Posted by: The Editors in Untagged on
Feb 5, 2010
Although Special Elections often don't get much attention paid to them, it seems the Assembly Special Election in Queens for the 24th AD just got moved onto the front-page - yet for all the WRONG reasons. From Liz Benjamin's blog at the Daily News...
Several readers have now forwarded this rather stunning piece of mail that slams Bob Friedrich, who will face off Tuesday against David Weprin in a special election to fill the Queens Assembly seat vacated by Weprin's now-councilman brother, Mark.
The mail features a Swastika superimposed over a generic photo of police tape. It arrived in mailboxes in Glen Oaks, a 10,000-person co-op on the Nassau/Queens line that is heavily Jewish.
As you can see from the mailer that appears in full after the jump, Friedrich himself was on the mailing list.
The piece accuses Friedrich, who, like Weprin, is Jewish, of being an "extremist" who is "out of touch with our community's values." According to Friedrich's campaign manager, Jay Golub, this stems from comments Friedrich made that murder should carry a heavier penalty than hate crimes.
The mailer - at least the one I've got - doesn't indicate who paid for it. But Golub sounds certain it was Weprin's campaign.
"This was so haphazardly done that he didn't even take Bob's name off the list," Golub told me. "We're offended by this and the community is offended by this. I'm not even certain what the message is supposed to be...A guy with a German last name is anti-Jewish? It's so over-the-top that I'm dumbfounded. I don't know what to say."
...the story continues...
Posted by: Raquel Okyay in Untagged on
Feb 5, 2010
Republicans across New York are practically salivating at the prospect of turning New York red at the Governor’s mansion, United States Senate, and at tons of state and local races from Broome to Queens County. It’s the kind of excitement that should raise the brow of New York’s Senator Chuck Schumer, former Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, but the GOP need not worry, he’s one of those politicians so self absorbed that if he was playing right field he wouldn’t see a pop-up until it hit him in the face!
Schumer is also plenty busy trying to secure his party’s leadership (now that polls show the current majority leader is about to lose his seat in a landslide) and is fully immersed in partisan behind closed door discussions that would, he hopes, transform the shape of American healthcare from a market driven industry to a government-run universal program.
Posted by: Eric Groberg in Untagged on
Feb 5, 2010
We cordially invite you to a reception for:
15th Congressional District Candidate
Reverend Michel Faulkner
Rev. Faulkner has decided to challenge incumbent Charles Rangel.
We will have a number of special guests in attendance, including:
Bishop Harry Jackson
Founder and Chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition
Rev. Faulkner would like you to attend this exciting event and historic announcement and invite your friends to join us as well, as he needs your support to ensure he runs a successful campaign...
Friday February 12th, 2010
Gospel Uptown
2110 Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard
(Between 125th Street and 126th Street) New York, NY
Event begins at 11:00am
Press Conference at 11:30am
Buffet Lunch to follow...
Posted by: Daniel Peterson in Untagged on
Feb 5, 2010
The top candidate for the GOP nomination for the 19th Congressional District, Nan Hayworth, has been so unimpressive that sources tell me the National Republican Congressional Committee [NRCC] has all but given up on the race.
Nan Hayworth is vying for the GOP nomination in the race for the 19th Congressional District in New York. The seat, once held by Republican Sue Kelly until 2007 -- now held by former rock star John Hall -- is considered highly winnable with the growing push-back against the Obama Administration.
The NRCC sees Hayworth as a tremendously unimpressive and uninspiring candidate who has not warmed to local party support and is considered too liberal to get the grassroots base excited. The NRCC is now realizing that she was really only taken into consideration because of her wealth and not her ability to network throughout the district...
Posted by: Quickjustice in Untagged on
Feb 5, 2010
From Hitchens
http://www.slate.com/id/2243112
Posted by: Quickjustice in Untagged on
Feb 5, 2010
From
http://michellemalkin.com/2010/02/03/lady-qaeda-found-guilty-blames-israel/
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