tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post2452802535237797115..comments2024-03-29T01:18:48.058-04:00Comments on The Brooklyn & Staten Island Independent GOP Fountainhead: Newsday Article Takes a little look forward, and a little look backward at Congressman Michael Grimm’s run in 2014Galewyn Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-85494154502950859832014-10-14T15:50:15.568-04:002014-10-14T15:50:15.568-04:00UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE “ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS...UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE “ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS... WE PRINT” EDITION<br /><br />IF IT’S IMPORTANT — THE NY TIMES COVERS IT — EVENTUALLY<br /><br />PLAYING CATCH UP, THE TIMES MAKES SURE TO TOUCH ALL THE BASES<br /><br />FOR GRIMM, IF THE ISSUE IS HIS PERSONAL CORRUPTION, IT’S MERELY A DISTRACTION FROM OTHER ISSUES — GRIMM WOULD RATHER THAT YOU FOCUS ON “...NICKEL AND DIME...” STUFF<br /><br /><br />This is how the Times kicked off it’s coverage of Congressman Michael Grimm’s re-election effort: “This question Michael Grimm liked. *** Representative Grimm, a two-term Republican known by many for threatening to throw an inquiring NY1 reporter off a Capitol balcony, was asked during a minuscule news conference on Staten Island last week whether his challenger’s emphasis on personal issues — like, say, the 20-count federal indictment against Mr. Grimm — was distracting voters from more substantive ones....” (See “Under Indictment, Grimm Fights to Keep His Congressional Seat” by Jason Horowitz, 10/14/14, NY Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/nyregion/under-indictment-grimm-fights-to-keep-his-congressional-seat.html?hpw&rref=nyregion&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHedThumbWell&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=1]).<br /><br />The Times says that for the Democrats, the congressional seat held by Grimm is the most winnable for them in all of New York State. What the Times didn’t say is that, arguably, the Staten Island-West Brooklyn seat is the most winnable seat of any held by the GOP, that’s why the RCCC has written off Grimm as far as the national Republican caucus is concerned. <br /><br />For his part, Grimm’s responses in this article in the Times shows that he still doesn’t get that this election is all about him and what he has done vis a vis his businesses and his finances . For a pathological narcissist, one would expect that he’d welcome the rapt attention on him, and what he has done in his life — but not in this instance, it seems. For Grimm this is a distraction from other issues.<br /><br />Unfortunately for Grimm, how did the Times quote the Congressman’s talking about those issues vis a vis his opponent ? The words that jumped out were “...NICKEL AND DIME...”<br /><br />btw, the Times specifically mentioned Grimm's Geraldo interview, where the GOP candidate said that he might have to resign sometime in 2015 — that would be a long, long time after it was reported as a big deal here on this blog.Galewyn Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-52169772576452011362014-10-13T16:22:10.943-04:002014-10-13T16:22:10.943-04:00On second look, Recchia is the 700 pound gorillaOn second look, Recchia is the 700 pound gorillaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-46743619487128120652014-10-13T14:55:27.267-04:002014-10-13T14:55:27.267-04:00Hilarious!Hilarious!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-39785002404466067572014-10-13T14:53:51.909-04:002014-10-13T14:53:51.909-04:00I'm sure your BSI on SI is at least as reliabl...I'm sure your BSI on SI is at least as reliable as any one of Louis Scarcella's informants. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-30761228123155948392014-10-13T14:14:32.668-04:002014-10-13T14:14:32.668-04:00WUKSTREE ! WUKSTREE ! WUKSTREE !
— UPDATE: TH...WUKSTREE ! WUKSTREE ! WUKSTREE ! <br /><br />— UPDATE: THE “DO YOU THINK I CAN REALLY TAKE THIS TO THE BANK ?” EDITION<br /><br />MAYBE, GRIMM SAYS EVEN CRAZIER THINGS “ANONYMOUSLY” THAN ANYBODY KNOWS . . . <br /><br />HAS GRIMM BEEN UNMASKED AS A “LONE RANGER” AMONG COMMENT MAKERS ?<br /><br />WHAT DO YOU THINK ?<br /><br />One of my very reliable Baker Street Irregulars from the other side of the pond (actually the Narrows) has told me that I can take this to the bank. Well, I’m sure we’ll find out about that soon enough, I suppose. <br /><br />This fine fellow says that the pseudonym "Cthulhu4Prez" in all the comments appearing in the SI Advance is Michael Grimm himself. If you check out this link [http://connect.silive.com/user/Cthulhu4Prez/index.html] you will see that is quite a lot of chit-chat indeed. Again, I have been assured that this information is from a rock solid source. <br /><br />So there you have it – my reliable source tells me I can take it to the bank because it’s from a rock solid source. What are the chances that it isn’t absolutely true ? YOU TELL ME !Galewyn Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-91197281752165150742014-10-13T13:42:02.730-04:002014-10-13T13:42:02.730-04:00Grimm does say crazy things, but lets talk about R...Grimm does say crazy things, but lets talk about Recchia who is the 600 pound gorilla in the room.<br />Actually the last picture I saw of Recchia he may be 650 pounds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-57409838795990899932014-10-13T13:03:00.890-04:002014-10-13T13:03:00.890-04:00tell me that at this point you dont have a begrudg...tell me that at this point you dont have a begrudging respect for Grimm?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com