The Times notices today that the ongoing heat wave is making “the region’s politicians” a bit crotchety. The evidence? Chris Christie and Mayor Bloomberg both lost their cool, you might say, with reporters over the past few days. Christie called a reporter “stupid” and an “idiot” on Saturday, and Bloomberg had his own minor incident yesterday:
[O]n Monday, Mayor of New York City became confused, and then angered, when asked at an outdoor news conference about a brawl that broke out at a public pool in Brooklyn on Friday …
“Well, what do you want me to say?” Mr. Bloomberg snapped.
The mayor, who had rolled up the sleeves of his pink oxford shirt, heaped on a dollop of sarcasm — “O.K., we’ll put a cop next to every lifeguard in the city” — before dismissing the question entirely.
Yep, we really miss those cool-weather days when Chris Christie and Mayor Bloomberg were always even-tempered and never snapped at people.
