Young Hillary Clinton
Saturday, May 31st, 2008This is too funny!
Hillary, Assassination, and the Record
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Much hay is being made about Hillary Clinton’s comment invoking the assassination of Robert Kennedy. The thing is, it isn’t the first time she has done so to make her point.
I have no issue with Sen. Clinton’s remark. She was trying to defend why she shouldn’t drop out of the race. To support her side she pointed to other Democratic races that weren’t won until June or after. Certainly 1968 was one of them given Kennedy was the front-runner when he was assassinated.
The issue with what she said isn’t the assassination remark, it’s that Bill Clinton didn’t win the nomination until June 1992. After the New York Primary in April, he was the presumptive nominee.
Bill was the clear front runner now [ed: after Super Tuesday]; however a grassroots strategy by Jerry Brown pulled him awfully close to the Arkansas governor. Brown used a 1-800 number to call mass numbers of people and receive funding for his campaign. His wins in Connecticut and Colorado made it look like he was going to take over Bill. However a series of controversial bumps set Brown behind and Clinton won the Democratic nomination in early April after his win in New York.
Seattle Politicore
When Democrats Attack Democrats
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008No, this is not a Hillary v. Obama post, although they seem to have set the stage for what New Jersey is going through right now.
Frank Lautenberg, who has run some dirty campaigns during his career, is running against fellow Democrat Rob Abdrews. This Andrews’ latest commercial.
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008Scoble’s new venture launched recently . . . Pot meet the kettle: scottO rips Groundspeak for its less than courteous customer service. I truly wonder what he thinks the perception of Terracaching.com’s customer service is . . . Ed Morrissey’s When the Democratic Party moves too far left for George McGovern, you know they’re in trouble made me spray my computer screen . . . It’s interesting that the guy who got me into geocaching is also now blogging . . . much ado is being made out of John McCain’s reaction to NY Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller. That isn’t anger to me and I have no issue with his response. It was a silly question he was asked and he let her know it . . . ’twas just reminded that I will be at Yankee Stadium in June for a game. It is the last season for the House That Ruth Built . . . gearing up for lawn care as I dropped the mower and edger off for service today . . . “Oh, get over it!” You have to love Scalia . . . from an e-mail I received earlier this week: “I hope all the bastards who got those no-money-down loans do get thrown out of their houses.” . . . completing classroom book orders online is wonderful. No longer do I have to fill out those dreaded forms and mail them in. We’ll see how quickly they arrive . . . California now requires parents who homeschool their children to have teaching certs. Ha! or should that be Bah! Sure, force parents to be indoctrinated in the system they want to be rid of. That makes sense . . . More spewage: “Adam Eaton is picking up right where he left off last season — getting pummeled like Apollo Creed in the beginning of Rocky IV” . . . I came across this (don’t ask how). The more I see of stuff like this, the more I am sympathetic to celebrities. I think they give up some of their personal lives as the trade off of stardom, but this kind of stuff is ridiculous . . . a good chuckle . . . Wow! Reading a book is considered “racial harassment” . . .
New Jersey Democrats Think We’re Stupid
Thursday, September 27th, 2007I do not usually make blanket statements. Partisan rhetoric is useless. Little you read here will sound like Red Generation or Blue Jersey. I do not particularly care to listen to Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, or Keith Olbermann. No “side” is correct. A specific policy is correct or not, not a specific party. I have been a Republican and a Democrat. Neither party satisfied me.
Now as an independent, I am very much a targeted citizen. Today I received a flyer that my wife deemed trash. I looked at it and was absolutely appalled at what I read. It was an attack piece on Michael Donohue who is a Republican running for the state assembly in the First District. It was sent by the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. Note that Governor Corzine is the first person one sees on that site.
The flyer attacked Donohue for his multiple jobs. According to this, Donohue has four government jobs. It doesn’t really document what those jobs are. The best I can tell, he is a solicitor for several towns. Perhaps that’s it. Then New Jersey Democrats decry:
On top of that, he maintains a lucrative private law practice.
So what? Is it now somehow bad to have a successful private job? Why is that in there?
In addition to half a million dollars in salaries and payments, taxpayers are also footing the bill for Donohue’s pension.
Huh? I do not think Donohue is collecting $500,000 on the public payroll. This is a poorly constructed sentence and designed to provide a negative opinion of the successful lawyer. I’ll accept that Donohue has a public pension . . . as does every member of the New Jersey Democratic Committee.
Then there a swipe at Donohue’s running mate Nick Asselta. While I am no fan of Asselta’s, this is just uncalled for:
In addition to his taxpayer-funded salary and pension, Nick Asselta received more lobbyist gifts than any other legislator in 2005 . . .
Lobbyist gifts are fair game. But why are Democrats lamenting Asselta’s taxpayer-funded salary and pension? Is Jeff Van Drew, who is running against Asselta, not earning a taxpayer-funded salary? Is Van Drew not in the public pension?
Furthermore, Nelson Albano, who is running against Donohue, is on the public payroll too.
Do Democrats really think I am this stupid to buy this line of crap and not challenge it?
The flyer ends with:
Our property taxes are high enough.
We can’t afford Donohue and Clark in the Assembly.
(We can’t afford Asselta in the Senate either!)
Of course, if Democrats are elected, taxpayers will pay the same amount in salary and pension benefits to the politicians. It is just astounding how skewed this is.