Nassau GOP Watch

• Mondello on Election Night

  Newsday Spin Cycle reports that "Mondello, in the cheerier climes of Tuesday’s GOP gathering in Westbury, was widely quoted as saying: “This is a night to remember.”
  
  Keep in mind that the sinking of the Titanic was called "A Night to Remember" too.
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:10pm EST
  

• Take the Pledge, Mangano.

  
  Alot has been made of the rumors that D.A. Kathleen Rice is thinking of running for NYS Attorney General.
  Then of course there are the attacks on County Executive Suozzi for the possibility that he may seek office outside of Nassau County. As if [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 2:00am EDT
  

• Nina Bastardi vs. Ciotti - Let's Play Match Game!

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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 9:39am EDT
  

• Joe Belesi, Richard Nicolello and Chris Browne Press Conference

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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 4:36am EDT
  

• An Ed Mangano Press Conference

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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 4:34am EDT
  

• Ed Mangano Looks a Little.... Different....

  Mangano is running on "new ideas" and "new leadership" as if he hasn't been in office for 13 years. As if he wasn't the one who voted for and approved policies and budgets that almost bankrupted Nassau County.
  The "New" Ed Mangano has a new look.
  Like the old "Pete" [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 4:07am EDT
  

• New Sienna Poll: Ed Mangano The Invisible Man

  A new Siena Poll spells bad news for Ed Mangano.
  Even with signs just about everywhere, Mangano can't catch a break.
  In Nassau County, he has:
  14% Favorable
  11% Unfavorable
  and an incredible 74% Don't Know/No Opinion.
  It's Mid-October and Mangano has no traction whatsoever.
  
  The big kick' [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 6:10pm EDT
  

• Fixed Belesi's Tax Revolt Sign for him.

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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 3:30pm EDT
  

• Sign Stealers: Nassau GOP Leaders Son Arrested Thursday Night

  The son of under-boss Joe Cairo was arrested last night by NCPD for stealing Democratic party candidate campaign signs. [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
  

• Chairman Mangano and his Tax Revolt Party - A Party of Election Fraud

  Chairman Ed Mangano is going to court to sue the Nassau County Board of Elections because he wants a better ballot position for his Tax Revolt Party.
  Chairman Mangano is the County Executive candidate for the Tax Revolt Party.
  Actually, he is the ONLY candidate on the Tax Revolt [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 3:53pm EDT
  

• Mangano TV Commercial

  Just saw Ed Mangano's TV commercial.
  It looks like it was shot on a 1983 VHS Camera on a videotape the was used over and over to tape Airwolf through its entire series and then copied over so Ed can make his commercial.
  It is that bad.
  I'll get the [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 11:52pm EDT
  

• Rose Walker: How Revolting!

  Oyster Bay Councilwoman Rose Walker is running to fill Ed Mangano's seat because once he loses the County Executive race to Tom Suozzi, Ed needs a place to go. So the plan is that he'll be appointed to what the republicans beleive will be Rose Walker's empty seat on the' [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 4:52pm EDT
  

• New Items in the Gift Shoppe

  The Nassau GOP has re-branded so we're followed along. Get your new swag now!
  T-Shirts!
  Bumper Stickers!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And Much More!' [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 4:02pm EDT
  

• EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Malcom Smith Accepts Invite to Box Dean Skelos of Charity

  Last night at the Nassau County Democratic Fall Gala, Majority Leader Malcolm Smith accepted an invitation to Box for Charity.
  His would-be opponent? Dean Skelos.
  The match will be thre 1 minute rounds sanctioned by New York State.
  The invitation from LI Fight for Charity to Skelos will [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 9:16am EDT
  

• Stay Classy, Mangano - GOP Thugs Destroy Suozzi Signs, Replace with Mangano Signs

  Ahhhh.... election season is finally here with GOP thugs stealing and destroying signs as if they own the county.
  Here is an example of the fine goons working for Ed Mangano. If Ed can't keep his own people under control, how can he run a county?
  
  Nassau Republicans are' [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 7:56pm EDT
  

• Nina Bastardi: Not Just Some Girl

  "When asked who he's running against, Nina Petraro Bastardi's opponent answers "Oh, just some girl." - [notjustsomegirl.weebly.com]
  
  Nina is not "just some girl." She is an accomplished woman who has probably achieved more just reaching her mid-twenties than John Ciotti has yet to do in his fifties.
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 6:17pm EDT
  

• Ciotti Blurring the Lines Between Campaigning and Official Duties. Is the Taxpayer Paying for This?

  John Ciotti is getting the race of his life from Nina Petraro-Bastardi who can be seen everywhere in the district answering peoples questions and listening to thier issues. This past weekend, Ciotti set up an official table as a Legislator at the Elmont Fair. Here is a picture of the [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 10:09am EDT
  

• Nassau Republicans Re-Branding.. and Running Away From 'Republican'

  The end of an era. It took a while but the Nassau GOP has moved away from the old orange and blue color scheme. Republican county executive candidate Ed Mangano doesn't have the colors anywhere on his signage or bumper stickers and other candidates don't have the blue and orange [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 8:05pm EDT
  

• The Mangano Mobile! Pimp My Ride: Nassau County Edition

  Here is Ed Mangano's pimped-out ride. (click for larger version)
  
  
  
  
  He's on all sides!
  
  
  Going for the Latino vote.
  
  
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 11:02am EDT
  

• State Republicans Send Sneaky Mailer to Mejias' District

  Joe Mondello is so desperate that he coughed up some dough to send a anti-Mejias mailer to distirct voters in hopes it will help Joe Belesi.
  The mailer is designed to look like an official mailing FROM the county with the words "Notice of Tax Increase" on both sides and [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2009, 2:51am EDT
  

• Congratulations Democratic State Chairman Jay S. Jacobs

  Nassau County Chairman Jay S. Jacobs has been named the new New York State Democratic Party Chairman.
  Jay will have the pleasure of not only kicking Joe Mondello's ass around Nassau County, but in state-wide races too.' [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2009, 2:45am EDT
  

• Stay Classy, Chairman Mondello

  Joe Mondello is a class act. At the Nassau County Young Republicans Super Extra-Special Freedom Gala for America and it's Greatness Gala, Chairman Joe took the opportunity to attack Republican turned Democrat Nina Petraro-Bastardi and her husband Chris. During his tirade, he called them an "abomination."
  That's kind of [...]
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  Posted: July 12, 2009, 11:25pm EDT
  

• Stop Lying, Kate Murray!

  Kate Murray repeats the same lies that she did two years ago. Murray says on her website that "Hempstead Town has earned the highest Wall Street credit ratings available (four grades higher than Nassau County’s ratings)."
  If that were true, then Nassau County's rating would be close to Junk which' [...]
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  Posted: June 05, 2009, 1:37am EDT
  

• Kate Murray Has a Campaign Website

  I fixed her logo for her....
  
  
  
  There is a whole lot wrong with her website.
  Let's start where she mentions the Lighthouse Project which she is dragging her feet on. "This past year Kate and the Town Board approved a" [...]
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  Posted: June 05, 2009, 1:28am EDT
  

• Massapequa Community Forum Kudos

  I attended a community forum (open to all) in Massapequa last friday night. It was hosted by a Tea Party group based in Massapequa. They invited politicians of every party to speak. I went with a little apprehension, knowing that the only Dem speaker Legislator Dave Mejias might not be [...]
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  Posted: May 25, 2009, 12:26pm EDT
  

• Joe Saladino Follies

  Bashes Teachers Union at community forum tonight but took their endorsement last year. [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2009, 12:13am EDT
  

• Nassau GOP Gone Wild.... Actually Batshit Crazy

  Nina Petraro-Bastardi is a former republican runing as a Democrat for the Nassau County Legislature. Below is a video of Mondello's thugs trying to shut her up... and it doesn't work.
  Pay close attention to the 'roid rage guy who comes a little to close to Nina and Tom Suozzi.' [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2009, 6:36pm EDT
  

• Support for State Chairman Joe Mondello

  Shams Tarek, DSCC spokesman says “The recent chorus of Republican officials calling for Joe Mondello to step down as State GOP chair is disappointing and a step backwards for New York.
  “With the New York GOP’s recent loss of both the State Senate and the overwhelmingly Republican 20th Congressional [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 6:29pm EDT
  

• Venditto the Tax Increaser Shows Nerve Speaking at Anti-Tax Rally

  TOBAY Supervisor John Venditto was one of the few local elected officials to speak at the Nassau Young Republican Tea Party. The rally with puportedly was about how we are being taxed too much is an odd place for Venditto to speak considering he increased taxes in the Town of [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 11:40am EDT
  

• Nassau Young Republican Tea Party Draws One's of People

  The belated tea bagging by the Young Reps brought out a crowd that could fit in a booth at Friendly's. Not counting the Young Rep organizers and the speakers, the crowd ballooned to about 35-40. The speakers spoke from atop a flat-bed truck which provided an empty stage for the' [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 11:40am EDT
  

• Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto Consolidates Special Districts.... Into Nassau County

  There has been a movement gaining traction from the County Executive, elected officials and regular citizens to consolidate the hundreds of special taxing districts in Nassau County. By consolidating these districts, tax payers would save money.
  Supervisor John Venditto has made the leap and consolidated all the Special Districts in [...]
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  Posted: April 17, 2009, 4:30am EDT
  

• More Massapequa Tea Bag Party Pictures

  Here are a few more pictures from the republican tea bag party....
  (click pictures to enlarge)
  
  This guy was manning a microphone and trying his best at arousing the tea baggers. He had a simple schtick in-between bad quasi-patriotic country music. At one point this [...]
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  Posted: April 17, 2009, 3:57am EDT
  

• Joe Mondello Answers with a Little Anti-Semitism?

  Mondello was asked about NYC Mayor - and likely republican candidate for re-election - Bloomberg's support of gay marriage and replies as a "practicing catholic", "Well, what can I tell you? That's going to have to be between him and his God, just like what I do has to" [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 7:11pm EDT
  

• Peter King gets Dissed at Republican Dinner

  Last night the NYS Republicans brought out Newt Gingrich at their annual dinner. Newt spoke and had this to say about the NY GOP future "If we had Mayor Giuliani for governor and we had Gov. Pataki for senator, we would be a large step towards the tidal wave" [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 12:29pm EDT
  

• Massapequa Tea Bagger Brings the Crazy

  Here is a sign I pretty much expected to see....
  
  
  
  This loon still believes that there is a grand conspiracy to hide the "fact" that President Obama was not born in Hawaii but in Kenya and is ineligible to be President.
  
  The [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 12:34am EDT
  

• Massapequa Tea Bag Party Pictures

  I went to the Massapequa Tea Bag Party this afternoon. The Tea baggers were lined up on Sunrise Highway (some on the south side) with their signs causing traffic to slow to a crawl.
  I wade into the crowd of about 150-200 to take some pictures and see what was [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 12:30am EDT
  

• Tea Baggers Coming to Massapequa

  Today is "Tax Day" and the republican tea baggers are holding a Tea Bag Party in Massapequa. Newsday reports Head Tea Bagger "Laura Gill, the lead organizer of the Massapequa rally, said the protests are in response to the stimulus package "and we're going to have a voice and' [...]
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  Posted: April 15, 2009, 2:14am EDT
  

• Nassau Young Republicans Catch Tea Bagging Fever

  The Nassau County Young Republicans have taken up the new tea bagging fad and will be hosting a Tea Bag Party at Levittown Veteran's Memorial Park on April 25th.
  This protest against grave injustices inflicted upon republicans like Obama winning the election in November and other things should' [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2009, 11:17am EDT
  

• Legislator Mangano Comes Close to the Truth

  The Legislature introduced a bill that would make college tuition free for Vollies. The Democrats apparantly kept refering to the idea as "brilliant." Newsday Spincycle reports "The back-patting went on for a while, and the “brilliant” word popped up a few more times, then turned into a running joke" [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2009, 11:06am EDT
  

• King Goes to Gitmo Part 1; Apples and Oranges Edition

  King has an op-ed in today's NYPost extolling the virutes of the Gitmo facility and attacking President Obama for preparing to close it. There are many points to look at in the op-ed so I'll do them bit by bit.
  King says that at Gitmo "Detainees at Guantanamo are" [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2009, 11:46am EST
  

• Wavering King May Lose Chance to Run for Senate

  According to an AP story, Republican Senate Campaign Committee head John Cornyn is looking to former governor George Pataki to run for Senate against Gillibrand in 2010.
  King has consistantly performed extremely poorly in match-up polls against Gillibrand. And he hasn't been as gung-ho to run as he was' [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2009, 4:01am EST
  

• Peter King in Trouble - Complete Unknown Beats Him in New poll

  A Gillibrand second term unknown congresswoman beats six term media-whore King in a new Marist poll.King has done his best to get his face in every newspaper and on every political talk show he can. He has been grandstanding on immigration and homeland security for 7 years. Kirsten Gillibrand is [...]
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  Posted: January 27, 2009, 2:23pm EST
  

• King and Skelos Go Crazy Over Patersons Senate Pick.

  King and New York State Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos are demanding that Governor Paterson explain how he chose Rep. Gilbrand to fill the vacancy left by Hillary Clinton.
  King spouts off alot of BS "There was a whole strange series of events," King told The Associated Press. [...]
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  Posted: January 25, 2009, 1:38pm EST
  

• Peter Schmitt: Dumb Ass

  Ya just gotta love Peter Schmitt. He is so diabolically stupid. At a Nassau Losers.... er.. GOP meeting he calls for using tax increases against Democrats in the Fall elections.
  Schmitt says "We're going to take that record and we're going to wrap it around their neck and we're going'" [...]
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  Posted: January 25, 2009, 12:51pm EST
  

• Chicken a la King

  For a guy who had so much tough talk on Caroline Kenndy's possibel appointment to the US Senate, he sure back the heck off when Rep. Kristen Gillibrand was named.
  King was itching to get into a fight with Senator Caroline Kennedy but has instead toned down his rhetoric' [...]
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  Posted: January 24, 2009, 1:14pm EST
  

• Another Poll Shows King Still Losing Senate Race

  Another day and another poll for the NY Senate seat being vacated by new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. A Research 2000 poll conducted for the Daily Kos website doesn’t offer any more good news for Peter King or even Rudy Guiliani who would be the so-called “top-tier” GOP [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2009, 3:22pm EST
  

• Video: MINORITY LEADER Skelos Can't Believe He is Using the Word "Reform"

  Dean-o is slowly adjusting to his minority party status and like his fellow republicans realizing they are in quote a pickle. If the Democrats treat them the way they treated the Dems for decades, it's going to be a real tough time.
  The Democrats have pledged that they will reform' [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2009, 10:48pm EST
  

• Massapequa Post Calls on TOBAY Supervisor Venditto to Hold Special Election to Replace Councilman Delligatti

  Elections, not appointments, are the Democratic way
  Editorial

  Two elected positions, one in the Town of Oyster Bay and the other in the U.S. Senate, will be going to hand-picked political appointees leaving the public without its choice of representation.

  In the Town of Oyster Bay, the [...]

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  Posted: January 13, 2009, 7:41pm EST
  

• Minority Leader Dean Skelos Doesn't Want to be called Minority Leader Dean Skelos. Minority Leader Dean Skelos.

  Elizabeth Benjamin reports at Daily Politics that Skelos prefers "Republican Leader" to "Minority Leader." "According to a Senate GOP source, the Skelos is following in the footsteps of none other than now-Gov. David Paterson, who, when he ascended to the post of minority leader after ousting then-Sen. Marty Connor" [...]
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  Posted: January 13, 2009, 11:48am EST
  

• New New Poll Shows King Losing to Kennedy Big-time

  Polls don’t mean all the much this far out with very little information, they are just snapshots of fleeting opinion. Last week we had a poll that showed Caroline Kennedy barely beating Peter King 46%-44%. This was jumped on by pundits who said “See, she can’t be a serious candidate.”That [...]
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  Posted: January 12, 2009, 2:47pm EST
  

• Schmitt's Perpetual Whining Hi-lited in Letter to Newsday

  From Newsday....
  
  Give Suozzi a break
  It appears impossible to read an article about a Tom Suozzi initiative that doesn't include a slam by GOP Minority Leader Peter Schmitt (R-Massapequa) ["County to give $2.5M for center," News, Jan. 8]. I understand and respect the role of the' [...]
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  Posted: January 11, 2009, 1:25pm EST
  

• Skelos in the Minority Wants Equality He Denied Democrats

  Dean sure changes his tune when he finds himself out of power. While in the Majority, Skelos never sought to reform how the State Senate is run and would never cede an inch to the Democratic Minority. When republican Sen. Balboni stepped down and Craig Johnson (A DEMORCAT!!!!) won the [...]
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  Posted: January 08, 2009, 4:32pm EST
  

• King Picking the Easier Race

  With all this talk from King about running for the Senate in 2010, there is one 800lb. gorilla just sitting in the corner. Chuck Schumer.
  Schumer is up for re-election next year and the ballot will have Schumer name right before whatever Dem is running. Not much of a chance [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2009, 4:23pm EST
  

• Umm.. Peter... So Far, You Lose; New Poll Shows King Losing Senate Race

  King is doing his best to raise his profile by going on as many news shows as possible and bashing Caroline Kennedy, the possible replacement for Hillary Clinton. Problem is, not only does King look like a jerk, in a new poll his unpopularity is only matched by his anonymity [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2009, 6:43am EST
  

• Welcome to the Minority Party, Dean!

  We'll see how the vote shakes out tomorrow for Minority Leader but it would be suprising if the republicans stick with the failed leadership of Skelos. If they do stick with Dean, well bless their hearts.
  
  Here is incoming Majority Leader Malcolm Smith:
  ' [...]
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  Posted: January 06, 2009, 11:48pm EST
  

• Letter Writer Takes Whack at Schmitt and Belesi

  From Newsday:
  
  Patronage seen in GOP hiring
  
  Just when the people of Nassau County made it crystal clear that they don't want Republican Joe Belesi to speak for them in Nassau County government, minority leader Peter Schmitt hires him for a salaried position as a part-time adviser' [...]
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  Posted: December 27, 2008, 11:25am EST
  

• Babs Donno Loss Re-Cap: Rubbing Salt Edition

  Looks like Donno lost in her own village. That doesn't bode well for any re-election bid she might have.
  
  Plandome Manor
  Johnson - 362 .......51.42%
  Donno - 342......48.58%' [...]
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  Posted: December 17, 2008, 7:31pm EST
  

• Mondello Calls Caroline Kennedy a "Glamour Selection"; Doesn't Remember What He Said Before

  Joe Mondello is the gift that keeps on giving.
  Newsday's Spin Cycle quotes Mondello saying of Caroline Kennedy "She simply has no experience, and her appointment would be a glamour selection when what New Yorkers really need is a fighter who knows first hand the challenges facing working families'" [...]
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  Posted: December 17, 2008, 6:51pm EST
  

• Mondello and Skelos: the Democrats Dream Team

  Bill Hammond from the NY Daily News writes "Joe Mondello is vowing to serve out his full term as state GOP chairman, and party members across the state are cheering.
  Democratic Party members, that is.
  After all, what's not to like about Mondello's record, if you're a Democrat?
  He'" [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2008, 7:01am EST
  

• GOP Disdain for Young Voters Continues

  As lawyers for embattled State Senator Frank Padavan (R-Queens) were serving subpeonas on college voters to prove they are eligible to vote, GOP Chairman Mondello rants on about young voters.
  To him, the young voters who came out for Barack Obama and the Democrats nation-wide are just too stupid [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2008, 6:22am EST
  

• The Peanut Gallery Speaks: Skelos Suggests AG Cuomo for Clinton's Senate Seat

  Methinks Dean is eyeing a run for Attorney General since his days as Majority Leader are just about over as is his senate career.
  Getting a winner like Cuomo out of the way could make the race for Attorney General more even.
  Just saying.
  
  From Long Island [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2008, 6:08pm EST
  

• Republicans Go After College Student Voters in Queens to Save Padavan

  Chris Puntarelli from the St. John's University Democrats reports:
  "Here in SD-11 the Republican party has it out for the students of St. John’s University. After challenging the votes of some voters in the district (as is usual for elections) the Republican party is challenging the votes of students'" [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2008, 5:42pm EST
  

• Proposition 8: The Musical!

  See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2008, 1:38pm EST
  

• Skelos Loses No Matter How You Cut it

  A Fred Dicker article in the NYPost today suggests that the three dissident State Senate Dems who Skelos is trying to woo so he can keep his job a Majority Leader aren't fans of him.
  In fact, they would rather have another republican if they voted with the republicans [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2008, 9:31am EST
  

• No Love or Trust for Mondello or Skelos from Republicans

  From Urban Elephants
  "Mondello Blames The Voters For GOP Deficiencies
  ....Third, Mondello could look at his own county.
  Tom Suozzi. We're all being upstaged, effectively, by Tom Suozzi -- who is doing a better job as a fiscal (and social) conservative than most Republicans.
  And he's winning.
  News Copy [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2008, 11:10pm EST
  

• A Commment on the New Administration

  The news media seems to be stuck on the "Team of Rivals" meme because President Obama wants to bring in Hillary Clinton and others.
  What it really is is a "Team of COMPETENCE."
  All of the people Obama has tapped are professionals who have the same essential ideas that [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2008, 8:01pm EST
  

• Close the New York State Budget Gap by Cutting Leadership Stipends

  Skelos and his fellow legislators will most likely propose ideas that will result in taxpayers and state employees being affected somehow. You really never see the legislators do some belt-tightening or sacrifice themselves.
  How about all state legislators forgo their leadership stipends until the economic down-turn is over?
  Just about [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2008, 1:16pm EST
  

• Skelos' Bad Budget Idea

  The 'King of Bad Ideas,' Dean Skelos got miffed at Newsday's Spin Cycle for writing that he brought no ideas to the table to solve the current budget crisis. Spin Cycle printed an update with ideas that Dean has.
  One of those ideas is to increase revenue from [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2008, 4:19pm EST
  

• Election Follow-up: Skelos' Big Gamble - The Donno Campaign

  Dean Skelos really hates Craig Johnson. So much so that he dropped over $1Million into Barbara Donno's flailing campaign from the Republican Senate Campaign Committee.
  And it wasn't just a loss, it was a big loss 56-44.
  So how much did it cost Donno to get creamed like [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2008, 4:00pm EST
  

• Election Follow-up: Hannon and McElroy

  Although Hannon pulled out a win to an virtually unknown Kristen McElory, he didn't do it impressively. If it weren't for the 2,882 voted he got from the Independence line and 4,216 from the Conservative line, Hannon woul dhave lost.
  Straight single-party vote total was 51,580 for McElroy and 49,782 [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2008, 3:31pm EST
  

• Making Your Parents Proud

  
  see Sarah Palin pictures [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2008, 4:07pm EST
  

• New York Times asks Skelos What HIS Ideas are for Fixing State Budget

  Skelos is a "Leader" who cannot lead when New York State needs it most.
  
  "So Mr. Skelos, What’s Your Plan?
  Gov. David Paterson tried bravely this week to get a handle on New York State’s budget deficit, before it spins completely out of control. But the forces that [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2008, 7:49am EST
  

• Back from Vacation

  Posting resumes today. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2008, 7:28am EST
  

• NYC Republicans Call for Mondello Ouster as State Chairman

  From Urban Elephants..
  "Joe Mondello, resign now!
  Actually, he should have resigned after whatshername lost her race to replace Mike Balboni in Nassau County. What happened to Balboni? He went to work for the now and forever disgraced Eliot Spitzer in "Homeland Security" (whatever that is) and gave up [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2008, 9:12am EST
  

• Insult to Injury, Donno Loses Planedome Manor.. and She's the Mayor!!!

  According to Dan Janison at Newsday "Skelos and crew dropped more than $800,000 on Barbara Donno's bid against Sen. Craig Johnson (D-Port Washington). She lost Plandome Manor, where she's mayor, early tallies say."
  Board of Elections numbers show Craig Johnson beating Donno 335-326.
  HA! [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2008, 4:28pm EST
  

• Ethics, Schmethics. Peter Schmitt Won't Cooperate

  From Newsday's Spincycle
  "The Ethics Board recently wrote Nassau Minority Leader Peter Schmitt (in Hofstra Chronicle photo) to say it was dropping an investigation into his alleged misuse of county employees and equipment after the Massapequa Republican refused to cooperate.
  
  Legis. David Mejias (D-Farmingdale) had complained that [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2008, 7:46pm EST
  

• Shorter Dean Seklos

  From sunny Puerto Rico "Vote por favor por mí, yo quieren guardar mi trabajo. [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2008, 7:44pm EST
  

• Jack Martins loses BIG to Carolyn McCarthy

  I guess all those negative ads backfired.
  
  2008
  CAROLYN MCCARTHY............153,320 - 64%
  JACK M MARTINS..............87,239 - 36%
  
  Historical Numbers:
  2006
  McCarthy.............. 101,861 - 64%
  Blessinger............. 55,050 - 35%
  2004
  McCarthy.............. 159,969 - 63%
  Garner............. 94,141 - 37%
  2002
  McCarthy.............. 93,651 - 55%
  O'Grady............. 72,882 - 43
  [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2008, 5:09pm EST
  

• Venditto in Denial or Half in the Bag

  The Scene: GOP Election Night HQ
  When: umm... Election Night
  Who: Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto
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  News12's election blog Island Vote '08 had reporters out at locations around the Island. With video camera's in hand, they captured different moments of election [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2008, 4:38pm EST
  

• Dean Skelos' Obsession with Craig Johnson in Pictoral Form

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  Posted: November 06, 2008, 8:10pm EST
  

• How Real is This? "Open Letter to Nassau G.O.P. Executive Committee "

  The bit about using the Nassau County Young Republicans sounds like what NCYR president Canzoneri wrote last month “The Nassau GOP needs a new direction and implement new strategies. We can no longer stand idle as we have done for over the past ten years. The YRs have been [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2008, 4:14pm EST
  

• Still Classy, Massapequa Republicans! More Vandalism on Election Night

  I got a call from my wife election night around 1130pm. I was out at the Democratic Party Victory Party and she was home with the kids.
  My wife tells me that she heard a loud noice outside our house and our dog got jumpy. We had someone walking around [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 2:44pm EST
  

• Sad Future for Nassau County Republicans

  News12 has a Island Vote '08 blog where they posted mini videos reporters took during election night. One video is from a post about two young republican girls who were "in charge" of posting the nights election tally's on a big board at GOP headquarters.
  Maybe they shouldn't have [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 11:41am EST
  

• Nassau Senate and Assembly Election Results 2008

  NYS Senate-District 5
  Carl Marcellino* [R-I-C] 74,506 61%
  Matthew Meng [D] 47,471 39%
  
  NYS Senate-District 6
  Kemp Hannon* [R-I-C] 56,880 52%
  Kristen McElroy [D-WF] 53,524 48%
  
  NYS Senate-District 7
  Craig Johnson* [D] 63,470 56%
  Barbara Donno [R-I-C] 49,450 44%
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 10:52am EST
  

• Skelos Delusional Election Night

  Skelos told Newsday last night "We'll be back. In two years, the dynamics of the city and the state will be different, and once that is out of the way we'll be able to come back."
  Let's see, the city is overwhelmingly Democratic and that will not change in [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 10:39am EST
  

• Ding, Dong the.... oh that's not right... Barbara Donno Loses BIG

  We'll have the cost per vote breakdown after the final reports from the campaigns. Donno ran the sleaziest campaign in quite some time in Nassau.
  She deserved to lose and lose she did.
  By 12 points.
  Johnson....56%
  Donno....44%
  
  How does this affect her svengali Dean Skelos?
  It's gonna be [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 9:18am EST
  

• Nassau County 2008 Election Results

  Nassau County Board of Elections [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 12:59am EST
  

• YES WE DID!

  Tonight one of Dr. King's dreams came true across this country "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
  
  And thank you [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 12:56am EST
  

• Barack O'Bama

  [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 4:23pm EST
  

• Election Day Programming Note

  Posts will be sporadic today. Gonna be out and about helping my favorite candidates.
  I'll have updates here and there and then a recap late tonight after the results are in.
  Now go out and vote.
  [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 9:07am EST
  

• I Voted

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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 8:37am EST
  

• Do You Know Where to Vote? New York State Can Help.

  Up to date information can be found at the link below which can confirm your registration status and voting location.
  [https:] [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 1:01am EST
  

• Skelos Doesn't Know His Own Job Limitations as Majority Leader

  From the Binghamton Press&Sun-Bulletin:
  "Senate tie -- 31 Republicans, 31 Democrats -- looms as chaotic possibility
  Former Democratic Sen. Manfred Ohrenstein of Manhattan recalls what happened the last time the Senate was so closely divided it couldn't decide on a leader, in 1965.
  "We couldn't do any work. We [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2008, 10:34pm EST
  

• Matthew Brodericks Day Off

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  Posted: November 03, 2008, 10:11pm EST
  

• Handing Out Taxpayer Funded Mailer with Campaign Handouts? That's Our Joe Saladino

  Assemblyman Joe Saladino is having a banner day here at Nassau GOP Watch.
  Tonight he was at the Waldbaums on Hicksville Road in Massapequa around 630pm "greeting" shoppers as they entered and exited the supermarket. He was handing out his little camapaign flier asking for votes on 'Row B'. He [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2008, 9:43pm EST
  

• Jack Martins Ready to Get Creamed By McCarthy

  Mineola Mayor Jack Martins continues to "approve" factually incorrect negative ads against Congresswoman McCarthy.
  É muito desesperado. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2008, 5:34pm EST
  

• NY State Republicans Abuse Boy Scouts on Saladino's Behalf

  The Boy Scouts are such a great group of young men who give of themselves to help their communities. It is always important that they receive the accolades they deserve. They do not deserve to be used in political propaganda like the one out in the mail now. According to [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2008, 5:17pm EST
  

• Would You Take Campaign Contributions From a Mortgage Scammer? Joe Saladino Did.

  And he hasn't given the money back.
  HTFC a sub-prime lender which is being sued by GMAC for selling bad mortgages and made front-page news in Newsday is a contributor to Assemblyman Joe Saladino's campaign.
  HTFC CEO Aaron Wider contributed $3400 last year and was also a [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2008, 2:08pm EST
  

• What Spooked Kemp Hannon?

  On Sunday, a new Siena poll gives Kemp Hannon a commanding lead of 56% - 30% over Democrat Kristen McElroy with 15% undecided. This seems to be a lead McElroy can't break put of.
  I am not dismissing the numbers in the poll but if these are the real numbers, [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2008, 12:57pm EST
  

• Blind Item: Crass Act Edition

  What insecure, legacy elected official campaigned at a firefighters funeral?Even would-be supporters were appalled. [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2008, 10:25pm EST