I'm going to break my rule tonight and watch a debate — or part of it anyway.

Popcorn’s by the microwave, rabbit ears adjusted, I’m ready to go. I’m curious to see how Little Big Slurp stands up to his hand-wringing attackers. I detest the man and his authoritarian egotistical manner, but if he stands firm rather than kowtow to the others, he’ll make for an interesting evening.

For instance, there is nothing untrue in his statements that 95% of violent crime in nour cities is committed by blacks and Hispanics against blacks and Hispanics. Question is what to do about that, but there’s nothing racist about defying the problem.

Similarly, it’s true that many young black males don’t know how to work in an office environment. Duh, they’ve never been in an office environment. Bloomberg was discussing the need to educate those kids, bring them into the button-downed corporate world, but again, he’s in trouble for pointing out a truth.

Farmers are stupid? No, Little Mike is dumb, but recognizing that jobs on assembly lines are disappearing is not.

So will he stick to these obvious facts and force his fellow jackals to evade and deny them? It’d be good television, and might even win him some votes. He might backtrack, and I’m sure that’s what his debate advisors are counseling, but I’m not sure; Bloomberg has never struck me as someone inclined to grovel.