Dayenu, Cory Booker

It would have been enough if you had spent your years after being a Rhodes scholar with a law degree from Yale living in a troubled housing complex and helping tenants get improved conditions. But you also replaced the corrupt Sharpe James.

It would have been enough had you replaced the corrupt Sharpe James. But under your watch, Newark’s crime also reduced drastically (while going out on police patrols yourself!).

It would have been enough if under your watch, Newark’s crime reduced drastically (while going out on police patrols yourself!). But you also reduced the city’s deficit.

It would have been enough if you reduced the city’s deficit. But you also are a most entertaining twitterer.

It would have been enough if you were a most entertaining twitterer. But you also responded to a tweet from a resident complaining about snow removal and actually shoveled his driveway.

It would you responded to a tweet from a resident and shoveled his driveway. But you f’ing rushed into a burning home and saved your neighbor’s life.

Seriously, Cory Booker? Dayenu. And good show!

[Update: very cute]

Rose Woodhouse

Elizabeth Picciuto was born and reared on Long Island, and, as was the custom for the time and place, got a PhD in philosophy. She freelances, mainly about disability, but once in a while about yeti. Mother to three children, one of whom is disabled, two of whom have brown eyes, three of whom are reasonable cute, you do not want to get her started talking about gardening.

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    • And you were complaining about I am the Walrus.

      Seriously, at the seder I led I skipped over it, for just that reason.

      • Actually, at the second Seder I went to, it got skipped too. Maybe now I know why.

  1. I’m from the west coast, so all I know about Corey Booker is gleaned from a documentary on the Sundance Channel a couple years ago, plus his occasional appearance on Bill Maher’s show. And I always wondered whether he was as terrific as he appeared, or some kind of monster superhero-politician created by the media.

    He seems like one seriously impressive man.

    • My husband’s family is from Newark, so I’ve paid a little attention, although not total focus. He may not actually be a demi-god, but as far as I have been able to tell, he really is an unusually dedicated, energetic, intelligent, honest, pragmatic mayor.

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