It‘s pre-primary rush time, as I attempt before the election to do at least three pieces I’ve outlined in my mind, as well as at least one more Gateway, and still see my parents before they go back to Florida.
As such, I probably won’t get to a 10th Anniversary piece on 9/11, a topic near and dear to me, which I touched upon emotionally the other day.
However, in recognition of this momentous occasion, I will once again link a piece I wrote in 2008.
Can anyone please tell me who the target group is for this robo-call?
So dumb, it could have come out of the geniuses behind the Weprin campaign. Donald Trump robocalls for Turner campaign | The Empire empire.wnyc.org
This spot may actually be dumber than the Trump robo-call (and was up for a shorter time than Spitzer's talk show). However, since it's an independent expenditure, it can’t even be blamed on the Weprin campaign–maybe stupidity is just contagious. Anti-Bob Turner Ad Featuring Airplane Ominously Buzzing Manhattan: Slightly Terrorist-y? | The New Y www.observer.com
In a stunning example of hypocrisy, the Post accuses Weprin of 9/11 pandering. Weprin’s big-bucks buddies www.nypost.com
DCCC expends big bucks. They could have saved some money if they had woken up and smelled the coffee a bit sooner. The Brooklyn Politics Blog www.thebrooklynpolitics.com
Tilzer says if Weprin loses, the winners will be reform, good government and democracy.
With all due respect (and the respect which is due is miniscule at best), if Weprin loses, the winners will be Boehner, Cantor, McConnell, Tea Partiers and homophobic bigots. True News: A Clueless Soundbite Professor Press Enabler Get an F on Democracy truenewsfromchangenyc.blogspot.com
Loser: Steve Israel: "Maybe he is wishing that Anthony Weiner had never been pushed out in the first place." He shouldda listened to Gate way back when. Winners & Losers, Sept. 9 edition www.cityhallnews.com
Jane Deacy panders for the Howard Beach vote, saying Phil Goldfeder is not a good fella. Mafia wife Donna DeMartino goes to bat for Assembly candidate – and former cop – Jane Deacy www.nydailynews.com
I won't go through all the errors in this deep-throating of Jesus G by the usually reliable Colby Hamilton, because I am in the process of a longer piece, but the revisionist history that Tish James' election to the Council on the WFP line was an insurgency is preposterous.
The incumbent, James Davis, was shot and killed. He was running unopposed, the deadline to file had passed, and his vacancy committee, which consisted of his mother, gave the Dem line to his psycho brother Geoffrey.
After that, the party, led by County Leader Clarence Norman, supported Davis in name only, while nearly everyone in Norman's control pulled out all the stops to elect Tish. With much at stake, trifecta of interests back Gonzalez in 54th Assembly race | The Empire empire.wnyc.org
Governor Martinez says "my family is here; now, pull up the ladder." Martinez's grandparents – Ben Smith www.politico.com
I'm elated that Gail Collins is back, but can she please write just one column that doesn't mention that Mitt Romney once strapped his dog to the roof of his car? Debating With the Stars www.nytimes.com
A book which has jumped the shark before its publication. The anti-Bachmann book – Ben Smith www.politico.com
Todays' Award for counterproductive left stupidity. Massachusetts Peace Group Says Pledge Of Allegiance Smacks Of "Totalitarian Regimes" www.nydailynews.com
Never as important as Dave Bartholomew (the great N'awlins producer of the 50s) or Allen Toussaint (the great N'awlins producer of the 60s and thereafter), Wardell Q was the guy you got when Toussaint was busy, but that was usually far better than good enuf. “Mr. Big Stuff,” indeed. Wardell Quezergue, Hitmaker of New Orleans R&B, Dies at 81 www.nytimes.com
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