A model of personal accountability, Michael told Frankie Five Angels "Your Family's still called Corleone. And you'll run it like a Corleone."
But some jerks will put their name on anything if it generates them a few dollars. The only thing more shameful than Ron Paul's profiting off the hate tracts that bore his name are his passive voice denials of responsibility: "it ended up in the newsletter"
Indeed it did. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/ron-pauls-shaggy-defense/250256/ www.theatlantic.com
Chait on Paul: "Let’s stipulate that Paul didn’t write any of those items. He still published a racist newsletter. If Larry Flynt were running for president, I’m pretty sure people wouldn’t care that much that he did not personally take the photographs that appeared in Hustler."
And
“It's not some crazy coincidence that Ron Paul's newsletter was written by racists.” Don’t Ask Ron Paul About His Racist Newsletter nymag.com
Q: Why would right wing Republicans who’ve never expressed a concern about racial discrimination (except against white people) be so up in arms about Paul?
A: He violated a fundamental GOP principal–he left a paper trail.
·
·
·
· Paul denies writing the articles, but he never denied signing the promotional materials for his investment newsletter, which bear his John Hancock. Ron Paul’s ‘Race War’ www.politickerny.com
Revenge is sweet for 41, as he steals Christmas from the Gingrich. Bush 41: Gingrich stood me up politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
Mitt comes pretty close to deserving that analogy Allen West made about the Dems. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/12/mitt-romney-goes-glenn-beck.htm nymag.com
Jews must vote for Bob Turner against Bibi to send President Obama a message. Israel backs aid to Palestinian Authority www.politico.com
There's no truth to the rumor that Weiner’s going to Yfrog a shot of the briss on his twitter feed.
BTW, anyone notice that the kid is named for an Arab country? Pop Weiner finally gets texting right www.nypost.com
Blaming your personal problems caused by own failings on the prejudices of others, and comparing the well justified scrutiny you've attracted to acts of bigotry and hatred is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
No wonder Al Sharpton used to be such a fan of John Liu's. N.Y. Chinese-American Leaders Come to Comptroller’s Defense www.nytimes.com
Ruben criticizes fornicators Mike and Diana Taylor, Andrew and Sandra, Brad and Angelina, but forgets his amigos Carl and Dr. Michael.
As I always say, for better, for worse , for nication—but against Ruben. (Perhaps not the best choice of words). Ruben Diaz Criticizes Unmarried Fornicators Including Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Cuomo www.politickerny.com
Brooklyn will not be losing Kruger in our head count.
I must admit I was wrong about this. I thought the compromise would be that prisoners would be counted in their hometowns for the Assembly lines, and at the prisons for the Senate lines. Panel shifts inmate count in New York redistricting www.timesunion.com
Worst Senate District 27 Rumor Yet: Forget that Davidzon’s not even registered to vote—he’s also constitutionally ineligible to run.
This “Politics Brooklyn” (not to be confused with “Brooklyn Politics”) site has a long way to go before it reaches the level of amateur.
Although that excuse is not available to the mainstream media folks who link this carp without pointing out the problem. Best Senate District 27 Rumor Yet | Politics Brooklyn www.politicsbrooklyn.com
Is Tom Tracy smoking crack?
I defy anyone to find any evidence that Igor Oberman is running for the State Senate, beyond for the fact that he spent 15 minutes running for Kruger’s seat in 2010. on him.
However, one can blame Oberman for his cowardly statement of retreat: “I believe [Kruger] is someone important to Brooklyn and the Democratic majority,…There was room at the table for another person, but at this point I would say that we need someone like him representing Brooklyn."
Igor Oberman squandered what little credibility he had left, and then, to put the cherry on top of the cake, received his reward: a part time job with Marty Markowitz.
My guess is this story has no truth to this non-rumor, but in the unlikely event it is true, the 15 minutes Oberman spent in 2010 will look like eternity compared to the half life of this non-existent effort
That year, Oberman, then an administrative law judge at the Taxi and Limousine Commission, announced an abortive race against Kruger, but dropped out after the full weight of a Carl Kruger clusterfuck landed upon him.
One cannot blame him for getting out while the getting was good.
However, one can blame Oberman for his cowardly statement of retreat: “I believe [Kruger] is someone important to Brooklyn and the Democratic majority,…There was room at the table for another person, but at this point I would say that we need someone like him representing Brooklyn."
Igor Oberman squandered what little credibility he had left, and then, to put the cherry on top of the cake, received his reward: a part time job with Marty Markowitz.
My guess is this story has no truth to this non-rumor, but in the unlikely event it is true, the 15 minutes Oberman spent in 2010 will look like eternity compared to the half life of this non-existent effort.
Igor Oberman squandered what little credibility he had left, and then, to put the cherry on top of the cake, received his reward: a part time job with Marty Markowitz.
My guess is this story has no truth to this non-rumor, but in the unlikely event it is true, the 15 minutes Oberman spent in 2010 will look like eternity compared to the half life of this non-existent effort One cannot blame him for getting out while the getting was good.
However, one can blame Oberman for his cowardly statement of retreat: “I believe [Kruger] is someone important to Brooklyn and the Democratic majority,…There was room at the table for another person, but at this point I would say that we need someone like him representing Brooklyn."
Igor Oberman squandered what little credibility he had left, and then, to put the cherry on top of the cake, received his reward: a part time job with Marty Markowitz.
My guess is this story has no truth to this non-rumor, but in the unlikely event it is true, the 15 minutes Oberman spent in 2010 will look like eternity compared to the half life of this non-existent effortContenders lining up to replace Kruger www.brooklyndaily.com
The article asks if drawing Mike Cusick's residence into Matt Titone's district would cause him to run for Congress instead?
The author does not seem to understand that, in a reapportionment year, Cusick could run for Assembly anywhere in his home County, and would likely just follow the majority of his constituents, no matter where his home was.
A more apt question would be "whether Cusick would run for Congress if the minority voters of Port Richmond were drawn into Titone's district?"
That one might be a yes, no matter where they put Cusick's house.
Could Non-Partisan Redistricting Create A New Challenger For Grimm? www.politickerny.com
Azi's revealing typo: "Cuomo's administration distributed talking points to frame the governor's FIST year in office."
I think that gets it exactly right. Asked about Cuomo's future, Rangel talks of redistricting | Capital New York www.capitalnewyork.com
Here's a Democratic County Leader who should be removed from his job at once for violation of his fiduciary duties. Republican Owen Johnson Gets Strong Challenger, But Will Have Support of Local Democratic Chair cityandstateny.com
He plays the bass, but "reformers" think he's treble. Power chords! Steve Levin is councilman by day and bassman by night www.brooklynpaper.com