Bloomberg Loves Himself... On Cover Of The New Yorker

Some New Yorker subscribers have had a few days (or not) to LOL about this week's cover of Mayor Bloomberg gazing at himself in the mirror while seated at a vanity with a box of chocolates (the card reads "To Me"). Today, the press corps asked the cover boy what he thought of the Barry Blitt illustration—turns out that double the Bloomberg is all right with Mike! The Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Howard Saul described Hizzoner as such, "Bloomberg gushed with tremendous pride and happiness. In Yiddish it’s called kvelling."

“I thought it was great,” he declared. “I thought it was cute looking in the mirror,” Bloomberg added. “I’ve said this a thousand times -- I like what I see in the mirror. I hope everybody here does.”
The mayor, who coincidentally turns 69 on Valentine’s Day, took a moment to regale reporters about why he’s so fond of himself.

“I get up in the morning and I work as hard as I can. And my kids have turned out great,” he said. And he was just getting started: “You know, I’m a lucky enough guy to have made a lot of money, and I’m giving it all away and making a big difference.”

Bloomberg also mentioned how Johns Hopkins University students who went to his alma mater thanks to his generous scholarships have thanked him and that since Pope Benedict and President Obama have been on the cover, he's happy to be in such company.

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By Jen Chung in News on February 3, 2011 6:40 PM

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zincink

HEhehe that illustration is adorable. Nice work.

felixthecat

I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
I feel pretty and witty and gay
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me today

I feel charming
Oh so charming
It's alarming how charming I feel
And so pretty
That I hardly can believe I'm real

See the pretty girl in that mirror there?
Who can that attractive girl be?
Such a pretty face
Such a pretty dress
Such a pretty smile
Such a pretty me!

I feel stunning
And entrancing
Feel like running
And dancing for joy
For I'm loved
By a pretty wonderful boy

I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
That the city should give me its key
A committee
Should be organized to honor me

I feel dizzy
I feel sunny
I feel fizzy and funny and fine
And so pretty
Miss America can just resign See the pretty girl in that mirror there
Who can that attractive girl be?
Such a pretty face
Such a pretty dress
Such a pretty smile
Such a pretty me!

I feel stunning
And entrancing
Feel like running and dancing for joy
For I'm loved
By a pretty wonderful boy

Don Corleone

The man lives in his own world. Unfortunately he has the power to make that world a reality for the rest of us. God I wish I still had that kind of power.

Bernie_Geotz_Squirrel_Luv

Still not going to be President. Aren't we due for another Presidential run rumor?
BTW who's paying for all these polls?

nolastname

Where did he get his rose colored glasses?

Vittal Sreenivas

Hahahaha......... The pic looks quite funny Bloomberg romancing himself in the mirror

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Inconcievable de Impublishable

69, the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Aside form massacre reenactments, of course.

spiv

Deranged narcissism in (illegally) elected officials is a catastrophic combination. 100 years from now history students studying the downfall of American society will wonder how New Yorkers allowed themselves to be led down the path of their own demise by this pompous, self-righteous little man.