Thanks to Doug for posting this and thanks to all of you for your amazing sense of humor!!! You are the best group of posters on the internet! The intelligence and quick wit evidenced here is priceless. I believe that Mayor Bloomberg must have a sense of humor too. There is no way he would do this unless he was a bit self-deprecating and willing to look stupid. Would egotistical Obama EVER do this? No, Teh One must maintain the image of his deity status. So, even though we have had a few ROTFLMAO moments this a.m. at Bloomberg’s expense, I want to thank him for his contribution to making my day bright and sunny!! :grin:

  41. #41
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:27 am, spaceycakes said:

    RedDog–I just knew you were as bourgeois as I!

  42. #42
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:30 am, NotTheMama said:

    I don’t think he’s bloomin’ anymore.

  43. #43
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:31 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Well that IS New York City isn’t it? Yes indeed this is the city that has solved all it’s problems and now sends agents all over the land to solve other cities problems.

    Cross dressing does seem to be a mayoral tradition there. Fly swatters work on spiders and mayors too.

    ===
    An Armed Society is a polite society.

  44. #44
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:34 am, NotTheMama said:

    Happyscrapper – you mean Obambi wearing mama’s pants was not a costume?

  45. #45
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:38 am, 1ConcernedMom said:

    happyscrapper said:
    I believe that Mayor Bloomberg must have a sense of humor too. There is no way he would do this unless he was a bit self-deprecating and willing to look stupid. Would egotistical Obama EVER do this? No, Teh One must maintain the image of his deity status.

    But Obama did wear his “mom” jeans! Has Bloomberg ever done that? :)

  46. #46
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:40 am, 1ConcernedMom said:

    NotTheMama said:
    Happyscrapper – you mean Obambi wearing mama’s pants was not a costume?

    Looks like we had the same thought!

  47. #47
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:44 am, Marshall_Will said:

    Rogue Cheddar said:
    Spiderman Mike: Wait’ll Kirsten Dunst sees me in this, she’ll be all over me like a cheap suit!

    Pffftt, although said in jest, I think there’s an element ( like all good comedy ) of truth there? Mike, there’s better ways to exhibit your “you still got it” moment. As noted above, you’d think he’d have learned from Howard?

  48. #48
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:46 am, Truesoldier said:

    happyscrapper said:
    I believe that Mayor Bloomberg must have a sense of humor too. There is no way he would do this unless he was a bit self-deprecating and willing to look stupid.

    I figured someone in PR told him that if he did this he would seem like one of the average Joes and not an elite.

  49. #49
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:47 am, greenfairie said:

    Saving New York from trans fats and excessive salt!

  50. #50
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:48 am, mchristian said:

    You expect dignity from a politician? Hahahahaha.

  51. #51
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:49 am, Truesoldier said:

    NotTheMama said:
    Happyscrapper – you mean Obambi wearing mama’s pants was not a costume?

    When I saw that picture I figured that he had raided Michelle O’s closet and got caught trying them on, so he hoped on Sasha’s bike for the getaway!

  52. #52
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:51 am, mondamay said:

    On March 28th, 2011 at 9:24 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Ring Announcer: What’s your name kid?
    Peter Parker: The Human Spider.

    I wouldn’t mind seeing “Macho Man” Randy Savage show up and chase Mayor Spidey around with a chair.

  53. #53
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:53 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    Yeah, and these are the guys telling America that WE are crazy.

  54. #54
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:55 am, happyscrapper said:

    I think Obama wore those Mom jeans because his handlers told him he looked “awesome, dude”!! Just like everything else, no one wanted to tell him the truth for fear of their jobs! Either that, or Lady Michelle O picked them out for him with her “amazing fashion sense”!

  55. #55
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:55 am, mondamay said:

    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:49 am, Truesoldier said: so he hoped on Sasha’s bike for the getaway!

    Has anyone else noticed that a search for images of that picture yields a lot of “more normal” biking pictures? I think they are trying to cover it up.

    I went to one site that had Obama on a normal bike looking like a normal person, and basically saying “There’s nothing wrong with this picture!”, when that was obviously not the picture that started the story.

  56. #56
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:57 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    Every time something really bad happens at the circus, like someone falls from the trapeze, they send in the clowns. Helps the parents calm the children down.

  57. #57
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:57 am, mondamay said:

    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:55 am, happyscrapper said: Either that, or Lady Michelle O picked them out for him with her “amazing fashion sense”!

    Nah, He didn’t look a thing like Jackie Kennedy.

  58. #58
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:57 am, happyscrapper said:

    Go back to MM’s front page. Doesn’t it look like A. Weiner is yelling at Bloomberg?

  59. #59
    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:58 am, 1ConcernedMom said:

    Truesoldier said:
    When I saw that picture I figured that he had raided Michelle O’s closet and got caught trying them on, so he hoped on Sasha’s bike for the getaway!

    LOL! GOOD ONE!!!

  60. #60
    On March 28th, 2011 at 11:00 am, Marshall_Will said:
  61. #61
    On March 28th, 2011 at 11:31 am, Truesoldier said:

    On March 28th, 2011 at 10:57 am, happyscrapper said:
    Go back to MM’s front page. Doesn’t it look like A. Weiner is yelling at Bloomberg?

    LOL…Weiner: “Damn you Bloomberg I want my costume back today!”

  62. #62
    On March 28th, 2011 at 11:44 am, happyscrapper said:

    LOL…Weiner: “Damn you Bloomberg I want my costume back today!”

    Good one!! :lol:

  63. #63
    On March 28th, 2011 at 11:44 am, happy2behere said:

    He’s singing, “Up in the air junior Birdman, up in the air upside down…”

  64. #64
    On March 28th, 2011 at 12:23 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    This is the guy who wanted to be mayor for life, because he’s, uh, “special”…

  65. #65
    On March 28th, 2011 at 1:22 pm, cabrerski said:

    On March 28th, 2011 at 12:23 pm, AlohaGuy said:
    This is the guy who wanted to be mayor for life, because he’s, uh, “special”…

    Yeah, special…like in “lifetime pass on the short bus” special?

  66. #66
    On March 28th, 2011 at 1:24 pm, Truesoldier said:

    Did anyone else notice the registered trademark “R” just above the belt line below the circled NYC?

  67. #67
    On March 28th, 2011 at 1:26 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    HI TRUE_SOLDIER–#38. Good catch on the terrorist “suspects” being released from the hoosegow while waiting for trial. What could possibly go wrong? They probably did promise not to do any Jihadi tricks or to flee the country.
    ***
    It would just be racist to not cut them all the slack possible. Like our Secretary of the Department of (not much) Homeland Security Janet Clownitano said, “The System Worked!”. You just couldn’t make this stuff up. We’re in great hands with Comrade Obama (PBUH) and company.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

  68. #68
    On March 28th, 2011 at 1:35 pm, rambler said:

    Is this his second childhood or a senior moment? Most people would buy a sports car instead.

  69. #69
    On March 28th, 2011 at 1:36 pm, rambler said:

    We could call him “spandex man”.

  70. #70
    On March 28th, 2011 at 1:46 pm, cabrerski said:

    At his age, wouldn’t “Depends Man” be more appropriate?

  71. #71
    On March 28th, 2011 at 2:21 pm, Inkberrow said:

    This photo of Mayor Bloomberg recalls famed British Olympic ski jumper Eddie the Eagle.

  72. #72
    On March 28th, 2011 at 2:27 pm, cabrerski said:

    Yeah, but Eddie’s vision is much clearer.

  73. #73
    On March 28th, 2011 at 3:40 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    This is the left’s idea of humor….yeah, right. This is the right’s idea of a jerk becoming an even BIGGER JERK.
    Please, send in the clowns.
    There have to be clowns.

  74. #74
    On March 28th, 2011 at 3:41 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    I prefer the NRA’s Eddie Eagle

  75. #75
    On March 29th, 2011 at 1:15 am, BK said:

    If he’s supposed to be Spiderman, who’s bringing the can of RAID? :)

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