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A Thought for 2008

by: Roatti

Mon Dec 31, 2007 at 17:43:53 PM EST


Here's some eloquence from the blogfather himself:

We all want more Democrats. Yes. But we should ALSO want BETTER Democrats. Those that stand in the way of that are no better than the corrupt William Jeffersons and Al Wynns they protect.

Kos was talking about bad Democrats in congress, but his statement is just as applicaple to our statehouse.  Are you all listening??

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I think I recognize Silver and DiNapoli (4.00 / 1)
I don't recognize the rest.  I always agreed with Markos on the need for Democrats to clean up our own soiled linen.  I agree that Silver and several other state assembly leaders fit the bill.  DiNapoli is actually proving to be a good Comptroller and has always been a good progressive on the issues but that is the Long Island prejudice in me talking!

I have recently uped my donation to Donna Edwards against Al Wynn in MD 4.  This is the kind of thing we need to do with some of our many one party Democratic state legislators in NY who decide to become too corporatist or too social conservative for our parties positions.


DiNapoli is benefiting from a solid staff, but he shouldn't have been appointed int he first place (0.00 / 0)
I also made a donation to Donna Edwards recently- hope she pulls it out.  

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The party just had no idea where to put him... (4.00 / 1)
He lost out for Nassau Exec. vs. Suozzi then he wasn't made Lt. Gov...

He brought the goods in for the Island (I'm from nassau... so i have bias as well)...

They were looking for some place to put him, he would never run against Balboni... or someone, but now he's stuck in a spot that never suited him...

:sigh:

-- MrMacMan


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You could write his biography (0.00 / 0)
Or, I think you just did.

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Hear, hear (4.00 / 2)
Great post.  Diaz's homophobia is rather distasteful, and Lopez and Silver are clearly catalysts and enablers of the cesspool that is our state government in Albany.  Does anyone know of anyone challenging, or thinking of challenging, these agents of dysfunction, corruption, and regressive thinking in the primary this year?

I think Shelly has a challenger in the works (0.00 / 0)
I'm not sure about the others

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