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Liz Benjamin had an interesting post on the new feud between state Senate Democrats and the Working Families Party.  This should be of concern to Rich Dollinger.  According to Benjamin:

To start with, they risk being abandoned by a key ally, the Working Families Party. The outfit’s top players are furious with the Senate Dems’ refusal to back up Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on the so-called millionaires tax.

In a heated conference call last Friday, officials of the labor-backed party deemed Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith a “disappointment” and asked whether continuing to help him would be a waste of time. The party has played a big role in bringing the Democrats to within spitting distance of wresting the Senate chamber from Republican hands. [Read more →]

Tags: Articles, Cincinnatus, New York State, Richard Dollinger by Cincinnatus
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Am I the only one outraged by Sandy Parker, The Rochester Business Alliance’s President and CEO?  Sunday’s speaking out piece, which she wrote with Len Redon, criticizes the MCC Board of Trustees for adding Bill Smith and Dennis Kessler to the list of finalists for the MCC Presidency. In her piece she said:

By taking this action, the MCC trustees chose to diminish the work of the selection committees, and left us — and the community at large — with the impression that the board has an agenda that trumps the thorough, exhaustive, exemplary process that was appropriately followed given the significance of the job we are seeking to fill.

We can only hope that as this process moves toward its conclusion, the MCC trustees will rethink their action so that we can all rest assured the next president is hired based solely on outstanding qualifications. MCC and our community deserve nothing less. [Read more →]

Tags: Articles, The Equalizer by The Equalizer
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I recently had a conversation with a young friend who expressed his displeasure at the lack of conservative candidates in this presidential election cycle. His feeling, shared my many on the right, is obviously that John McCain is not a “real” conservative. I’ve heard this sentiment from many conservatives in the past few months - from high profile squawkers like Rush Limbaugh and James Dobson to rank and file folks in my everyday life. I’m more than a little sympathetic to their complaints. I myself have spent no small amount of mental energy since the New Hampshire primary trying to come to terms with the reality that John McCain will be the Republican (and by extension, conservative) standard bearer for 2008.

The list of conservative grievances against McCain is long, but I think the least forgivable are McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform (I challenge you to find a bigger legislative travesty), his vote against the Bush tax cuts, and his participation in the so-called Gang of 14. [Read more →]

Tags: Articles, MisterF, Presidential Politics by MisterF
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Gentle Reader:

According to the New York Post, Rudy Giuliani is weighing a possible run for Governor this fall should Governor Paterson be forced to resign.

March 28, 2008 — In the latest twist in New York politics, Rudy Giuliani is eyeing a run for governor in a special election this fall should Gov. Paterson be forced to resign, sources say.

A top adviser to the former mayor, who pulled the plug on his presidential bid in January, yesterday dangled the possibility of Giuliani’s running in a special election. [Read more →]

Tags: Articles, New York State by Prudence Izguhde
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Hillary and Bill Clinton are two of the most cunning politicians most of us have ever seen. Their tactics are right out of Machiavelli’s “The Prince”. For those of you who are not familiar with Machiavelli, he was a 14th century Italian Philosopher who is famous for his quote “The ends justify the means.” In Machiavelli’s “The Prince”, he describes the arts by which the Prince (a ruler) can retain control of his (or her) realm. He focuses primarily on what he calls the “New Prince”, under the assumption that a hereditary prince has an easier task since the people are accustomed to him.” This describes the Clintons to a tee.

What are the ends that the Clintons are looking at? Either she wins the Democratic nomination in 2008 by whatever means needed, then deal with the party and the general election later. If that is not possible, they will destroy Barack Obama so he cannot win in 2008 — leaving open the door for them to try again in 2012. [Read more →]

Tags: Articles, Presidential Politics, Tiberius by tiberius
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In case you needed it, there has been more proof uncovered of how bad disgraced former Governor Elliott Spitzer really was.  No, I’m not talking about revelations about a second escort service he used for whoremongering (and how one of the girls involved claimed the Steamroller liked to watch other people have sex — we would call him a freak where I come from), but rather I am talking about Troopergate.

I remember at the time of the initial investigation by Albany DA David Soares, my Democratic friends claimed the matter was over and proof that Client number 9 couldn’t have been involved. But Soares released a report that showed Spitzer to be directly involved in manufacturing a story to try and damage Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.  This is from Rick Karlin in the Albany Times Union’s Capitol Confidential blog: 

I’m in the middle of Albany County DA David Soares just-released Troopergate report and a couple of points jump out at me. For one thing, the Spitzer camp early on expressed concern about whether the governor might have a problem with his use of the helicopter, this as the TU was inquiring into use of the copter.

Then it looked like one of the more aggressive members of the Spitzer camp, visa vi Joe Bruno, was Peter Pope who first suggested the Inspector General and possibly the feds, investigate Bruno and his use of the helicopter.

Also notable was Spitzer’s reaction when former spokesman Darren Dopp, just to make sure, asked the ex-governor if he really wanted to release the records on Bruno. This came after the governor originally demurred on the idea of a press release, saying it would be too much of a distraction. [Read more →]

Tags: Cincinnatus, Elliot Spitzer, New York State by Cincinnatus
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Well, that didn’t take long.  Remember when I wrote that Joe Morelle’s endorsement of Rick Dollinger was going to effectively seal the deal for Dollinger to get the nomination to run for the 56th Senate race?  Sandy Frankel had already beaten Dollinger in Brighton with 53% of the vote.  Then Dollinger quickly releases an announcement that he has the endorsement of Democrat Assemblyman/Democrat County Party Chair Joe Morelle.  I said that Morelle’s endorsement would shift the Democrat Party machine’s support over to Rick and I was right.

Last night, the Greece and Parma Democrat Committees overwhelmingly endorsed Dollinger with 56% of the Greece votes and 60% of the Parma votes.  Now, it should be noted that only a total of about 51 Greece committee people voted and a paultry 12 Parma Democrat committee people bothered to show up, but the rules are the rules and Dollinger walks away with crushing percentages.

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Tags: Articles, InsidePolitics, Richard Dollinger, Sandy Frankel, Willa Powell by InsidePolitics
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They’ve done it again — the liberal political activists have generated tens of thousands of dollars worth of negative publicity for MCC  over the Presidency “controversy” and now they’re in the D&C complaining about the effect of that controversy on MCC fundraising.

According to the D&C:

In a March 18 letter to MCC board Chairman Richard Guon, 16 members of the MCC Foundation’s executive committee wrote that “appointing a president who is not acknowledged to be the best candidate for the position will hamper the ability of the Foundation to raise private funds.” [Read more →]

Tags: David Gantt, Democrat and Chronicle, MCC Presidency, Monroe County, Monroe County Public Defender, The Equalizer by The Equalizer
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Once again a Democratic Governor is is trouble. Gov. Anibal Acevedo (D-Puerto Rico) has been indicted  on charges of illegal fundraising and election fraud.  Acevedo is also an Obama supporter, as well as a superdelegate.  The charges (19 counts in a campaign finance probe) including conspiracy to violate U.S. federal campaign laws and giving false testimony to the FBI.

It has been a bad couple of weeks for Democrat Governors. First Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign, then David Paterson had to admit Marriage infidelity, drug use and then charges of bringing his ex-girlfriend, a $150,000 a year Spitzer staff member, on a Hillary campaign trip to South Carolina. 

We appear to have a pattern emerging of Democrat scandals. I think it is important to point out that they are Democrats because when the biased media comes across Democrat scandals they are always referred to as “The Governor of New York” never “The Democrat Governor of New York” like they would if it were “The Republican Senator from Such and Such”. I must raise this question : Will this string of Democrat scandals be covered like the string of Republican events before the 2006 elections.

Only time will tell – I not hold my breath though.

Tags: Articles, New York State by tiberius
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I saw an article in yesterday’s D&C about NOW having a problem with Democratic Congressional candidate Jon Powers because he received an award from the Ancient Order of Hibernians — a group with beliefs tied to the Catholic Church (Gasp!).  I couldn’t find the link on the D&C website — so this is from the hard copy I pulled from my recycling bin.

Evidently, the Hibernians state on their website that “no one who holds views that contradict the teachings of the Catholic faith can be publicly honored by the group.”  That would mean he believes that homosexual marriage is wrong (imagine that — a marriage needing one man and one woman — what a neanderthal) and he is pro-life.  But wait, his campaign manager said he is pro-choice and that “same-sex marriage is an issue for states to deal with.”

What!? Well Joe Meleca-Voigt, the Democratic leader of Greece Democrats and one of the local poster gals for gay marriage, must be all over Powers on this one, right? [Read more →]

Tags: Articles, Cincinnatus, Local Congressional Races by Cincinnatus
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