So much nonsense has been written recently about the Southern Brooklyn State Senate seats lately that my head is spinning from all the spinning.
To some extent, I must admit that I may be part of the problem.
I really do believe that, strategically, it has been stupid for Democrats not to challenge Marty Golden, and, more importantly, I believe that when Democrats should stop swallowing the nonsensical bill of goods that running a candidate against Golden only hurts them. For year, Democrats in Queens gave Serph Maltese and Frank Padavan a free wide. In both cases, this only stopped when they were challenged by seemingly clueless
South Asian candidates who hadn’t gotten the memo and who had no organizational support whatsoever, but did surprisingly well nonetheless.
When, Maltese nearly got beaten by the unbelievably lame Albert Baldeo, County Leader
Joe Crowley was livid that anyone would blame him:
“There is no one in the world who can say to me that we should have known there was a vulnerability here…there was nothing to indicate that – absolutely nothing.”
True enough; when you don’t challenge someone for over a decade, the statistical evidence of their vulnerability tends to be limited (though not non-existent, if one is really looking for it).
The same goes for Marty Golden.
In the fat Democratic years of 2006 and 2008, no one challenged Golden. Not even a South Asian.
Where is Farouk Samaroo when you really need him?
In 2010, the most Republican year in recent memory, Golden was challenged by an openly gay leftist.
This is not the proper profile for a successful Democrat from that part of Brooklyn.
The proper profile for a successful Democrat from that part of Brooklyn is a closeted gay conservative.
And yet, even with the worst possible candidate, in the worst possible year, Marty Golden did not win all that impressively, although I doubt he was losing any sleep either.
Anyway, after heroic efforts, the State Senate Dems have finally had some success in selling someone in the Commentariat (besides me) their bill of goods that Golden is vulnerable.
And that’s fair.
Because the first step in making someone vulnerable is getting some to actually believe he is.
If they’d done that sooner, Golden might have already suffered a real challenge in a year when such a challenge might have mattered.
The problem is, having sold the fantasy of a potential Golden challenge, someone asked the Sen Dems who might actually make it.
And the first name they came up with was Marty Markowitz’s Chief of Staff, Carlo Scissura.
Carlo?
The Sen Dems Great White Hope is Carlo Scissura?
The man who was once outpolled by Steve Harrison.
Carlo?
Yes, perhaps this is a district where one can run someone whose curriculum vitae is almost literally that of a “Professional Italian,” almost entirely dedicated to fraternal organizations and the like, but if one is going to stereotype this area as a “Quartiere” looking for a benevolent Godfather, why would you run a Fredo rather than a Michael?
More importantly, in a district where one of the incumbent’s greatest vulnerabilities is his closeness to a Mayor who’s come to personify Manhattan Elitism and Taxation by Summons, the Sen Dems are floating the guy who get’s Bloomie’s appointment every time he needs a sock puppet for some marionette-type commission, whether it is the yearly attempt to change the City Charter or an interim Board of Education to pretend to run things when Mayoral Control temporarily lapses.
Worst part it is, Carlo will get all the Mayor’s vulnerabilities, while Golden will get all of his money.
Memo to John Sampson: If one insists on running a Markowitz Chief of Staff against Marty Golden, please note that Greg Atkins lives in Dyker Heights.
But not all the nonsense concerning Marty Golden stems from the Democrats.
It is an old joke that when you have two Jews on an Island, you end up with three Synagogues (although lately they’re probably engaged in negotiations over a merger and selling one of the buildings to a Chabad House or a Mosque).
Likewise, when you have a tiny party with few and far hopes of victory, you are liable to have bitter divisions and competing clubs, each with their own nasty blog.
In Brooklyn, the local Republican rebels, centered around the Young Republican Club, have Atlas Shrugs in Brooklyn, while the Golden/Craig Eaton controlled Regulars haveThe Jig Is Up Atlas.
Atlas Shrugs has the redeeming feature of sometimes linking Gatemouth, but that hasn’t stopped me from making their leader, Jonathan Judge, a target for well deserved derision when merited.
But it is not merely lack of links to Room 8 that makes “The Jig is Up” the worst blog in Brooklyn. Nor is it the reliably right wing content.
It is simply, the worst written thing I’ve ever tried to read.
The question begs, For the millions of jiggers who make this blog the undisputed leaders in Kings County Republican Party politics.
The question begs, This reform minded commentator has returned once again with a "Presidential" article, that will surely be "Golden".
The question begs, Ladies and Gentleman coming off the heels of the "Strongest", and "Electric" win of his infinite times great political career, crushing, some unemployed, "Buffoon", the greatest public elected official who has ever lived, this reform minded commentators infinite times great State Senator, the always honorable Marty Golden, had a "Golden" moment on election night, that sent shock-waves, not only across this great borough, state, but the entire country.
The question begs, The greatest public elected official who has ever lived, Senator Marty Golden's first round knockout, of some "Buffoon", led the beginning of not only the greatest night in the history of the Kings County Republican Party, but led to the start of the "Republican Tidal Wave" that swept across this state, and country.
The question begs, This "Republican Tidal Wave" was "Golden" to say the least.
The question begs, Thanks to this "Golden Republican Tidal Wave", the 22nd Senate District, now has "Two" more Republican elected officials, Bay Ridge Assemblywoman, The "Queen" Nicole Malliotakis, Southwest Brooklyn Congressman, The "Real American" Michael Grimm, and led to numerous Republican Assembly candidates receiving the highest percentage in there respective assembly districts history, or in decades, and several Republican candidates who ran in the 22nd Senate District, to "Victory" such as Harry The "Brain" Wilson, The "Sheriff" Dan Donovan, and The "Man They Call" Bob Turner.
The question begs, Ladies and Gentleman there was not one single elected official across this state, that had "Co-Tails" as "Long", the greatest public elected official who has ever lived, State Senator Marty Golden.
The question begs, Thanks to the "Golden Republican Tidal Wave", The Republicans have "Thankfully" returned to the Senate Majority in the State Senate, and in Congress, plus the strongest "Republican" minority in the State Assembly in decades.
The question begs, In order to become the President of the United States, a Republican candidate, would have to win the "Bluest" of "Blue" states such as New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
The question begs, There is no other person who can win these "States", than State Senator Marty Golden, who overwhelmingly won the 22nd Senate District, which is even more "Blue" than all of these places this reform minded commentator has listed.
The question begs, Ladies and Gentleman if the greatest public elected official who has ever lived, State Senator Marty Golden can receive more votes in the 22nd Senate District, than incoming, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senator Kristen Gillibrand, and Comptroller Thomas Dinapoli.
The question begs, There is no doubt, State Senator Marty Golden would "Crush", President Barack "Insane" Obama in the 22nd Senate District, which this reform minded commentator points out "proudly" voted for Senator John McCain, and this would help, State Senator Marty Golden carry the entire state of New York, who already know him as one of the most "Powerful" elected officials not only in this borough, but in this State, as one of the leaders in the new "Senate Majority".
The question begs, This reform minded commentator is already imagining of a "Golden White House" with, the likes of the now "Greatest District Leader" who has ever lived, the "People's District Leader", Russell C. Gallo as "Secretary of Defense", Harry The "Brain" Wilson as the head of the "Treasury", Kings County Conservative Party Chairman Jerry Kassar as the "Golden White House's Chief Of Staff", the greatest blog talk radio show host who has ever lived, "Mean" Gene Berardelli as the "Golden White House Press Secretary".
The question begs, Respected political strategists, Dr. Jeffrey Kraus, and Gerry O'Brien in the roles of Karl Rove as the main political strategists, in the "Golden White House", The "Working Class Hero", Brian Doherty as head of "Homeland Security" for the "Golden White House", and the greatest Republican Party Chairman who has ever lived, this reform minded commentators infinite times great Kings County Republican Party Chairman, the honorable, Kings County Republican Party Chairman, the "Immortal" Craig A. Eaton as the "Chairman" of the Republican National Committee for the "Golden White House".
The question begs, This reform minded commentator wonders if the former one term has assemblyman, Arnaldo "A-Hole", I get it we know your Italian, Ferraro, will want to take a "Picture" with "President" Marty Golden, like he took a picture with the greatest President who has ever lived, Ronald Wilson Reagan.
The question begs, This reform minded commentator points out, the former one term has been assemblyman, would likely be led in "Handcuffs" before that happens, but this reform minded commentator will leave that for another reform-minded post.
The question begs, With just over 14 months til the first Republican Presidential Primary, this reform minded commentator is urging, the greatest public elected official who has ever lived, State Senator Marty Golden to "Run" for President because our borough, our state, and country needs a "Golden White House".
The question begs, This reform minded commentator and the millions of jiggers will now begin with a chorus of "Run, Marty, Run" infinite times over.
The question begs, This reform minded commentator hopes this will be a to be continued…
The question begs, As Always The Truth Has Spoken.
The question begs: could a room full of monkeys do any worse?
The latest crusade at “The Jig” is a series condemning local Democrats for not criticizing Carl Kruger.
Now, I've no brief for Mike Nelson, the City Council's Dick Clark/Dorian Gray, and a winner of the “Ted Baxter Award for Intellectual Integrity.” Like his mentor Carl Kruger, Nelson regularly shills for the Republicans. So, I actually got a chuckle when “The Jig” attacked Nelson, although, based on Nelson’s record, one would think the Republican attitude would be one of gratitude.
But there are problems with this series.
First is the fact that it ignores “The Presumption of Innocence.”
Secondly, it is full of pure nonsense. One piece attacks the purported close relationship between Kruger and Councilman Lew Fidler.
To quote Woody Allen, Fidler loves Kruger “like a brother.”
Once of twice over the decades, Kruger and Fidler have been forced by the occasion to utter a nice word about the other in public.
But as rare as those occurrences have been in public, such an occasion has never occurred in private.
In 2007, after one of my periodic attacks on Kruger, Rock asked me, "Why has [Kruger] succeeded in holding on to his seat? Was it Tony Genovese and the Jefferson club that held it all together for him ?"
I answered, “Perhaps initially, but it's probably mostly the inertia that saves all southern Brooklyn pols from having primaries until the Russian population in their districts reaches what sociologists like to call "the tipping point". Plus he raises mucho dinero. As To TJ, talk is,
[repeat of David Greenglass joke]…If and when the Commission ever give sanction to a hit upon Mr. Kruger, one can rest assured that, Tony Blundetto style, the Jefferson Club will insist, as an act of mercy, upon carrying out the execution itself.
One can also rest assured that when the word goes out that they are looking for a volunteer to carry out the distasteful task, the line in front of the club will run three thick around the block and down to Flatlands Avenue."
And rest assured, as the poor potential volunteers suffer through waiting in the cold of a pouring winter rain storm, Lew Fidler’s staff will be giving away free coffee, doughnuts, hot toddies, complimentary umbrellas and words of encouragement to those on line.
But, most objectionable, other than the bad writing, is the fact that “The Jig” totally ignores the key role played by Republicans in enabling Carl Kruger.
More particularly “The Jig” ignores the Elephant in the Room.
No one in politics, not even Mike Nelson, has benefited more from Carl Kruger’s tender ministrations more than Marty Golden. It is a topic I’ve dealt with more than once.
Not surprisingly, like the local Democrats attacked so fiercely by the relentlessly pro-Golden “Jig,” Marty Golden has also remained silent about Kruger.
But Marty Golden does have the excuse of “The Presumption of Innocence.” Marty Golden does not believe in “The Presumption of Innocence.”
After Hiram Monserrate was arrested, even before there was an indictment, Marty Golden insisted that t Monserrate recuse himself from Senate’s business, and even introduced a resolution that Monserrate not be seated. This seemed silly, as the charges against Monserrate had nothing to do with Senate business (Golden must have thought so himself , because later, when the Republicans temporarily took control of the Senate with Monserrate’s help, Golden’s resolution failed to see the light of day).
But in Kruger's case, where recusal actually might have a basis, Golden has said zilch.
What's the story?
Why the inconsistency?
Is Golden in the tank for Kruger the way Kruger was in the tank for Golden?
The Question Begs.