We waited a couple of days to see what the buzz would be about former mayor Giuliani’s endorsement of Russell Gallo’s GOP run for the NYS Assembly from the 45th AD. Even though there hasn't been a lot of word of mouth opinion or chit-chat, it was worth the wait for some of the blog stuff.
The coverage items ranged from the terse report appearing in Colin Campbell’s “Morning Read, which because of its brevity we repeat here in all its glory: “Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani endorsed Russ Gallo to replace Brooklyn Assemblyman Steve Cymbrowitz last night. ‘Right now, the State Assembly lacks the leadership and the will to do what must be done to get our state functioning properly. Russell Gallo is a born leader,’ Mr. Giuliani said in a statement. ‘Russell has the courage to stand up to the dysfunction in Albany and serve his community with the same honor and dignity he has shown throughout his entire life’.” Then there was the extremely terse, “Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani endorsed Republican Assembly candidate Russell Gallo, who’s challenging Democratic Assemblyman Steve Cymbrowitz in the 45th AD.”, which appeared in the “Extras” column of “Capital Tonight”; which was conveniently placed not far from the following item, “The infamous State Fair sausage sandwich gets still more political coverage.”
Of course, there was the [self-]congratulatory “‘AMERICA’S MAYOR’ RUDY GIULIANI ENDORSES RUSSELL GALLO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY!” by Gene R. Berardelli, Esq., in Berardelli’s and Gallo’s “Brooklyn GOP Radio - Official - Show Blog” (btw, don’t they cover anything but Gallo’s race in the 45th AD anymore) and its too lengthy for a press release version that appeared on the “BNC” Brooklyn News Corp blog entitled, “Former NYC Mayor Giuliani Endorses Russell Gallo for NYS AD45” (or was that just a drive-by cut and paste reprint by BNC?). Strangely, that little feature about the Giuliani endorsement of Gallo in BNC appeared under a gaudy box link that says, “CLICK HERE TO REVIEW YOUR ARREST RECORD NOW” (funny how those things happen) ! ? ! ?.
Now, certainly our favorite of the comments on the Giuliani endorsement of Gallo is the one that appeared in Gatemouth’s Room Eight post, “OVER A DECADE LATER, RUDY DANCES ON A DEAD WOMAN'S GRAVE.” This was a virtuoso performance by the golden gated embouchure or in this case the gravely growling embrasure.
After a nice tip of the hat in this direction, or appropriate to the original Gatemouth, a nodding glissando, good old Gateman made a nifty pivot to his take on the Giuliani endorsement of Gallo “...However, to be fair, I must concede that the day’s biggest story belongs to Gallo. *** Normally, Rudy Giuliani endorsing a Republican would be snooze-worthy. *** But Steve Cymbrowitz was once a Rudy guy....” After that Gatemouth does a chapter and verse on the history of Assemblyman Cymbrowitz and Rudy Giuliani that turned into a raking enfilade of the incumbent that all lovers of Steve Cymbrowitz would much prefer to have been left untold.
Everything else aside, it’s great to see a Republican notable like Mayor Rudy Giuliani endorse a real Republican like Russ Gallo. Some people know that I’ve had a problem with Mr. G for quite a while, and it’s not likely to end soon. However, this endorsement by “America’s Mayor” is good for Gallo's campaign and good for the Brooklyn GOP going forward —
Gallo, for this, Congratulations !
Where is the endorsements ffrom Giuliani for the other candidates? Why didn't he endorse Marty Golder of David Storobin? Why is McCarthy of Hayon left out?
ReplyDeleteHow is the complete lack of teamwork among the candidates good for the GOP?
Room Eight’s Gatemouth seems to think I’ve lost my last semblance of rationality because of what I said above.... I cry foul ...
ReplyDeleteGatemouth writes his stuff like “OVER A DECADE LATER, RUDY DANCES ON A DEAD WOMAN'S GRAVE” and it’s full of all kinds of grace notes and flourishes things like this ultimate flourish .... “and after all, if Steve Cymbrowitz were really effective in Albany, he would have delivered his wife’s vote without being asked to do so. *** Who the fuck hired him to work at NYCHA anyway?”
This is hardly the stuff of a ringing endorsement for Steve Cymbrowitz, even if it is only couched inside a slam on former Mayor Giuliani. In this case, I might have missed when Gatemouth was sarcastically speaking as Guliani, instead of really speaking as Gatemouth.
We get the whole rap on Rudy G. for what looks like heavy-handed retribution for the vote of a spouse, since-deceased; and that Rudy G. wasn’t tough with Senate Republican Leader Joe Bruno. Nonetheless, how did the whole Gatemouth piece make Steve Cymbrowitz look good? So even if the ranking enfilade from the gravely growling embrasure had been aimed at and even hit Rudy G., Steve C. was so much in the middle of it all that he got hammered as well.