Off Come the Gloves

OK, anyone who's read half of what I've written about this town and its leadership knows full well that I've had my share of disagreements with the policies and actions of our elected officials, but I applaud the actions Mayor Menino has taken over the last few weeks. Standing up for the taxpayers of Boston, and not kneeling to the demands of every union thug who comes banging on one's door is a lesson plan Senator Kerry would be well-advised to follow. It's called "Executive Leadership".

As a follow-up to this previous post, check out this gem from today's Boston Herald. Menino fired one helluva warning shot over the bow of the Scaramouche yesterday. To quote Ted (The Geek) from Sixteen Candles,"This...is getting good."

Mayor Thomas M. Menino unloaded a searing attack on fellow Democrat John F. Kerry yesterday, calling his presidential campaign "small-minded" and "incompetent" - laying bare a years-old rift weeks before the city plays host to Kerry's FleetCenter coronation.

Menino, in an exclusive Herald interview, let loose on the hometown senator two days after Kerry snubbed him by siding with union picketers outside a U.S. Conference of Mayors event.

"Maybe they should use some of their energies to get their message across to the American people instead of trying to destroy the integrity of someone who is on their team, to try to discredit someone on their team," Menino said. "They have better things to do."

But, in a move that might only intensify the public war of words, the Kerry campaign responded by suggesting Menino made the comments because of the "pressure" he's under as convention host.

Or maybe, just maybe, he made those comments because of the way Kerry stabbed him in the frikkin' back while showing the world that all his talk about standing up to special interest groups was total hypocritical, double-talking horseshit.

And doesn't this seem as good a time as any to drag out this oldie-but-goodie in honor of our spineless junior senator...