Monday, December 18, 2017

My closest BSI, Jim McCall, asked me a very important question

He says that his name has been recently mentioned by some obviously pro-Golden comment-makers on this blog  ---  and he thinks that is somewhat odd

It certainly seems odd that anybody in Marty Golden's camp would be chiding Jim for staying on the sidelines and only spending his time blogging

Maybe, some keen strategist in the Golden brain trust has figured out that Jim McCall would be an easy guy to take out in a GOP primary for State Senate in the 22nd District



Well, people should watch out what they wish for.....   If there were as much clamor from the anti-Golden folks out there as there as has been coming from the obviously pro-Golden folks,  there might be a possibility that Jim might entertain a run in the coming year.

And what Jim wanted me to tell him is this   ---   Is there sufficient support out there for an insurgent like Jim McCall to make a McCall-Golden primary fight worth while ?????

I hate when Jim McCall asks me questions and I don't know the answer.

111 comments:

Anonymous said...

McCall for State Senate 2018.

Anonymous said...

mccall cant do any worse than capano.

Anonymous said...

McCall defeated corrupt DA Hynes in a Republican primary. that was 1993 and insiders noticed Hynes could be beaten. 20 years later Hynes became the first DA to be defeated in NY in over 100 years.

Anonymous said...

Does 7:19 mean McCall is about to begin another 20 crusade?

Anonymous said...

God Bless u Mccall

god bless u

Anonymous said...

from what I hear Golden is not running

Anonymous said...

A Grimm McCall Bannon alliance is a formula to sweep out the hacks.

Always The Rebels.

Anonymous said...

A GOP primary is Martys achilles heel.

Anonymous said...

D'Amato v Javits Part II

Anonymous said...

And where is Eaton on this?

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "REST OF THE STORY" EDITION

TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT [THE FIRST] 7:22 PM"

I ASSUME THAT YOU MEANT "ANOTHER 20 YEAR CRUSADE".....


It's a funny thing about that "20 [year] crusade"..... John Kennedy O'Hara was Jim McCall's biggest contributor in 1993 in his Republican primary race against our friend, Mr. Hynes [McCall's recollection is that it was about a thousand ($1000).....

A few year's later, O'Hara was prosecuted for violating the NYS Election Law, with multiple counts for "illegal voting." After three trials (a first ever kind of thing, following a reversal on appeal, and then a mistrial for a hung jury), O'Hara was found guilty of several felonies, making him the only person besides Susan B. Anthony to be convicted for "illegal voting" in New York.

Cut to the end --- all charges against O'Hara have been dismissed, because of the prosecutor's multiple wrongful acts; and O'Hara is again a very successful plaintiff's personal injury attorney ("Better [than] Saul").....

[[[ BTW, O'Hara expects shortly to have a very big $$,$$$,$$$.00 settlement from the City and State, and personally from Hynes and few other active malefactors, inside Hynes' DA's Office and out.]]]

Anonymous said...

God Bless u Ohara

god bless u

Anonymous said...

Sounds like someones gotta spring Luthmann for this one.

Anonymous said...

I dont Marty breaking a sweat for Donovan being the right move for him. McCall and Grimm have a base of supporters in Brooklyn. Marty does what works for Marty.

Anonymous said...

If bob runs again he can come in third place again. People "fear" that.

Anonymous said...

McCall 2018

Make Bay Ridge Great Again

Anonymous said...

When Mccall ran for Judge in Bay ridge he trounced the democrat except in Boro Park. No boro park in Senate district. Marty is so scandal ridden republicans will realize we need a fresh face. Not a young face. A fresh face.

Anonymous said...

Well isnt this convenient that McCall has a dinner next week at Buckleys in Marine Park.

Just happen to be in neighborhood?

Anonymous said...

I heard about the sitdown at Buckleys.

Anonymous said...

McCall & Grimm will break Marty and dan like there boys.

Anonymous said...

This is a ticket that can crash and burn and still win.

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "SURE, HAVE A LAUGH" EDITION

TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 8:58 PM" & "... AT 9:22 PM"

WELL, IT WAS ONLY A "MAYBE" FOR BUCKLEY'S


"... 'Tis the season..." Social get-togethers among friends at this time of year doesn't necessarily mean politics, even if two of the friends are known to be "political mechanics".....

Anonymous said...

Marty has a lot of friends in Gerritsen Beach.
Keep your eyes peeled at Buckleys. Lots of disabled cops on disability in that joint, and just why is it called Gerritsen Beach when there is no beach?

Anonymous said...

What are you kidding me? Buckley's is 100% a cops bar. I knew a couple, both cops; when they broke up, they had to work out who could hang out in Buckley's.

Anonymous said...

The meeting at Buckleys is on the turf of Frank "Lucky Strike" B & The Knapp Street Crew. Where Gale will be safe.

Anonymous said...

McCall will be the Reform ans Republican party nominee in 2018 for state senate

Anonymous said...

1. Didn't McCall beat Hynes in a WRITE-IN Primary? Huzzahs and Kudos to him, 'cause that election used the old lever voting machines, where you had to press the secret silver button inside the voting machine, find the slot that lines up with the office in question, pull the tab to expose the paper ballot, and finally... write in your candidate's name.

2. Wasn't Buckley's shuttered recently because of a failing health report? Perhaps another venue would be best.

Anonymous said...

Chairman and Professor Capano,
Please see comment 833pm. This post is not even about you and your detractors still being you up and attacks you. They must indeed really fear you. Don't back down!

Anonymous said...

I hear it's official..Liam McCabe is going to back stab Dan Donovan, his immediate former boss who endorsed him in the GOP primary and work for Grimm. I wonder what Dandy Dan thinks

Anonymous said...

Dan & Marty both lose primaries.

Bannon Coup

Anonymous said...

There will be GOP primary for Governor.

Anonymous said...

gOLDEN & dONOVAN ARE GING DOWN & mCcALL, eATON & cAPANO WILL LEAD THE WAY

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "VERY, VERY INTERESTING" EDITION

TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 7:19 AM"

YOUR TYPOGRAPHY IS VERY INTRIGUING --- DOES IT HAVE SOME OCCULT MEANING --- IS IT SOME KIND OF CYPHER OR CODE ???

"GING" --- now there's the key to the message. We'll have to let the boffins at Bletchley Park work their magic on this, for sure.....

Anonymous said...

Q smashed his opponents with Goldens support. Whats changed? A guy taking pictures of people in bike lanes.

Get real.

Anonymous said...

752 pm..I can assure you no one cares where Eaton is on this..he has been, is , and always will be useless and a non entity in Bay Ridge and Brooklyn politics..

Anonymous said...

Is Bob going to commit his support to Mccall like he did to Q ?

Anonymous said...

God Bless u Chairmen Capano and Eaton..
As always, Bob will always do the right thing..

Anonymous said...

Keep fighting Chairman and Professor..you and Chairman Eaton are unstoppable

Anonymous said...

1%

Anonymous said...

1% agreed, totally right-- 1% chance Golden gets re-elected next year

Anonymous said...

We stand with you Chairman Capano..while others are happy being side kicks to others, you lead

Anonymous said...

1%

Anonymous said...

With Craig Eaton we had a real Republican Party not a colony of the Conservative Party as we have today. Eaton won special elections and didn’t sell out our candidates in favor of deals with the Democrats to provide ham and eggers opponents for Marty Golden.

Anonymous said...

The GOP lost when Eaton decided to not stay as chair and when Capano left the GoP..they were the only republicans not part of the Kassar cabal

Anonymous said...

1%

Anonymous said...

agree 11:36 am!
1% chance of Marty Golden getting re-elected next year..totally agree 1%

Anonymous said...

1% chance of Golden re--election next year

Anonymous said...

1% CHANCE OF QUAGLIONE GETTING A REAL JOB AFTER GOLDEN LOSES

Anonymous said...

Q could never muster the courage to stand up to Kassar. Maybe if Kassar hadn’t gotten Bob removed from Saperstein’s campaign Q would have won. Now we have local Republicans at war with each other just how Kassar likes it.

Anonymous said...


McCall for State Senate 2018. Let's do it!

Anonymous said...

The Staten Island Republican Party is doing just fine without Bob as an enrollee.

Anonymous said...

Chairman and Professor Capano
Please see comment 304 pm..they can't stop attacking you..they really do fear you...but hey, at least they get off the kick that u still live in Staten island.
Ahahahababa

Anonymous said...

1%

Anonymous said...

320 pm..
Agree 100 percent, 1% chance of Golden getting re-elected and Quaglione getting a real job.

Anonymous said...

1%

Anonymous said...

515pm
You are totally correct.
1% chance of Golden re-election and Q getting another job. We agree.

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "TIME & PLACE FOR A SHOW TUNE" EDITION

REALLY, JIM HAS READ >>> ALL <<< THE COMMENTS THUS FAR --- AND, QUITE FRANKLY, HE ISN'T FEELIN' ALL THE LOVE HE HAD HOPED FOR.....

SO RATHER THAN MOPE AROUND AND GET SNARKY ABOUT IT --- LIKE SOME RECENT CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES --- JIM HAS GONE BACK TO ONE OF HIS FAVORITE STAND-BYES --- SHOW TUNES !!!!!

During college, Jim McCall once played "Freddy" on stage with a tall blonde named Roseanne who played "Eliza" so he knows these words by heart:
".... [By Eliza Doolittle to Freddy Eynsford-Hill] Words! Words! Words! I'm so sick of words!
I get words all day through;
First from [them], [then] from you! Is that all you blighters can do?
....
Sing me no song! Read me no rhyme!
Don't waste my time, Show me!
Don't talk of June, Don't talk of fall!
Don't talk at all! Show me!
Never do I ever want to hear another word.
There isn't one I haven't heard
....
Please don't "expl'ine," Show me! Show me!
Don't wait until wrinkles and lines
Pop out all over my brow,
Show me now!"

Anonymous said...

God Bless u Jim McCall

god bless u

Anonymous said...

Saw Kassar at State Senator Marty Golden’s annual Holiday Cocktail Party. He looked a resplendent shade of gray. Why are Liam and Quaglione so afraid of him? Capano is the only one with a backbone around here. It's no wonder he's going places.

Anonymous said...

1%

Anonymous said...

McCall is going to run one bare knuckled race against softy Golden. this isn't going to be lets make a deal that Marty has had with Brannen and Carroll.

Anonymous said...

Half of the people posing for pictures with Golden will vote for McCall. Golden can BS his way through an election but not a primary.

Anonymous said...

McCall was smart. He waited till the time was right. And Golden will never be sure if McCall will do it.

Anonymous said...

Marty is pulling down over 450k a year most of which goes to pay speeding tickets.

Anonymous said...

odd things happening with the State Senate. Laura Curran is backing McCall. Only reason for a democrat from nassau County to stick her nose in this is by Golden losing primary to McCall, dems know mccall is to conservative to win election. conservatives will jump off a cliff before theyd give mccall the line. So Golden stays on the line. This was how dems took seat in 1996. Republicans and conservatives split and Gentile won.

Anonymous said...

Gailforce, I see a lot of "God Bless you" comments on your blog. There must be a lot of sneezing going on that i'm not hearing.

Anonymous said...

Lets hear it for McCall 2018 !!!

Anonymous said...

Marty needs to explain the details of the $750,000 settlement for the old lady he killed. Marty claims he did nothing wrong. So who paid the $750,000? No Insurance company pays that kind of money unless
a) Marty did something very wrong
b) It was a settlement from the city (Marty was a city councilman) from a slush fund.

Anonymous said...

McCall has been on to Marty for years.

Anonymous said...

I was at golden Xmas party...it was supposed to be about holidays..when Kassar spoke to introduce Marty, all Kassar talked about was election next year...they are very nervous and fearful.

Anonymous said...

Jim, stop the pussyfooting. Are you running for the State Senate or not?

Anonymous said...

MCCALL will be the Republican and Reform Party nominee in Nov. 2018

Anonymous said...

McCall will be a Senator in 2019

Anonymous said...

God Bless u senator mccall

god bless u

Anonymous said...

To 9:34

Consider spending more time in Church and less time blogging.

Just sayin

Anonymous said...

God Bless u just saying

god bless u

Anonymous said...

1%

Anonymous said...

Agree with 1250 pm comment.
1% chance of Golden getting re-elected and John Quaglione being able to get a real job..

Anonymous said...

1%

Anonymous said...

Instead of casting his vote for the next Speaker of the Council, Quaglione is casting his vote on what to order Marty for dinner tonight

Anonymous said...

Does Marty still eat solid foods or does Kassar feed him with a spoon ?

Anonymous said...

140 pm is correct also!
1% chance Golden will be re-elected

Anonymous said...

MCCALL will fight for all of us

Anonymous said...

In McCall we trust.

Anonymous said...

Senator McCall and Chairman Capano..what a team

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE, UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED" EDITION

TO MANY OF THE COMMENTMAKERS ABOVE WHO APPARENTLY VOICED SOME LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR A JIM MC CALL GOP RUN FOR THE STATE SENATE AGAINST NYSSMG

JIM TELLS ME THAT HE IS STILL NOT "... FEELING THE LOVE" FROM MANY OF THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE WHO CAN MAKE A PRIMARY RUN AGAINST A REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT STATE SENATOR A REALITY


Since Jim obviously likes a musical hook for what he is getting at, let me suggest this Lennon-McCarthy hit from way back in the "Summer of Love" for your consideration:

"Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy
Nothing you can make that can't be made
No one you can save that can't be saved
Nothing you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time
It's easy
All you need is love, all you need is love
All you need is love, love, love is all you need
All you need is love
All you need is love, love, love is all you need
There's nothing you can know that isn't known
Nothing you can see that isn't shown
There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
It's easy
All you need is love, all you need is love
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
... Love is all you need. Love is all you need.
Love is all you need. Love is all you need.
Love is all you need. Love is all you need....
.... Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeaaaah!"

FYI, even though this Beatles song did make it into a movie or two, it is definitely not a "show tune".....

Anonymous said...

will mccall hire q to get his coffee?

Anonymous said...

If Mccall likes his coffeee cold

Anonymous said...

Some politicians resign because they squeeze a womans ass. Marty runs over an old lady and kills her. He claims no fault but the old ladies family gets $750,000 and says he did nothing wrong. So why the $750,000? Then when caught on camera he is a menace. McCall will get answers. And Mccall will be a fine state senator who has pledged not to kill any old ladies.

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "NOT SO FAST" EDITION

TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 8:59 PM"

THAT PLEDGE IS BEING REFINED..... IT WILL BE DISCUSSED BY THE MC CALL ADVISERS OVER DINNER AT BUCKLEY'S


The long-experienced and very conservative potential candidate doesn't want to over-promise anything when it comes to those who YOU call "old ladies" --- some of them have histories going back to when they were young ladies; and even potential candidates have a right to defend themselves, and use deadly force, if appropriate.

Anonymous said...

When McCall & Grimm win the GOP primary the conservative party aparatchik will allign with who? Or is it whom?

Anonymous said...

Location location Location.

Buckleys is the part of the district to begin this insurgency.

Anonymous said...

God Bless u Buckleys

god bless u

Anonymous said...

Bye bye Marty Golden, Q and kassar

Anonymous said...

If Chairman Eaton is with McCall that's good enough for me , and probably a GOP primary win!!

Anonymous said...

Everyone is with McCall.

Anonymous said...

The Grimm factor in McCall v Golden is still an unanswered question.

Anonymous said...

God Bless u grimm golden mccall

god bless u

Anonymous said...

Congressional Primary is in June. Senate Primary is in September.

Anonymous said...

1% chance Golden gets re elected

Anonymous said...

I feel so bad for John Q..he is still posting photos of him visiting senior centers with Marty Golden...he thinks he is councilman-elect I guess

Anonymous said...

With Chairmen Eaton and Capano, McCall can't lose..

Anonymous said...

4;14 on the target. Its a lock !!

Anonymous said...

With Chairmen Capano, Eaton, Curtis Sliwa, the Reform Party, Jim McCall will be State Senator McCall

Anonymous said...

All Jerry Kassar had to do was leave well enough alone and let Bob Capano run Steve Saperstein’s campaign and we wouldn’t be talking about any of this right now.

Anonymous said...

1%

Anonymous said...

Agree with 640pm
1% chance of Golden re-election and Kassar having a job Jan, 1, 2019

Anonymous said...

Run Jim Run !!

Anonymous said...

Love is all you need

Anonymous said...

Bye bye Golden, Q, and Kassae..
The end is near

Anonymous said...

McCall will crush Golden like a grape