Fernando Ferrer
Fernando Ferrer
Fernando James "Freddy" Ferrerwas the Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001, and was a candidate for Mayor of New York City in 2001 and the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 2005...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 April 1950
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This is the most obvious thing in the history of the world,
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Oh, he went into the valley to do battle, and all the smart money was on Goliath. And, then, who had to face 'em?
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I think you'll see for the first time in American history two candidates, each representing the major parties of the United States, campaigning extensively in Spanish. It will be a sight to behold.
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I think this is the most indecent thing I have seen in my public life that spans 25 years.
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It is important to recognize that all the polls are not always correct ... this time we will win through power of our vote,
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forward to campaigning with him, and a united Democratic party ... to take on Mike Bloomberg as we head into November.
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Look, I'm not running to be the mayor of the fourth grade. I'm running to be the mayor of all the grades.
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Look, Democrats believe in certain things. And our problem is not that we're not the party of ideas. Our problem is when we forget our ideals, ... That's when we cease being Democrats.
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Excuse me a second. You gave him money, Mike. And you can't have it both ways.
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I proudly accept the nomination of the Democratic Party to be mayor,
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If one is running for mayor, it is necessary to answer the difficult questions of each community, and Michael Bloomberg to date does not want to accept it,
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He's put tens of millions of dollars on the air trying to persuade people that he's a nonpartisan kind of guy. But when you support George W. Bush, when you support a conservative Republican Congress, when you support George Pataki -- all of whose policies have been hurting this city, all 8.1 million of us -- he is in no way a Democrat.
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honest leadership that doesn't waver or blow with the wind.
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I'm looking into all of your faces and I know you, ... We come from the same place.