James!: Gulper Eel: James!: The state level democratic party in NYC is wildly corrupt. But who are you going to vote for? A Republican?

Might as well.  NYC Republicans would be Democrats anywhere north of Yonkers.

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Or just batshiat crazy.

Crazy Carl isn't a NYC Republican -- he's a Buffalo guy, IIRC.

James!: The state level democratic party in NYC is wildly corrupt.  But who are you going to vote for? A Republican?

Of course!  Both sides are bad, remember?

1. Subby, it was the AG that made him wear the wire, not the "Democrats".
2. Old tactics are just that, old. This has been happening since we had wires to wear.
3. What's with the farking desktop headset in the picture, they couldn't find AND better ppictures on the internet? Or is it just that they're THAT lazy?

I'm thinking maybe 5-10 years from now, Hollywood is going to make a movie that's like the Departed or Donnie Brasco, except set in Albany, and with a guy like Castro infiltrating the corrupt underworld of New York politics.

James!: Arkanaut: James!: Gulper Eel: James!: The state level democratic party in NYC is wildly corrupt. But who are you going to vote for? A Republican?

Might as well.  NYC Republicans would be Democrats anywhere north of Yonkers.

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Or just batshiat crazy.

Crazy Carl isn't a NYC Republican -- he's a Buffalo guy, IIRC.

True, there's also the Brooklyn republican who got busted on a traffic violation and they found out he was a polygamist.

Yeah, but that's just typical sleaziness, not Tea Party nutbaggery.

Arkanaut: James!: Arkanaut: James!: Gulper Eel: James!: The state level democratic party in NYC is wildly corrupt. But who are you going to vote for? A Republican?

Might as well.  NYC Republicans would be Democrats anywhere north of Yonkers.

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Or just batshiat crazy.

Crazy Carl isn't a NYC Republican -- he's a Buffalo guy, IIRC.

True, there's also the Brooklyn republican who got busted on a traffic violation and they found out he was a polygamist.

Yeah, but that's just typical sleaziness, not Tea Party nutbaggery.

ALEC. You forgot ALEC and the Koch brothers too. I can deal with stereotypical political sleaze. It's nothing new. But the shiat spewed out by ALEC, the tea tards and the Kochs is just too much.

Gulper Eel: James!: The state level democratic party in NYC is wildly corrupt. But who are you going to vote for? A Republican?

Might as well.  NYC Republicans would be Democrats anywhere north of Yonkers.

Really? Erich Ulrich is ranked one of the states five most conservative politicians. Congressman Erich Grimm, the most Conservative congressman in the state.Oh and both large scale Tea Party groups in New York are from the city. I live here in NYC and our Republicans would fit in fine with Texas or Viriginia. It why they have only 4 of 51 city council seats, one congressman from The City, two State Senators and two assemblymen. If they weren't so conservative they would have a lot more seats down here

Next time some NY jagoff tries to tell what a smart and sophisticated place he's from, remind him of his elected leaders.

/New Yorker

Gulper Eel: Generation_D: Really? No tea baggers in NY?

North of the Bear Mountain Bridge, maybe a few in Staten Island, and here and there on Lawn Guyland.

We just got rid of one here in Westchester. There seems to be a small-to-medium size population of them in my area, the kind that put up tents with petition tables and signs that say "IMPEACH OBAMA NOW" with a picture of Obama with a Hitler-stache drawn on, and, for some reason I've never been able to determine, a squirrel.

Everyone in New York knows our State is Corrupt, its always just been we were better at  hiding it than New Jersey. I mean since 2007 11 state senators have been charged with various crimes while only nine lost a re-election. Here is just some of out rap sheets

From the NYP
*Sen. Pedro Espada's (D-Bronx) looted a government-funded health center he founded in The Bronx out of millions of dollars
*Hiram Monserrate's (D-Queens) convicted for assaulting his girlfriend.
*Shirley Huntley (D-Queens) was toppled from her Senate seat last fall after she pleaded guilty to embezzling $87,700 in public funds.
*Carl Kruger, (D-Brooklyn) traded his Senate seat for a jail cell after collecting about $1 million from businesses he helped in their dealings with the state.
*Sen. Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn), who remains in office, was convicted on a misdemeanor charge for assaulting a Post photographer.
*Nicholas Spano (R-Yonkers) was sent to prison for evading $45,000 in federal taxes
Vincent Leibell (R-Rockland) was convicted on charges of taking kickbacks.
Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno (R-Rensallier) is facing a new trial after two convictions on federal corruption charges were tossed.

This on top of various Council members all democrats but one (there are so few GOPer's AKA 4/51 councilmen there aren't enough for many scandals) , the recent scandal with the Theodin one distrcit over from mine Dan Halloran, who is a great guy and had done a lot of good for his district and the locals. But we are pretty corrupt here



Note the blindfold on the right, it symbolizes our see no evil attitude

James!: The state level democratic party in NYC is wildly corrupt.  But who are you going to vote for? A Republican?

My state senate district, with a 5:1 Dem:GOP registration majority has elected the GOP State Senator TWICE because he has run against a guy with an active ethics investigation and another guy who was promoted as being prepared to handle Albany because of his associates degree from ITT. (not kidding)
And if he flips back to D or the Dems run another grade A idiot against him, he'll get elected again.

/He got his one vote from me for his one vote on my marriage. He has yet to earn the second.

jedihirsch: Note the blindfold on the right, it symbolizes our see no evil attitude
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All the fun is downstate. All we have is our guy getting in a fight in a casino and going on the news and saying "he hit my wife, I'd punch him again." To which we all went....um. yup.

LabGrrl: jedihirsch: Note the blindfold on the right, it symbolizes our see no evil attitude
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All the fun is downstate. All we have is our guy getting in a fight in a casino and going on the news and saying "he hit my wife, I'd punch him again." To which we all went....um. yup.

I live in NYC and I lived in the area of the 2011 NY-9 special election, you know the one the one that NY Mag, NY Times and The Daily News kept bashing the democrat for blatantly lying about his opponent and fabricating claim, and then was caught spying on the Republican....Ahhhh Good Times

Gulper Eel: Arachnophobe: We just got rid of one here in Westchester.

Nan Hayworth? She was classic Westchester moderate.

There hasn't been a conservative Republican elected within a hundred miles of NYC since Gerry Solomon, and he was more your basic napalm-eating grouchy old Marine than anything else. He would've made a way better speaker of the House than that smarmy fark Newt Gingrich, but that's the Stupid Party for you.

Really? Have ya heard of this guy from Staten Island called Congressman Grimm

Gulper Eel: jedihirsch: Grimm, the most Conservative congressman in the state

Being the most conservative congressman in New York is like being the most devout Catholic in Saudi Arabia.

He's also on ACU's top list NATIONALLY

Arachnophobe: Gulper Eel: Generation_D: Really? No tea baggers in NY?

North of the Bear Mountain Bridge, maybe a few in Staten Island, and here and there on Lawn Guyland.

We just got rid of one here in Westchester. There seems to be a small-to-medium size population of them in my area, the kind that put up tents with petition tables and signs that say "IMPEACH OBAMA NOW" with a picture of Obama with a Hitler-stache drawn on, and, for some reason I've never been able to determine, a squirrel.

Pretty sure those are LaRouchies, not Teabaggers.