Weiner Blames...........

He just won't go away!

Former Congressman & New York Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner  is of course blaming the media for his failed effort.  Not his disgusting habit of flinging his dingy on Twitter.  Not his weird penchant for cheating not cheating on his wife via social media.

He is blaming the reporter for the New York Times who wrote the piece that he used as launch pad for his campaign.

Why is he blaming Jonathan Van Meter?

The reporter did not ask him enough questions about his "problem".  If only the reporter had continued to ask more questions about Anthony's penchant for sharing his penis we would have known that he had only stopped doing it a few days ago. Then he would not have had to interrupt his campaign to tell us that he just stopped showing his stuff a couple of weeks ago.


So, there you have it.

If the NYT reporter had been as obsessed about Weiner's weenie as Weiner was/is the campaign would have been successful and instead of celebrating the honest and sincere Bill de Blasio winning a historic victory as Mayor of the most important city on the planet we would be welcoming a really weird guy as New York's Mayor.
.

Northampton County Executive Race Pt. 1

It's the week before Pennsylvania's municipal elections and we are about to elect a new County Executive.


Republican, John Brown seems to be following almost the same approach against Democrat, John Callahan that the two men he defeated with over 50%  of vote in the primary.  If it did not work before why would it work now?

The the big difference between the primary and the general is that Mr. Brown is attempting to not be entirely negative.  He has a positive message on one side of his mailer whereas the other Democrats only sent out negative mailers.

The most patently untrue claim is that John Callahan voted to raise his own salary 4 times.

That is against the law in Pennsylvania...It is illegal for office holder to raise their own salary while they are in office.

What Mr. Callahan may have voted to raise the salary of the people who would win office in the next election.  If he was to be the winner of that next election so be it but it would be a different term and therefore he is eligible to receive that raise.

Mr. Brown claims in his mailer that:
He NEVER raised taxes as during his tenure as Mayor of Bangor 
He Cut taxes, balanced the budget and streamlined government operations
Turned the borough's projected into a nearly $1 million SURPLUS

These really are some "fuzzy math" claims about about his record and I am trying to figure out how he accomplished them since the Mayor of a Borough in Pennsylvania has no real authority to govern.  The day to day operation of a borough falls to the Manager and the he/she reports directly to the Borough Council via the Council President.  All financial decisions are made through council and that includes taxing and spending.  The Mayor has no vote on any of these issues he can participate in the discussion if he so desires.

When problems arise in the Borough it up to council to resolve them, in fact if the Mayor is made aware of a problem he is required to report the issue to the council.  A Borough Mayor can only vote on an issue before council if there is a tie and he presides over the Council meeting when the members gather to elect new officers.

I have no doubt Mr. Brown is a good guy and everything I have read and heard about me leads me to believe that he has a bright future in politics if he so chooses it.  But, when I read these claims of his campaign they raised a red flag and I had to research them to find out the facts.

I have attached Borough Mayors Manual created by the Governor's Center for Local Government Services.
.

It Is My Destiny!

Standing in a Circle and Firing

It fills me with great joy to watch circular pissing match that is the national Republican Party.  Even Grover Norquist is attacking Ted Cruz.


Senator Cruz may very well bring about the death of the party.  If he continues to not get his way will he take the extremists with him to a new party.  There are many in the Tea Bagger movement who are disgusted with both parties they just are more disgusted with the party lead by a black guy.

I predict that if the Republican Party nominates another Romney / McCain type in 2016 the crazies will leave the party and try to resurrect the Dixiecrats.

Historic Numbers In NYC Mayors Race

If recent polls are to be believed  the next Mayor of  New York City will elected by an historic margin .  Bill de Blasio the city's current Public Advocate is leading his Republican opponent by 45 points and he has been leading Joseph Lhota since the general election began in September.


When I first saw that stunning margin a few weeks ago I thought that it would be impossible to maintain that type of historic margin, races usually tighten but this race does not seem to be tightening.

There has been a Republican in the Mayor's seat for 20 years, though Bloomberg was a Democrat before he changed parties to run for Mayor and in the end he governed like an independent. Mr. de Blasio is an old time traditional progressive and won the primary by building a strong coalition of the support across all the Democratic leaning constituencies.  He is not the most charismatic campaigner but compared to Mr. Lhota he is Bill Clintonesque.  It has not helped that Lhota has promised to keep all the most hated policies of the Giuliani and Bloomberg years.


With a week to go before New Yorker's head to the polls so it is likely that  Bill de Blasio will be the next Mayor the only question is whether his election margin will be record breaking.

Callahan Endorsed by E-T - My Own Endorsement Coming Soon

I am not convinced that newspaper endorsement have an effect on the outcome of an election or that people take it into consideration when voting but getting an editorial board endorsement is better than not getting one.

The newspaper of record for Northampton County The Express - Times / LehighValleyLive has endorsed my friend and excellent Mayor John Callahan for Northampton County Executive.

I will be blogging this week about who I am voting for and why and we all know that my endorsement is the kiss of death so important to the masses that I am sure you will all be waiting on pins and needles for my inspired pronouncements.

Since I have been accused of thinking I am better than most people, I am compelled by my own sense of over blown grandeur & self importance to tell you all how to vote.

Stunning Comment About The President & his Daughters

Failed California Libertarian candidate and rabid political activist Jules Manson posted  "Assassinate the fucken nigger and his monkey children" on his Facebook page, he was of course referring to the President of the United States and his two daughters. He has of course taken the post down and closed his FB page but of course nothing really goes away once it is posted on the interwebs.


According to The New York Daily News the Secret Service visited this low life.  Manson claims the Secret Service is satisfied that he is not an actual threat to the President but a spokes person for the Secret Service is saying the investigation is still open.

I wonder if Fox News or even members of the main stream media will cover this incident with any serious reporting?  If Fox does cover it I sure it will be from a freedom of speech perspective and the MSM will just give it "in other news" treatment.


I know that not everyone who opposes the President is a racist but it is becoming increasingly clear to me that those who aren't are a distinct minority.  The level of disrespect this President is shown is more deep than just a broken and polarized electoral system.


But, on second thought maybe it is really only skin deep.

.