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Dateline: 7/8/09 Washington DC
Patrick giggled as he read the words of praise for the new Lieutenant Governor published on “Room Eight”
“The man…had brought the MTA into the 20th Century and just last year endeavored to bring it into the 21st;….
Today, in a stunning act of audacity, [The Governor] named him as Lieutenant Governor.
Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/nydn?tag=Richard+Ravitch
July 9, 2009 11:30 AM By Elizabeth Benjamin
Sen. George Winner took on the role of Senate GOP attack dog this morning, saying the Democrat-controlled Assembly should look into trying to impeach Gov. David Paterson for his "willful violations" of the state Constitution by moving to appoint Richard Ravitch lieutenant governor.
“I think anytime you are talking about willful violations of the Constitution for political purposes, as I believe the governor is doing, I think it’s a fair game to take a look at it," the Elmira Republican told reporters, including the DN's Glenn Blain.
A DAILY GOTHAM WRITER (7/25/08): I don't go out of my way to trash people to my left. I don't do that, despite the occasional temptation to do so, for the simple reason that I don't consider it strategically wise, and because I'm more interested in beating republicans. This is the Overton Window.
You, by contrast, invest copious amounts of effort into tearing down people who are on your side. When I critique Democrats, it's usually from the left or on the basis of good-government arguments. You do so from the right. What you do with that is validate rightwing frames. Congratulations if this has never occurred to you before.
Please don’t think for a minute that I am angry about losing my race last Tuesday, because I am not. My mind is at ease. I am at peace with myself. I am back to walking around the apartment in the nude. And I am writing poetry again. I am glad I ran. I wouldn’t trade the strange experience of this campaign for anything. It was rather informative and revealing. It’s just that I have to get a few things off my mind and that’s why I am writing this particular two-part column: that’s all. And by now some of you must know that I hate to keep hot things on my chest unless it is a female human; so here goes. (BTW: my comment section is closed).
A wise man once said that success usually comes after moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. Another one said that the best way to succeed at something is by increasing your failure rate. Either way, both sages lauded tenacity and persistence. I concur; and that's one of many reasons why I am formally announcing today that I will be running again next year, despite my defeat at the polls last Tuesday 15th September, in the 40th city council district democrat's primary.
Next September (2010) I intend to run for two positions in the Democratic primary election. Firstly, I will run for the 42nd Assembly seat in the state legislature, against the incumbent Ms. Rhoda Jacobs. The incumbent is presently getting a salary for the position, and a pension for the same position: at the same time. I believe that what she is doing is wrong. This is double-dipping. She filed her resignation papers last year but has stayed in the post while collecting two checks.
Our Parent, Our Ruler; I have sinned before thee.
For the sin of endorsing worthy candidates, who seemed to have been jinxed as a result.
For the sin of failing to endorse and write on behalf of candidates I should have, because it was the path of least resistance.
For the sin of listening to imbeciles about who the strongest prospects were in districts I knew too little about (yes, Steve Behar did end up runner-up to Paul Vallone in that he ran fourth to Vallone’s third).
Even before last night’s Waterloo, those of us on the center and left who’ve railed endlessly against the perfidy of the WFP/ACORN/DFS axis of evil have found ourselves hamstrung by several inconvenient factors.
The first is that our outrage has inconveniently coincided with Republican outrage mostly focused on ACORN slovenliness, as opposed to illegality. Even I have defended ACORN from such calumny in the past, though Republicans may have a point about ACORN’s failure to adequately separate the not-for-profit sectors from the political sector. Of course, Republicans may want to reflect upon the fact that their insistence on privatizing so many government functions is what led ACORN to be the recipient of so many government contracts during their administrations.
Rudy Giuliani’s coat holder, Tony Carbonetti, apparently found a Washington Post reporter dumb enough to print some BS about Rudy.
The Primary Day edition of the New York Post, in a story about the Manhattan District Attorney contest includes a quote from Henry Stern.
Earlier in the year, it became clear that personal circumstances were going to keep me from endorsing in the 33rd Councilmanic District, where I happen to live.
But nothing is going to stop me from saying who you shouldn’t vote for.
There are SEVEN candidates in this race. Only three of them (Steve Levin, Jo Anne Simon and Evan Theis) have any grasp on reality. The other four are running for a seat in the Borough of Oz.
Ken Baer is a pathetic little round-faced man , without a friend or a clue, constantly smiling without reason or comprehension and walking around in a lonely fog as other people cruelly laugh at him.