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Community => Politics and Government => Topic started by: speshuled67 on April 13, 2012, 11:27:12 am

Title: Cory Booker: American Badass
Post by: speshuled67 on April 13, 2012, 11:27:12 am
is Cory Booker Batman?

Great way to start the day...

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Two members of the mayor’s security detail had already taken several members of the family from the home when the mayor arrived and heard the mother screaming that her daughter was still inside.
His security detail tried to drag him away, but Booker told them that the woman was going to die, Detective Alex Rodriguez said.
“Without thinking twice, he ran into the flames and rescued this young lady,” Rodriguez said in an interview earlier in the day with “CBS This Morning.”


http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/higher-education/newark-mayor-rescues-neighbor-from-burning-house-is-treated-at-hospital-for-smoke-inhalation/2012/04/13/gIQA3le8ET_story.html
Title: Re: Cory Booker: American Badass
Post by: nickiknack on April 13, 2012, 11:40:48 am
He's one of a kind, not many other politicans would run into a burning building to save someone.
Title: Re: Cory Booker: American Badass
Post by: ironbite on April 13, 2012, 12:07:55 pm
eh he's just pandering for votes/cyncial

Ironbite-that said HE'S GOT MY VOTE!
Title: Re: Cory Booker: American Badass
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 13, 2012, 02:31:59 pm
A round of applause for this man, please.
Title: Re: Cory Booker: American Badass
Post by: speshuled67 on April 13, 2012, 03:36:42 pm
eh he's just pandering for votes/cyncial

Ironbite-that said HE'S GOT MY VOTE!


thats some all-star pandering... hope Obama's paying attention.
Title: Re: Cory Booker: American Badass
Post by: Meshakhad on April 13, 2012, 07:49:23 pm
Now THAT'S the kind of thing I like to see our politicians doing.
Title: Re: Cory Booker: American Badass
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on April 13, 2012, 08:13:26 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n45Lt_pB4k
Title: Re: Cory Booker: American Badass
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 13, 2012, 08:46:17 pm
^ I love how he just overemphasizes the syllables.

OH GIVE the MAN a BLOOdy MEDal.
Title: Re: Cory Booker: American Badass
Post by: MadCatTLX on April 17, 2012, 02:46:10 pm
The mayor should award him the key to the city! Wait wut?
Title: Re: Cory Booker: American Badass
Post by: Sylvana on April 18, 2012, 03:41:24 am
He's one of a kind, not many other politicans would run into a burning building to save someone.

Not many people in general would run into a burning building to save someone. This is less about him being the mayor and more about him just being an amazing human being. A persons self preservation instinct is strong and most of the time it is way stronger than ones desire to help others. I personally think firemen in general are amazing people for doing what they do for a living, because fires are scary as hell.
Title: Re: Cory Booker: American Badass
Post by: Fpqxz on April 19, 2012, 02:08:39 am
This is the kind of thing that makes me proud to be from NJ.

In all seriousness though, Booker has done a lot to improve Newark.