{"id":2682,"date":"2007-08-29T01:26:40","date_gmt":"2007-08-29T09:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/08\/because_collapsing_bridges_are_inherently_funny.html"},"modified":"2007-08-29T01:26:40","modified_gmt":"2007-08-29T09:26:40","slug":"because_collaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/08\/because_collaps.html","title":{"rendered":"Because Collapsing Bridges Are Inherently Funny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysun.com\/article\/61510\">I thought those higher office rumors had all been unfounded<\/a>*:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>With a nod to Senator Schumer, Mayor Bloomberg is putting to rest that pesky gossip about a bid for national office: He says he does not want to be the nation&#8217;s next attorney general. &#8220;Despite any rumors you may have heard, I did not come to Washington as part of a stealth campaign to become the new attorney general,&#8221; Mayor Bloomberg quipped to an audience at the National Press Club that appeared well-versed in the rampant speculation about his aspirations for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>[T]he mayor did poke a little fun at [Senator Schumer] over some &#8220;nasty comments&#8221; Mr. Schumer made about the condition of New York City&#8217;s bridges following the collapse of the Interstate 35W span in Minnesota earlier this month. Drawing laughter, Mr. Bloomberg recalled pointing out that three weeks earlier, Mr. Schumer&#8217;s wife, who was the city&#8217;s transportation commissioner, had pronounced the bridges in &#8220;great shape.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After delivering a speech on poverty, the mayor issued his ritual denial of a presidential run. But he was spotted outside the National Press Building posing for photographs with supporters holding &#8220;Bloomberg &#8217;08&#8221; signs.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*Is a MBA a good enough substitute for a law degree (not that you necessarily need one . . .)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And here I thought those higher office rumors had all been unfounded*: With a nod to Senator Schumer, Mayor Bloomberg is putting to rest that pesky gossip about a bid for national office: He says he does not want to be the nation&#8217;s next attorney general. &#8220;Despite any rumors you may have heard, I did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-please_make_it_stop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}