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I am a proud Republican and crossed party lines twice to vote for first Mike Mcmahan whom I got to know over the years and like very much, and than the election prior I voted for Murphy. I could not in good conscious vote for that carpet bagger son of a ***** Grimm...until this election when Sollazzo and Gulino dragged this idiot Reechia out of Brooklyn to run. The guy is a total disaster and had no business being on a national stage, and frankly wasn't a good city councilman. He was a puppet for higher ups. total disgrace.
My Cousin Dan always told me sometimes you have to hold your nose and pull the lever to vote for a guy who you know is terrible so the worst guy won't get elected. This is what I did on Tuesday.
Grimm's re-election wasn't an endorsement for him as much as it was a condemnation of democrats in general. Plus I would rather Grimm be in office, have to step down if he goes to prison and have a special election in which Republicans will have a better shot at retaining the seat. Besides, If Reechia was the best the Dems had to offer (and apparently it is) then retaining the seat might prove more easy to do.
I am a proud Republican and crossed party lines twice to vote for first Mike Mcmahan whom I got to know over the years and like very much, and than the election prior I voted for Murphy. I could not in good conscious vote for that carpet bagger son of a ***** Grimm...until this election when Sollazzo and Gulino dragged this idiot Reechia out of Brooklyn to run. The guy is a total disaster and had no business being on a national stage, and frankly wasn't a good city councilman. He was a puppet for higher ups. total disgrace.
My Cousin Dan always told me sometimes you have to hold your nose and pull the lever to vote for a guy who you know is terrible so the worst guy won't get elected. This is what I did on Tuesday.
Grimm's re-election wasn't an endorsement for him as much as it was a condemnation of democrats in general. Plus I would rather Grimm be in office, have to step down if he goes to prison and have a special election in which Republicans will have a better shot at retaining the seat. Besides, If Reechia was the best the Dems had to offer (and apparently it is) then retaining the seat might prove more easy to do.
I too voted for Grimm even though I didnt want to. I just could not bring myself to vote for Recchia.
Im a proud Democrat who was an independent for years and have relied on the Cousin Dan advice to get through most elections, including this one. And only because NY governor is too important to stay home. In NYC, it's easier to line-cross locally since we don't have a lot of moral conservatives here.
Saw Reechia on tv next to Chuck Schumer, who looked downright embarrassed to be there--and we all know how much he loves a camera.
If the Dems ran someone who didn't look like he was launching a new TV sitcom about a clueless politician the outcome might have been different. They apparently thought the Italian surname was all they needed in Staten Island
Look at this TV ad. The end is hilarious with the canned crowd cheers.
Im a proud Democrat who was an independent for years and have relied on the Cousin Dan advice to get through most elections, including this one. And only because NY governor is too important to stay home. In NYC, it's easier to line-cross locally since we don't have a lot of moral conservatives here.
Saw Reechia on tv next to Chuck Schumer, who looked downright embarrassed to be there--and we all know how much he loves a camera.
I'm pretty much on the same page as you. I have in the past on the local and national level crossed party lines if I felt the person running was genuinely a better candidate. I did this in 96 when I voted fro Clinton over Dole, but said to myself as I pulled the lever for Clinton "is this the best my Country has to offer".
I am also not ashamed to admit that I voted for Gore on 2000, because I thought Bush was an idiot. It turns out after 9/11 we were better off with Bush in office, at least he had 41 to lean on. In 04' I voted for Bush, I thought Kerry was weak. I try to go whatever way is best for the Country.
My Cousin Dan always told me sometimes you have to hold your nose and pull
the lever to vote for a guy who you know is terrible so the worst guy won't get
elected. This is what I did on Tuesday.
That's pretty much what U.S. elections have been since the founding of the Republic. Eventually one's nose begins to ache.
Good people do not run for office. People need to grovel for money to be elected and in the process sell their souls.
I got tired of "the lesser of two evils" because the result will always be evil.
It would have been nice to live in a democracy, if any have existed since Athens. Perhaps Democracy would be a novel theme for a Utopian Sci-Fi novel?
That's pretty much what U.S. elections have been since the founding of the Republic. Eventually one's nose begins to ache.
Good people do not run for office. People need to grovel for money to be elected and in the process sell their souls.
I got tired of "the lesser of two evils" because the result will always be evil.
It would have been nice to live in a democracy, if any have existed since Athens. Perhaps Democracy would be a novel theme for a Utopian Sci-Fi novel?
Maybe, but my parents were children of immigrants, and my mother drove me to city hall before I went away to college just to make sure I was registered for an absentee Presidential ballot. "This family votes." So I do my part. I have only cast protest votes twice -- the last during Bloomie's third term.
I was insulted by Cuomo's "Women's Equality Party" card. In NY, really? Most of us who work for the city haven't had a new contract in years, and I'm unlikely to get a decent deal with Cuomo and a new Senate tugging the city's purse strings. The last increase was a little over 1% and that was before the recession. I'm a feminist, but I can't eat principles, man.
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