Wonkette
- LATEST INSANE NEW YORK EXECUTIVE OFF TO AUSPICIOUS START: Congratulations, failed state New York, you have a new Lieutenant Governor! And isn’t he the consummate professional? “Richard Ravitch, the kind of, sort of lieutenant governor, signed his oath of office at the Peter Luger Steak House in Williamsburg, Brooklyn … On Wednesday night, he spoke to a Times reporter from Peter Luger shortly before his swearing in at 8 p.m., in a brief conversation that was difficult to hear over the noise of the restaurant … Mr. Ravitch said, ‘This is my favorite restaurant, and I wouldn’t take the oath of office anywhere else.’” Uh huh. [NYT]
at least he’s honest
i mean that
I am going to march down to the Lincoln Memorial right now, stand on the steps, and shout to the assembled masses, “I have a dream that one day, my little children will live in a nation where my native state is not run by jackasses.”
Not that I can afford it, but from what I hear, Peter Luger is the best steak in the city. And at least its not one of those douchebag palaces in Manhattan. So, back off, Newell!
Spitzer took his oath of office in a Thai brothel, didn’t he? So what’s the big deal?
I’ve heard Lugar’s is overrated. Bensons & Mortons anyone?
He signed the oath of office? Oh, I bet Chief Justice Roberts wishes that was enshrined in the US constitution.
Just wait until I run for mayor of DC. I’ll be swearing in over at Camelot.
This is all moot because the Democrat senator turncoat turncoated back to the Democrats, in exchange for being named Supreme Ruler. So everything is back to normal in Albany.
Alright, Riley, where’s that rumors on the internet post? I saw it. You can’t pretend it doesn’t exist.
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Did he swear on a porterhouse or a t-bone? This is important, people!
Now he can cast such crucial tie-breaking votes as “filet or porterhouse?” I hear he highly recommends the Luger Sauce…on his genitals. Hey-O!
Lugar’s is overrated. The “menu” consists of steak or chicken. The waiter simply says “steak or chicken” and treats you like you were the biggest pain in the balls ever devised by Nazis. Still it is a throwback, and an authentic one at that. So I actually kind of think Ravitch is the coolest.
Still, I’d be more willing to trust someone who took the oath on a good steak than one who took it on a stack of Bibles.
chascates: Dude if you’re going for steakhouses in Williamsburg, you can’t beat Destefano’s on Leonard. That place has class.
Keram2: Wow! I just checked them out on Yelp and everyone was saying how they used a BUTTER KNIFE to cut their steaks!
slavojzizek: Nope, it is a douchebag place. Good porterhouse (gotta get the 2-person meal), though. Hahaha btw that place used to be (still is?) made mobbed up.
If the fate of our state’s legislative future actually depended on who dines in Williamsburg, the cigarette tax would go down, a LOT. And American Apparel would become compulsory shopping for under-18s.
Didn’t one of the Sopranos get shot there?
O rly? Are there still competing Dem-led and GOP-led sessions running at the same time in the NY State Senate? Fucking weird.
Peter Luger is the best steakhouse in New York, and if you have a reservation, you keep it.
You mean Ravitch dissed Sparks? We need to have a steak-off. I’ll bet he has a house credit card at Luger…..that’s better than an AmEx Centurion card. Ahh, to start off a Luger-fest with a nice beer, served in a chilled glass mug….move on to the porterhouse with sides of creamed spinach and something else of choice….top it off with a dish of schlag. I must haz me my steak NOW!!!!!!!
Yeesh. People talking about steak like its rocket surgery. Soak it in a marinade you like, burn the outside a little over a live flame and voila it’s steak.
I can do this better, faster and cheaper at home than any steakhouse in the land. I often do.
When I’m going to spend some bucks for meal, I want it to be something I can’t do better myself.
Back off, Newell. I’d rather see him take the oath of office at Peter Luger than the Days Inn or the Mayflower Hotel. Peter Luger is amazing and not degrading at all!
Lascauxcaveman: Ha, it’s not rocket surgery. And here I was thinking I was the only clever person who used that amusing combination. I can at least hope we’re the only two. Bravo, sir.
OK, he has a grease-stained document making him lieutenant governor. But does he have a birth certificate?
Richard Ravitch,
He no savitch
The Paterson.
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No, really, thank you, thank you. Next show at 10. Be sure to tip your waitress. And try the veal.
Stay classy, New York state. Keep this up, and you’ll be the Alabama of the North in no time.
But is he qualified? Has he had a seedy affair, or is he handicap? Or ideally, both?
Hey, he’s from New York.
hobospacejunkie: I can make a steak, but those damn italics tags are almost like brain science.