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Half Empty: Mayor Nutter's feelings hurt?

Only his shrink knows for sure.

By Buzz Bissinger

For The Inquirer

The following is a partial transcript of Mayor Nutter's most recent session with his psychiatrist.

P: You look tired.

N: I am tired.

P: Rough week?

N: How would you feel if somebody called you a "Little Caesar"?

P: What do you think was meant by that?

N: That I am a pompous, imperious, tactless jerk without even knowing it?

P: Bingo.

N: It really hurt my feelings.

P: We've been through this before. You're the mayor. All people want to do is hurt your feelings.

N: I liked it better when I was a councilman.

P: You had no responsibility as a councilman.

N: Everybody wants something from me now. When they don't get it, they get nasty. How would you feel if somebody called you a "Little Caesar"?

P: I believe you already said that.

N: Plus, the guy who said it, he has some nerve.

P: Who said this to you?

N: Willie Brown, the head of Local 234 of the Transport Workers Union. They're the ones who went on strike against SEPTA. Have you ever seen the guy?

P: Does he live in Chestnut Hill?

N: There are no black people in Chestnut Hill.

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Comments

Posted 06:44 AM, 11/08/2009

Billy Ray Winthorpe

Maybe Bissinger knows something about the key players in all this that I don't. Maybe it's just the way the news stories on this website portray them all. But from where I sit, it seems like the most fragile ego in the whole thing is Willie Brown's.

Posted 08:06 AM, 11/08/2009

gemini48

Bissinger obviously knows Michael Nutter well.

Posted 08:13 AM, 11/08/2009

gary ledebur

Perhaps if both Nutter and Rendell restored the cut in Viagra coverage (10 pills per month) in the contract we could all ride the subway to see the Eagles beat the Cowboys tonight.

Posted 08:14 AM, 11/08/2009

BKScholar

Buzz, stick to writing books. This article isn't funny and it's a clumsy attempt at satire.

Posted 08:41 AM, 11/08/2009

rabbit23

I echo BKScholar's remarks. Buzz, stick to writing books. This article isn't funny and it's a clumsy attempt at satire.

Posted 08:59 AM, 11/08/2009

kirwooderby

like the author's previous satirical pieces in this column, it reads like it was written by some snarkey high-schooler. really not funny. is there no editor?

Posted 12:42 PM, 11/08/2009

johnny o

Thid dude is a legitimate jer*-off. Love to mix it up with him.

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Posted 09:17 PM, 11/08/2009

UncleEddie

Can't spell "Buzz" without some z's.

Posted 09:47 PM, 11/08/2009

fman727

i can easily sum this up for everyone--- WHO CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted 11:02 PM, 11/08/2009

anodyne

This was lame. Was Buzz too busy making media appearances this week to do some actual writing? And didn't Tom Ferrick do this conceit better about 40 times already, probably for a lot less money?

Posted 01:13 AM, 11/09/2009

AnnetteFun

I don't know if my last comment got posted, but basically I said that this column was NOT funny. Mayor Nutter was not the one who resorted to petty, unprofessional name-calling -- Willie Brown was.

Posted 02:21 PM, 11/09/2009

MOTHEROFLATOYA

Im with you fman727.....WHO CARES!!!!!!!!! How about this one Mayor Nutter and Officials makes promise to families of Feltonville Crash Victims to help aide their needs in the lost of their loved ones showing up on tv and at funeral service's. later holding a meeting by one of his officials Minister Malcolm Byrd to seek family needs which didn't happen, who cares about a name calling. what about that topic,should he now be called a liar who can't be reach for comments or did this name calling "lil ceasar" has blocked his memory of what he promised to do for the families which was to assist them as far as their mental ability in coping with this tragic,senseless,horrific incident. Latoya also leaves behind two small boys ages 3 and 2. Mother/Grandmom of Victims