A Vote for a Democratic Senate Candidate is a Vote for Corruption
On several occasions, we have analyzed why a Democratic majority in the Senate would be very bad for Western New York. A story in today’s New York Post provides us with another reason: the Senate Democrats are corrupt.
Last week, the leader of the Senate Democrats, Malcolm Smith, held a fundraiser. At that event, he gave us all a clear understanding regarding how the Senate Democrats operate:
“The whole thing was incredible. Malcolm got up there and thanked everyone for coming and told them we should think of his fund-raising event as being like an IPO, an initial public offering.
“He said we should get in early because then it doesn’t cost as much. The longer you wait to get in, he said, the more it will cost you and if you don’t get in at all, then it will be painful after November, after the Democrats win the majority,” the lobbyist continued.
“Then he referred to [Bronx state Sen.] Jeff Klein about four times as his ‘enforcer,’ who is going to be brutal, aggressive, about collecting the contributions, and that he was the one managing the IPO.”
According to a witness at the event, “It was a shocking set of remarks and people were looking around the room in disbelief.”
In the understatement of the year, the Post story states, “Linking campaign contributions to future government actions is illegal under New York law.”
Voters must realize that a vote for Rick Dollinger or David Nachbar is a vote for Malcolm Smith and his corrupt brand of downstate politics. I can only hope that enough people in this area understand the big picture and vote accordingly.
Oh and by the way, at that same event, Malcolm Smith, “the married father of two who fathered an out-of-wedlock child with a woman other than his wife three years ago, made an inappropriate and unprofessional sexual innuendo at the event” relating to marital infidelity. Classy!
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Occam — great post. I’d like to share this with our readers — you left it out in the name of good taste I’m sure:
“The golf was called off because of rain, so the program was being shortened and the dinner was held early,” the lobbyist recalled.
“Smith was up there joking about what was going on, about the dinner ending early, and then said something like, ‘If anybody needs a permission slip for their spouse so that they can say you were here for a few hours more, I’ll say you were here until 8. You’re covered until about 8.’
“There was only one way to interpret that - cheating on your spouse - even if it was a joke,” the lobbyist recalled.
Repeated attempts to reach Smith for comment were unsuccessful, and he didn’t return messages left on his cellphone.
I’ll admit that I thought you were making this up or embelleshing the story Occam. I never would have believed this had I not read the story with my own eyes. This is exactly the type of pay to play business that people are so sick and tired of when it comes to politics. Malcolm Smith has basically called for illegal contributions in exchange for governmental and political favors. Anywhere else and this guy would be run out of office.
Let’s see if RICHard Dollinger and David Nachbar respond to this. They hold press conferences and send out press releases several times a week. Their silence will me they support this illegal activity. Maybe the press should ask they what they think about the guy who paying their political bills right now.
Great post Occam.