Saturday, September 30, 2017

Query --- What's going on with an obviously anti-Nicole Malliotakis tweet appearing under name and style of "New York City Republicans" --- probably from one of Brooklyn's GOP State Senator Marty Golden's office hacks

Is Marty Golden's house mouse & puppet  >>> Staten Islander Marko Kepi <<<  the man behind the curtain for this hit piece:  https://www.facebook.com/notes/new-york-city-republicans/dumping-trump-a-bad-move-for-malliotakis-si-advance-commentary/1860599433956405/



A couple of days ago, somebody,  who was once one of Marty Golden's strongest supporters, called me with a few leads.

The material mentioned in the headlines above was just one of those things.....   One of those crazy flings.....   [Yeah, that does have the old familiar ring of a showtune doesn't it .....]

The Tweet [From Albanian Marko Kepi ???] includes an article by the SI Advance's political guy,  Tom Wrobleski that is a blatant journalistic hit piece aimed at Nicole Malliotakis.

Now, let's close our eyes and say:  "MARKO !!!"   [answer:  "KEPI !!!"].....  [Yeah, that does have the old familiar ring of a GEICO TV ad doesn't it ???]

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THAT & THIS  ?????

BTW,  the material above does seem to flesh out a tweet that appeared on Marko Kepi's personal Twitter space  ---  "So many fake Republicans out there using our party as a steppingstone  for their political careers.  Flip flopping as they go.... "   (See ---  https://www.facebook.com/marko.kepi.3/posts/10154756868752056?pnref=story0> ).


Monday, September 25, 2017

Not only are lots of NFL players [Sons of Bitches] --- so are bunches of NFL owners --- AND --- ROGER GOODELL IS THE BIGGEST SON OF A BITCH OF THEM ALL

Roger Goodell says that he is "PROUD" of the NFL players' response to President Trump 

It's time for all good Americans to boycott all the NFL >> Sons of Bitches <<<  ---  and anybody & everything giving aid, comfort and support to any and all of the NFL >>> Sons of Bitches <<<  whatever their business relationship to the other Sons of Bitches might be   

JOIN WITH THE TRUMP-SUPPORTING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION >>>   #TakeAStandNotAKnee <<<  AND  "TURN OFF THE NFL"

Let's be clear  ---  any of the players, coaches owners, league and/or team front office personnel,  and any networks, announcers, reporters, commentators or media types of any sort that support the players' participating in the so-called National Anthem demonstration(s) from Colin Kaepernick  through this Sunday's larger scale demonstrations are  >>> Sons of Bitches <<<  and their main product, NFL Football, and any related products or media work products, need to be boycotted by the good people in America.

Also join in the social media push back such as #Takeastandnotaknee  .....  

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Is Bob Capano going "... to be or not to be... nobler... to take arms against... "

Perhaps some have counselled Bobby C, using the well-said words of Dylan Thomas,  "Do Not go gentle into that Good Night"  ---  but instead  ---  "... rage against the dying of the light..."



Many people think that his great Primary Day victory was like a "New Day" for John Quaglione  ---  and you can't count me among those folks.

But  ---  there is a flip side to that, and it is this:  John Quaglione's great Primary Day victory is just as much a "New Day" for John's Primary Day opponents,  Lucretia Regina-Potter,  Liam McCabe, and of course Bob Capano, whom I mentioned above in my headlines.  However,  perhaps, any talk of a "New Day" is premature,  because somebody thinks that the "dying of the light" of the day gone by needs to be played out in a different manner and to the beat of a different drum.

MAYBE, HERE'S THE DEAL ABOUT CAPANO'S TAKE ON A "NEW DAY"  IN THE 2017 RACE FOR NY CITY COUNCIL

I seem to remember that Bob had put it out there during his campaign in the GOP Primary >>>  he was the ONLY Republican candidate running in the 43rd City Council District already on a party ballot line in November.  Now, I don't know if that was 100% accurate at the time;  however,  it is a fact that BOBBY C IS STILL ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, as the candidate of the Reform Party.

Early this AM,  somebody wadded-up a spitball message to me indicating that Bobby C might be planning on doing some kind of campaigning as the Reform Party's candidate in the 43rd District. Well,  as sure as night comes before day,  maybe JQ's "New Day" hasn't quite started yet  ---  because at least for somebody in the mix, there is still some raging to be done.....

And here's what I say to that  (now folks, please note, this is NOT a show tune):

“Do not go gentle into that good night,
[All ages] should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
o not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my [brother], there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with [burning] fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

                                                                DT


Sunday, September 17, 2017

Was it an "April Fool's Day Edition" of the New York Post on September 16th ???


Is all of the Grimm talk lately,  including the article in yesterday's New York Post,  somebody's idea of a practical joke ???


In case you were so busy partying after John Quaglione's unlikely huge blowout of his GOP rivals on Primary Day,  some people are again talking about a Michael Grimm 2018 race against incumbent Republican Congressman Dan Donovan for the GOP nomination



According to yesterday's article in the NY Post  ---  "Disgraced Republican ex-Rep. Michael Grimm is set to announce a bid to win back his old Staten Island-Brooklyn seat next year, according to a report — a move opposed by state and local GOP officials....  Grimm was released from federal prison 16 months ago after serving seven months in the slammer on charges that he falsified tax returns for the Manhattan restaurant he ran before taking office....   He was convicted in 2014....  The Republican is looking to oust GOP Rep. Dan Donovan, Staten Island’s former district attorney, who won a special election after Grimm went to jail in 2015....   Grimm will announce his candidacy at an Oct. 1 rally in New Dorp, NY1 reported Saturday, citing anonymous sources...."  (See "Disgraced ex-congressman set to announce run for office' by Mary Kay Linge, 9/16/17,  NY Post/ Metro  [http://nypost.com/2017/09/16/disgraced-ex-congressman-set-to-announce-run-for-office/]).


"April FoolsDay" is celebrated every year on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes;  and by the lights of the common definers of such things, the jokers and their victims are referred to as "April fools";   so, in which camp of fools are you counting yourself in this strange week in September 2017  ???

  

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

We could have gone with Sinatra's "My Way".....

But instead let's be in their faces with this one from Queen:



....   I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face
But I've come through
(And I need to go on and on, and on, and on)

We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the world

I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose
(And I need just go on and on, and on, and on)

We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the world

[One more time, with feeling  !!!]    We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the world







Saturday, September 9, 2017

MY PREDICTIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL PRIMARY

I have a cold and I was trying to get some rest before going out to dinner with some family members tonight  ---  that was before I got three different John Quaglione robocalls  along with one or two for the other guys  running  ---  And then, I got  a marathon filibuster of a call from one of my regular followers (yes, maybe that should be my ONE regular follower) asking, pleading, begging, exhorting (and on and on without any offer of reward or compensation to me of any kind) that I do a feature post about the City Council primaries in Bay Ridge


Since there is only so much torture that a man of my age and in my condition can take,  I will succumb  ---  reluctantly.....



FOR THE REPUBLICANS
The envelope,  please !!!

Oh,  I guess everybody knew this before I did  ---  the winner will be  >>>  LIAM MC CABE <<<  in a squeeker over both John Quaglione and Bob Capano,  who will be still fighting it out at the wire for second and third, even after the polls have closed.  As for Lucretia Regina-Potter,  although she will not be that close to the front-runners,  she will get enough of a vote in her pockets of strength to show whomever comes in second and/or third that making an early deal with Lucretia and Arnaldo would have been a wiser strategy than trying to shut them out and, more important, shut them down.

Why Liam will come in for the win at the finish ???   Whenever the new kid in the race shows that he can be a credible candidate  ---  that is a very big advantage.  Plus,  his argument that all the others have run before and failed miserably is quite compelling.

Why not Quaglione,  he's so much better than he was ???   John ran a very good campaign;  if both he and Liam were newcomers,  I'd even give the edge to John.  However,  first impressions are lasting,   and JQ's bad performance running for the same office in 2013 won't be overlooked by most of the folks this time around.

Doesn't the same argument apply for Bob Capano ???   To a certain extent it does,  but 2009 is a very long time ago,  and  who even remembers that Bob also ran unsuccessfully for the NYS Assembly ???   Bob raised less cash than two of his intra-party opponents, and most of the Democrats as well. That's not great for somebody who lists John Catsimatidis,  Curtis Sliwa and Craig Eaton among his strongest supporters.....  On the other hand,  Bob and his team have waged a long uphill fight largely based on great media presentation and an appeal to the Donald Trump base inside the Brooklyn GOP in Southwest Brooklyn.  It's possible that Bob & Co, might have found the winning formula for the 2017  race for CIty Council  ---   however, I do believe that is unlikely.

Lastly,  let's look at Lucretia.....   I think it was a strategic blunder for her to have appeared in three (not just two) different places on the GOP Primary ballot  throughout the center portion of the 43rd Council District.  In those overlapping areas in the 43rd Council District,  Lucretia Regina-Potter is running to become Republican State Committee Person (again),  Judicial Delegate (again) and Republican candidate for the NY City Council.  Her latest robocall invites certain voters to "fill in the circle" next to her name up to three times wherever it might appear on the Republican Primary Ballot. I think that message is too much of a heavy lift for most voters.  Nonetheless, I do predict that Lucretia will receive a significant vote on the line for City Council  ---  possibly even enough to exceed the winners "margin" of victory over the number two vote-getter,  possibly even number two and number three.....

AND FOR THE DEMOCRATS

(Yawn !!!)

I said before that I think that Justin Brannan has the edge in this race to succeed his boss,  Vinny Gentile  ---  and that should be enough to enable Justin to hold on and win against all comers, foreign and domestic.

Even though "The Reverend" Khader Al-Yateem has definitely won this year's contest for gargantuan picture posters displayed between Senator and 73rd Streets on Fifth Avenue,  remember that the adage "posters don't vote" applies equally to gargantuan sized posters of Palestinian-born clerics running throughout Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights,  Bath Beach and lower Bensonhurst.




Tuesday, September 5, 2017

With an Editorial Endorsement by the NY Daily News --- Bob Capano scores the biggest “Earned Media” Coup to date in his 2017 Run for the GOP NYC Council Line for Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach and part of Bensonhurst

Here’s the straight skinny as it appeared in the New York Daily News today  ---  “ ‘The Daily News' City Council picks: Brooklyn’….   EDITORIALS SEP 5, 2017….   On to Daily News endorsements in Council races that look to be serious contests in the Sept. 12 primaries….   Voters in District 43 (Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights) have primaries in both parties….   Republicans should go with Bob Capano , who combines real-world experience in the public and private sectors with a proven ability to work across party lines….”


What more needs to be said.  Bob Capano’s “Little Engine that Could” campaign just keeps chuggin’ along:

“I think I can !  ---  I think I can !!  ---  I think I can !!!”


(FYI:  See  “The Daily News' City Council picks: Brooklyn -- EDITORIALS SEP 5, 2017”  by the NY Daily News Editorial Board,  9/5/17,  NY Daily News/ Opinion/ Editorials   [http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/opinion/council-picks-brooklyn-article-1.3461975])

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Bob Capano and the themes of his campaign

For good or ill,  Bob Capano and the folks who have 

>>> gotten his ear and/or are into his head <<<

have decided that "he'll dance with who brung um" ---  or  ---  "go 'all in' with what they got and what's showin' all around...."


More than any other campaign for the contested GOP  line in the 43rd Council District this year,  Bob Capano's has stuck closest to one set of issues throughout this primary season.

First,  Bob Capano says that he was, continues to be, and will continue to be the biggest President Trump supporter among the so-called Republicans running in 2017;  second,  he pitches quite forcefully  that the Democrats presently "in charge" at City Hall have become too radical, even by New York City standards, in their various left-wing approaches to city governance;  third, Capano claims that even in Bay Ridge and surrounding areas,  there is now an element inside the Democratic Party establishment that is foreign and completely UN-AMERICAN,  and that it is a clear and present danger  >>>  and that clear and present danger is personified in the likes of national con artist and radical activist LINDA SARSOUR <<<  and the  upstart radical Palestinian KHADER EL-YATEEM, is her compliant sock puppet locally;  and of course his most often repeated theme is:  that he,  Bob Capano, is the only candidate among the Republicans running in the 43rd District in 2017 with a variety of life and career experience ---  that includes both multiple instances of private sector employment,  including management of a large business, and a public service resume that includes government service on behalf of both Republicans and Democrats.....

CAPANO'S RECENT MAIL AND ADS

Bob's most recent ad buys and mailings show that he is stickin' to those themes  ---  IN SPADES.

What's more, his folks have done some polling;  and it shows that HE is "in tune with" and has "tapped into" lots of Republican voters.  More important,  none of his Republican opponents have effectively singled Capano out as an unacceptable candidate that can't win with his very Trump-centric campaign all around the Southwest corner of Brooklyn in November.