tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post90744983204935429..comments2024-03-28T00:02:02.310-04:00Comments on The Brooklyn & Staten Island Independent GOP Fountainhead: UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE “VINNIE GENTILE, DAN DONOVAN & JAMES LANE” EDITIONGalewyn Masseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-71304054255428383772015-05-04T22:22:44.116-04:002015-05-04T22:22:44.116-04:00The corrupt SI GOP leadership needs to have a mess...The corrupt SI GOP leadership needs to have a message sent, tomorrow will be the perfect start for what's coming to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-41699457648790873542015-05-04T21:18:33.791-04:002015-05-04T21:18:33.791-04:00Totally agree with post at 5:40. The SI GOP didn&#...Totally agree with post at 5:40. The SI GOP didn't recognize that Brooklyn side of District had any say in matter when legally we did. The got their bogus executive committee consisting of only 30 people who worked for officials backing Donovan. Of course they would not go against him if they wanted to keep their jobs. They voted for Donovan and immediately sent out a Press Release saying that Dan Donovan was the GOP nominee. Since they don't want or need Brooklyn Republicans,I'll vote for someone other than Donovan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-63330371530902251002015-05-04T20:40:54.242-04:002015-05-04T20:40:54.242-04:00A vote against Donovan is a vote against the corru...A vote against Donovan is a vote against the corrupt SI GOP leadership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-51811627612840252582015-05-04T12:23:56.093-04:002015-05-04T12:23:56.093-04:00Another assault victim accuses Donovan Office of C...Another assault victim accuses Donovan Office of Corruption.<br /><br />http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/exclusive-victim-accuses-da-stalling-assault-case-article-1.2208947<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-7775876005700889352015-05-03T19:06:11.931-04:002015-05-03T19:06:11.931-04:00Obviously the "leery of outsiders" comme...Obviously the "leery of outsiders" comment is a not so subtle dig at the snide SI Advance endorsement of Donovan this morning. "Outsiders" meaning that anyone outside of SI doesn't "understand" them so must vote for Donovan. I hope that everyone in Brooklyn follows their silly advice and votes for Gentile. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-40911061082678736322015-05-03T18:10:39.236-04:002015-05-03T18:10:39.236-04:00"Leery of outsiders" That is a behaviora..."Leery of outsiders" That is a behavioral disorder and its called xenophobia. You can get therapy for it or at least to ease your symptoms. I do hope you get to read this before Gale deletes it. We have a "dislike" / "not so much dislike" relationship and he woke up today (too many Mint Juleps perhaps while humming "My Old Kentucky Home" yesterday)closer to the extremely dislike continuum. Anyway, try therapy for your fear of outsiders. It will help especially since you live in Brooklyn - a county made up of outsiders. By the way, Gale's mad because he knows Hillary will win and he is annoyed that I invoked our Irish ancestral rebel heroes in support of her. Gale's a rebel at heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-64821027299589901682015-05-03T17:53:10.418-04:002015-05-03T17:53:10.418-04:00I've heard Lane speak and he is a radical anti...I've heard Lane speak and he is a radical anti american communist. Dan Donovan has taken no positions and will vote and do whatever Boss Molinari tells him and nothing else. As a Brooklynite who is also leery of "outsiders" I'm voting for a candidate who I disagree with on a few things but is hands down the most honest and decent person in the race. I'm voting for Vincent Gentile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-31067994384210807062015-05-03T17:35:01.096-04:002015-05-03T17:35:01.096-04:00A vote for Lane is a vote for Donovan and his peop...A vote for Lane is a vote for Donovan and his people are banking on that. Whatever your party affiliation, if you live in Brooklyn and you vote for Donovan, it only makes sense if you are moving to Staten Island next month or sooner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-36287110172846754032015-05-03T16:18:29.075-04:002015-05-03T16:18:29.075-04:00UPDATE: THE “ABC NO DEBATE SYSTEM — NO DOUBT,...UPDATE: THE “ABC NO DEBATE SYSTEM — NO DOUBT, ESTABLISHED BY ‘OUR FOUNDING FATHERS’ ” EDITION<br /><br />GENTILE AND DONOVAN APPEAR SEPARATELY ON THE SAME SUNDAY MORNING SHOW<br /><br /><br />ABC’s “Up Close” with Bill Ritter sitting in for Diana Williams held successive interviews with City Councilman Vincent “Vinnie” Gentile and Staten Island DA Dan Donovan<br /><br />Gentile appeared first. Ritter and Gentile brought out that Vinne is the most senior member of the New York City Council. Gentile first got elected in 2003, then was elected again in November 2013 and took office in January of 2014. — "I love my job as a city council member, but ... there is an opportunity for me to step forward and take my experience -- 18 years of legislative experience -- to Washington.... I know how to work across the aisles. I worked in the minority when I was in the state Senate and I was able to get things done, and I can take that same experience working across the aisle in Congress and maybe change some of the culture in Congress," according to Gentile ( See “UP CLOSE: VINCENT GENTILE” with Bill Ritter, 5.3/15, Eywitness News/ abc7/ Up Close with Diana Williams [with video link] [http://7online.com/politics/up-close-vincent-gentile/694093/]).<br /><br />Vinnie also pointed out that he had enough resources to run a “flash” 60-day. And that would have been plenty if the candidates had six (6) to eight (8) debates, but Gentile pointed out that Donovan has been ducking debates after the first one or two, six or seven times; and that included up to that very “Up Close” program, which ABC 7 had invited the candidates to do — Vinnie noted that he accepted ABC’s off to host the debate, but Dan Donovan had refused, showing that Donovan disrespected the voters and ABC. Ritter interrupted that line of attack by Mr. Gentile with a promise to ask Dan Donovan why he wouldn’t debate.<br /><br /><br />OVER AND OVER, BILL RITTER BLEW CHANCES TO CONFRONT DAN DONOVAN<br /><br />Bill Ritter never asked Dan Donovan why he refused to ABC’s offer to appear with his Democratic opponent in a debate format. BUT THAT WASN’T THE ONLY THING....<br /><br />When asked why he wanted to be a congressman, Donovan said spoke about family, especially his mother and a new baby coming in May. — "My mother's 88-years-old and has dementia, and there's people in Washington who want to break their commitment with her about her benefits for Medicare, Social Security.... I have a chance now to make sure that those benefits are there for her family and for the families of your viewers and for the baby....”; and he stressed having a "chance to go to Washington and have an impact on my child's life and the lives of all the children...." (See “UP CLOSE: DAN DONOVAN” with Bill Ritter, 5.3/15, Eyewitness News/ abc7/ Up Close with Diana Williams [with video link][http://7online.com/politics/up-close-dan-donovan/694108/]).<br /><br />Starting off, Donovan went on at length AGAINST his own Republican Party in Washington; and he emphasized how has always been “independent”form his party.<br /><br />Ritter didn’t confront Mr. Donovan when he misidentified the ship taken by Iran as an “American” ship. <br /><br />Ritter also didn’t closely question DA Donovan about the nuances of the “secrecy” of the Staten Island Grand Jury proceedings with respect to the Eric Garner case; also he missed Donovan’s re-writing of history about the “U.S. Founding Fathers” establishing the grand jury system followed in Staten Island.Galewyn Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-76967405388709658732015-05-03T14:55:23.662-04:002015-05-03T14:55:23.662-04:00RESPONSE: THE "GEE WIZ ! --- DID I SAY ALL ...RESPONSE: THE "GEE WIZ ! --- DID I SAY ALL OF THAT ? EDITION<br /><br />I don't know if I said, or even implied all of what these commmenters wrote above. However, I do know that you can't vote for both James Lane, AND Vinnie Gentile or Dan Donovan. <br /><br />So, if lots of people vote for JL on the GL, that's a lot fewer votes for the other guys; and given what this campaign has been on both sides of the major party lines and on both sides of the Narrows, there's a lot good about that.Galewyn Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09210379476512207622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-2242148005863414792015-05-03T14:03:38.786-04:002015-05-03T14:03:38.786-04:00The sad fact is that like minded Staten Islanders ... The sad fact is that like minded Staten Islanders will agree with this divisiveness and Democrats and Republicans alike on Staten Island will come out in droves to vote for "their" candidate Dan Donovan who has shown that he does not know much about the issues except that he will run away and hide unless he is allowed to mouth off talking points without further examination. Voters in Brooklyn would do well to emulate the SI model and forget about party ID and vote for Gentile for Congress to send a message to these buffoons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-27449727056655140542015-05-03T12:56:18.295-04:002015-05-03T12:56:18.295-04:00You hit the nail on the head in the last part Gale...You hit the nail on the head in the last part Gale. It is all about Staten Island! That is how they feel and will shout it to any "outsider" who comes near them. Anyone from the Brooklyn side of the district especially Republicans would be crazy to support Donovan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3872239785607728837.post-72927923686647809732015-05-03T12:24:52.683-04:002015-05-03T12:24:52.683-04:00Everybody I'm talking to is voting for James L...Everybody I'm talking to is voting for James Lane.Lane is Green and not a Queen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com