There is only one word for Bloomberg : Hypocrite.

[via Mayor to Fight Ballot Petitions of G.O.P. Rival - New York Times]:

By trying to halt a primary challenge by Mr. Ognibene, a conservative, the Bloomberg campaign is seeking to avoid not only a distracting primary battle, but also a confrontation with elements of the Republican Party who think Mr. Bloomberg is too liberal. The specter of history would haunt such a campaign: in 1969, a liberal Republican mayor, John V. Lindsay, was defeated in the Republican primary by a little-known challenger, though Mr. Lindsay then won re-election on the Liberal Party line.

The petition challenge shows an intriguing, and swift, evolution of Mr. Bloomberg's views on allowing potential candidates to get on the ballot.

Only last year, Mr. Bloomberg criticized the practice of combing through the signatures on nominating petitions looking for technical flaws in order to avoid competition. The mayor told The New York Sun: "It's become a whole cottage industry of you don't have to beat the other guy based on positions or your ability to serve; all you've got to do is beat him because you got a better lawyer who can get him thrown off the ballot. I think it's time to end this 'gotcha' kind of technique where lawyers comb petitions to find some technical violation."

Now Mr. Bloomberg's own aides and lawyers are combing through petitions.

And while we're talking about petitions, you know what? NYC should either throw away the petition process completely or allow for any voting NYC citizen to sign petitions for candidates, no matter their party affiliation, and for that matter, no matter their district.

In my not-so-humble opinion, the petition process as it stands today, is a total crock of shit.

There. I said it. I can sleep now.

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