Shocker: Bloomberg Was Totally in Bermuda During Blizzard

The NY Times has cracked the mystery regarding Mayor Bloomberg's whereabouts during the Christmas weekend blizzard. Although the Mayor has steadfastly refused to answer questions about his "private" time, the Paper of Record seems to have pretty definitive evidence about the main guy's location—and the answer will shock you about as much as the identity of Luke Skywalker's father or the gender of The Crying Game guy. In other words, sources say Bloomberg was in Bermuda, which isn't nearly as surprising as the fact that it's 2011 and we're still using The Crying Game for our rote plot twist references. But why won't Bloomberg just admit what everyone already knows?

The Mayor disappeared from the public eye after a Mass on December 24th at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and didn't resurface until meeting the press on the afternoon of December 26th, when he said the city was doing a heck of a job dealing with the snow and everyone should go see a Broadway show. It was more than 24 hours after the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for New York. But in Bermuda, where Bloomberg has a beachfront mansion, the temperature was 69 degrees and "gorgeous." Nevertheless, sources say our selfless leader tore himself away from paradise, and one of his private jets took off from the island around midday on the 26th.

Bloomberg and his staff have refused to confirm or deny that he was in Bermuda, insisting that such information is private. But now that he admits his administration seriously erred in not declaring a snow emergency, his whereabouts that weekend should be seen in a different light. In other words, he was definitely on the clock, whether he likes it or not. It sucks having your weekend in Bermuda ruined, but if Bloomberg ever wants to grow up to be President, he needs to get used to it. He should have just owned it (like he owns everything else) and simply told reporters, "Hey ya'all, just got back from Bermuda, which is exactly where all you disgraceful slobs would be if you had my kind of money. Anyway, what did I miss? Some snow fell from the sky? I guess that's my fault, huh. Well, screw the plows. 10% of your are unemployed, and I've got billions of dollars. Anybody with a shovel want to make a few bucks?" Corey Booker and a cast of thousands would have had the streets cleared in no time.

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By John Del Signore in News on January 11, 2011 11:58 AM

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ANGRYGOD11

Bloomie evasion about his location makes one question his intelligence. Did he really think he could hide an international flight from the very curious press? Or did he forget about a certain governor from South Carolina "hiking the Appalachian Trial" to an Argentine's vagina?

Rod

you must remember that bloomtard has lied about everything for 9 years and the press kneeled.

he is wholly unprepared for the revenge they are about to get on him in his third term.

it happens everytime but they like to pretend it's the "curse" of the third term.

Xwendekar

Let me get this straight. Are we bashing Bloomberg and Christie for taking a short vacation (at Christmas!), or for not having crystal balls to know when a storm predicted to be mild would turn into a gawdalmighty blizzard?

Rod

nice try, liar.

you are a bloomtard troll.

everyone has already made it clear the numerous crimes and lies involved here.

either rebut those points or zip it, loeser.

your tactic of just repeating the lie repeating the lie ain't gonna work.

Shabazz Stuart

Hey Guys

Everyone is forgetting that the storm was only forecasted to be moderately bad on the friday before xmas, when bloomy left. I mean, I know leadership is important, but does the mayor (or the governor) really need to "be there" for snow clean up?

I mean you would be silly, if you didn't think bloomberg was on teleconference working to handle things, so I don't really know what the fuss was about. Its not like 9//11 happened and he saw his way to the airport.

Rod

you are totally wrong.

for days all the media was making the blizzard a TOP story. go back and look before you repeat bloomtard's own fake talking points.

thanks.

and even bloomtard says he was NOT monitoring the situation and they refuse to even tell us which deputy mayor he put in charge, which he MUST do by law.

if he did nothing wrong, why won't he answer any questions?

felixthecat

My comment was removed. Shame. We all know bloomberg was too busy with his Boys in Bermuda to call a state of emergency.

ANGRYGOD11

Why do you keep bringing up that subject in 2011, as if its impossible for a gay man to hold responsible public office? What freaking difference does it make if Bloomie is gay or not?

Rod

from the photos above, I now recognize him as the guy who gave me a h***job on fire island last summer.

uh oh here comes the gothamist joke police!!

pun31

So Bloomie was here before he flew to Bermuda?? http://atlasshrugsinbrooklyn.w...

Jabberwiki

"But why won't Bloomberg just admit what everyone already knows?"

Because he's an arrogant little pr*ck. That's why.

blink667

Considering he basically told us to suck it up and stop whining because they were doing a fine job while many of us couldn't get to our jobs, I think the fact that Marie Antoinette was in Bermuda during the blizzard does matter. And if it didn't, why would he be so cagey about it?

Jessie Kaufman

who.cares.

etypical

about you or this post?

random transplant

Maybe declaring a state of emergency would have compelled him not to risk flying up the Atlantic Coast with the blizzard in a small aircraft. Bloomie decided we wouldn't mind him keeping the roads open a little while longer while he risked reenacting Snake Plissken's itinerary.

kazubes

So the issue here is that he was at his vacation house on Christmas for less than 2 days?

Guest

Bloomberg being away is really no issue. He came back when the stuff hit the fan. Everyone is allowed to take a day off. It is just too bad that when he did return nothing concrete was done. In fact nothing was done at all, however this has nothing to do with where Mr. Bloomberg was on the 24th through the mid of the 26th.

Rod

sorry, but even his deputy mayors say what they did was a "mistake".

souper_crackers

Seriously! OMG, Bloomberg spent Christmas someplace else. Do we all have to approve his vacation time?

Rod

his job duties are NOT 9 to 5, and everyone knows that. he can resign any time he wants. but he CAN'T legally neglect the city when people die. that's manslaughter. seriously.