Gene Berardelli and Russell Gallo were obviously sporting their studded collars and short leashes on this week's "Brooklyn GOP [blog-talk] Radio" Program after a very bad week for the Brooklyn GOP and its Chairman Craig Eaton
The April 3rd show had a title that suggested something material was going to be discussed ( “Slow News Week? Never in NYC!” on "Brooklyn GOP Radio," April 3, 2013 08:00 pm [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/brooklyngopradio/2013/04/04/slow-news-week-never-in-nyc]); however, the real interesting stuff about the involvement of the Brooklyn GOP and the likes of "County Chairman #1" in the federal corruption case surrounding State Senator Malcolm Smith was treated more like "the elephant in the room...", which would have been the more appropriate title for the show.
Amid a few moments of seriousness concerning the arrests and charges against Dan Halloran, Jay Savino and Vincent Tabone, and some discussion about the cooperating witness, Russell Gallo made a joke of hiding out away from the FBI. That was a real laugh riot. It was a strange joke since no report has specifically connected the scandal to Brooklyn [except perhaps Gallo, himself; see below], and Gallo mentioned that nobody offered him envelopes of cash, so why would he need to be hiding out.
One moment was a clear indicator of the kind of brief that Russell and Gene had been given by their Brooklyn GOP boss, but that they botched it badly. It occurred at the 16:38 minute/second mark of the show, right after Gene Berardelli had mentioned an aspect of the corruption case that involved transportation funds and officials in Rockland County. Russell Gallo jumped in excitedly uttering, something like "... Rockland County... lots of bad things happening there... Rockland County..." then Russell clearly says, "Let's get the attention off Brooklyn..."; and Gene interrupts "Absolutely! Absolutely! So..." But then Berardelli stalls and says, "I can't believe you just did that, but whatever..."
No doubt, Gene Berardelli realized that Gallo had given too much away with his line about getting the attention off Brooklyn. Later on in the show, Berardelli showed a little of his frustration at what was coming from Gallo when he said, "Remember [garbled] I've got to burn these tapes too."
Other than a few "F-bombs" in the middle of some Gallo rants, the rest of show was a spirited but uneventful recitation of things having little to do with the Brooklyn GOP (other than mentioning things like the "Official" GOP blogs and YRs, and the Lincoln Dinner).
5 comments:
have an idea for a beer drinking game
call it 'catch the contradictions'
lisetn too the BklynRepublicansRadio and see when GEne and Russel contradicts each other or by themselves
you'will get drunk by half an hour
or when Russel says F..k and GENE says they'are losing the langauge race
While it could be the Manhattan chairman, the elephant in the room is indeed that Brooklyn's GOP chairman is likely "Chairman #1". Anyone even close to the Brooklyn GOP is aware of the collegiality long enjoyed by Savino and Brooklyn's chairman. Do right by the party, time to resign!
There was at least one personal call made on behalf Malcolm Smith to get Brooklyn to give Smith the Wilson-Pakula to run for mayor. That call was from one of the Republicans charged in connection with the attempt to get Malcolm Smith a place on the the GOP line, even though that Republican was already committed to backing another candidate for mayor.
See the last paragraph of my April 4th post above, "The Federal Probe is not the only source of charges of corruption in Republican selection process — GOP Candidate for Mayor sticks by his claim that GOP County Leaders Delivered a 'Pay for Play' Message to him at 2012 meeting". In that post I state that: ".... If you believe Mr. McDonald on that point (that Manhattan Chairman Dan Isaacs was an early GOP chairman to favor giving Malcolm Smith a chance to run in the GOP primary), the almost inescapable conclusion is that Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton would have to be the “County Chairman #1” mentioned in the federal complaint concerning Democratic State Senator Malcolm Smith’s attempts to get the GOP Wilson-Pakula."
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