Sunday, April 9, 2017

Battle lines being formed inside the GOP and Republican-allied activists over Congressman Donovan


Regular readers of this blog know about our observations of Jerry Kassar’s potshot at Dan Donovan, the Conservative Party endorsed Congressman from Staten Island and Brooklyn  ---  Now, this bit of  ---  BACKFILL  ---  a right-leaning group of several so-called “Republicans” have demonstrated in front of Donovan’s S.I.  office  ---  ostensibly it was over Donovan’s suggeste “NO” vote on the GOP “Replace and Repeal” Bill

   

Simultaneously,   battle lines in the upcoming GOP City Council primary contest reflect SOME of the divided loyalties with respect to the Congress-member from the 11th Cong Dist


FYI,  Craig Eaton has told several of his associated GOP movers and shakers that he has personally assured Dan Donovan that he would  ---  "…do everything necessary inside the Brooklyn GOP…” to help Donovan in any feuds with State Senator Golden and the new court-appointed Republican leadership



According to a local press report appearing on-line  ---  “Two Saturdays after progressives on both sides of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge applauded Congressmember Dan Donovan for declaring that he would be voting against the now-defunct repeal and replacement plan for Obamacare, constituents on the other side of the aisle descended upon the pol’s Staten Island office to throw what they called a ‘betrayal party.’…   The ‘party’ came just nine days after members of Staten Island 4 Change hosted what they called a “birthday party’ for Obamacare (which is now seven years old) that also served as a personal thank you to the pol for his commitment to vote down the American Health Care Act (AHCA), which was pulled on Friday, March 24 (just one day after it was slated to be voted on by the House) due to lack of support (though a new version of the legislation is reportedly currently in the works)….   According to organizer and conservative grassroots activist Bobby Zahn, those in attendance at the ‘betrayal party’ felt that they were shorted by a congressmember they proudly elected….”  (See  “Republican protesters throw ‘betrayal party’ in response to Donovan’s would-be ‘no’ vote on Obamacare replacement”  by Megan McGoldrick,  4/5/17,  Brooklyn Reporter   [http://brooklynreporter.com/story/republican-protesters-throw-betrayal-party-in-response-to-donovans-would-be-no-vote-on-obamacare-replacement/]).  

Megan McGoldrick’s article goes on to say this, quoting  Staten Islander,  and former Donovan supporter and “Tea Party” activist, Bobby Zahn:  “….   ‘There is a lot of anger at Dan, even from some of the people on the right that support his ‘no’ vote, but not for the reasons that he did it,’ said Zahn. ‘The bottom line is that Republicans ran on repealing and replacing Obamacare, and they’ve been running on that since 2010 when [former Congressmember] Michael Grimm was elected and now Dan has been elected on it. He voted on it in the past when it wasn’t going to make any sort of difference, so he made people believe he was a repealer. He swept his victory with a big margin, along with Donald Trump, in 2016, and a lot of us just feel like he let us down.’…   Though the protest was held on April Fool’s Day, Zahn contended that local Republicans’ feelings on Donovan are no joke….   ‘Every one of us, no matter where we stand on [the AHCA], we know it’s not perfect,’ he said, ‘but there [was] nothing in it that warranted a “no” vote.’…”

OUR OWN COVERAGE OF DONOVAN’S PROBLEMS WITH FORMER SUPPORTERS AROSE OUT OF A JERRY KASSAR COLUMN

At the same time that Bobby Zahn’s protest was making news,  Jerry Kassar had fired something that was more of a pot-shot than a warning shot at his own Conservative Party-supported Congressman  ---  that pot-shot was fully discussed in my own prior post on this blog  (See  my  4/3/17 post,  “Donovan’s Crossing” below on this blog).

NOT LONG AGO,  EATON TALKED ABOUT HIS SIDE’S SUPPORT OF DONOVAN AGAINST GOLDEN

A little while back, after a little feud blew up at a local diner between Golden & Quaglione,  on one side, and Donovan & McCabe, on the other (also previously discussed on this blog)  ---  Craig Eaton mentioned that he had spoken to Congressman Donovan and promised his full support of Dan in any flap that might blow up with Marty  (I have since heard other versions of that Eaton-Donovan compact from sources other than Eaton). 
 

It’s interesting to note that this recent brouhaha over Donovan’s position on a NON-VOTE in the House about Obama Care arose >>> NOT VERY LONG AFTER <<<  the problematic sit-down between Golden and Donovan, and Quaglione and McCabe at the Bridgeview Diner.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gale you have half a story which is better than no story, but, still half a story.

Mike Long will endorse Staten Island DA Mike McMahon, as hes done before, in next years congressional race. Right now Longs bread is being buttered by Golden but the state senate is still small potatos. Long has a long history of trying to seize a congressional seat, but, you already knew that.

Anonymous said...

9:39 also has half the story on the Long history of the money shot coming from a congressman. And I ain't talking about Fred Richmond.

Mike made his bones with Mario Biaggi who then introduced Mike to a prison guard gun toting union guy named Bruno Zeferret. What kind of name is Bruno? The last person i saw named Bruno was on Hogans Heroes.

So Mario went on to change the name of Bruno Zefferet to Leo Zeferetti. The Leo happened to be the middle name of the congressman Bruno was looking to replace. Yes the "L" in Hugh L Carey stood for Leo. The Zeferetti sounds like Spaghetti which convinced the stupid Irish and Italians that Leo Zeferetti was an Italian/Catholic.

Neither of those facts were true. Bruno was a German/Episcopalian and his children were Jewish.

In any event, the point is Bruno, then Leo, after six years couldn't pay the vig so Long pulled the plug on Leos Conservative cred and backed Paul Atanasio which brings us up to 1980.

Anonymous said...

It must feel great to know it all like the guy with no life posting comments

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Anonymous said...

Congressman come and go but Mike is still in charge

Anonymous said...

Where will Liam get his party pills from now that Alec is going to Club Fed ?

Anonymous said...

Well we know that those diet pills didnt work on Justin

Anonymous said...

HI! MY NAME IS KEITH A.... AND I REALLY SCREWED THE POOCH BIG TIME AT A TRAFFIC STOP. IF THINGS WERE REALLY FAIR, IT SHOULDN'T REALLY ATTACH TO LIAM MC CABE, BUT I DON'T THINK POLITICS IS REALLY THAT FAIR. SORRY, LIAM!

Anonymous said...

Funny thing is, Ghomora doesnt even realize what he has gotten himself into....Golden and Kassar make all the decisions around him, and with his "deer in the headlights" look, I am not even sure he realizes it.

What a dope.

And, with a HUUUGE Ego...how long will the honeymoon with Golden and Kassar last.

I am taking bets.....who is in?

I say a year at best

Anonymous said...

Ghorra is in charge. He is organizing a forum for the GOP Council candidates, has been doing vast outreach to new Republicans and has even been telling people he has been meeting with John Catsamatdes and convinced the CAT man to separate from Capano and Eaton...thats influence!

Anonymous said...

BFFF-AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOW THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

Anonymous said...

658 am
That is BS

Anonymous said...

Of course it's BS, but whenever I read it - "Ghorra is in charge...." BWAH-AHA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!