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What with you? are you really serious? do you really want to be the city council president? >> i'll tell you how serious this is. i sat down with a list of people who were running the office of president of the city council. and had tremendous nausea overcame me. not so much from them but i fear victory very much. the question is are they serious? >> that was newspaper columnist jimmy breslin in his campaign for new york city city council president in 1969. he past away yesterday at the age of 88. joining us is mike barnicle with more on the breslin legacy. mike? >> well, mika, he was a column...