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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2013, 11:29:38 PM » |
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Justin Trudeau
He is the Mayor of New York City and is extremely popular. An Obama-esque politician, he ran as an underdog in 2013.
A young, handsome, charismatic City Councilman, Trudeau was not the front-runner, but was able to pick up momentum through the campaign to win a surprising victory in the Democratic nomination, beating out Christine Quinn.
In YouTube ads, Justin emphasized his blue-collar immigrant family in Brooklyn, his teenage job at McDonald's, and his average, everyday New Yorker lifestyle, completely proud of his multicultural city and fluent in many languages.
His critics called him a vapid pretty boy, but his prettiness actually worked in his favor, making him instantly popular with women and gay men, and Justin became something of a sex symbol (Stripping for a charity event for children popularized this image.)
He was also criticized for running a campaign more on personality than on the issues, but New Yorkers didn't seem to care.
He won by a landslide in the general election and for the first time in twenty years, New Yorkers had a Democratic Mayor in this overwhelming Democratic city.
With such a powerful platform and the tremendous publicity that came from the New York media, Justin became a household name.
Within the first month in office, he made appearances on The Daily Show, the late night TV shows, and hosted Saturday Night Live.
His political career in New York seemed like it go as far as he wanted it to go and many Democrats were already talking about a presidential run.
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