UPDATE of "The Rest is Madness...." Post below
Hynes' Active GOP and Conservative Party Campaign for DA is making the Democrats go crazy
UPDATE: THE “DOV HIKIND REALLY DOESN’T LIKE IT” EDITION
The story about the alleged ugly underside of the Hynes Campaign has risen to a boil and is percolating. The Politicker put up a video link of a protest at Borough Hall of the offensive Yiddish literature attributed to the Hynes Campaign among the elected officials were Democratic Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Borough Park Assemblyman Dov Hikind. The video contained a strong personal condemnation delivered by Hikind, who spoke at length and appeared to wave a spindled piece of the offending literature like it was a band-leader’s baton (See “Morning Read: ‘The Minimum Number of Plotters’ ” by Colin Campbell, 10/28/13, PolitickerNY [http://politicker.com/2013/10/morning-read-the-minimum-number-of-plotters/]).
UPDATE: HYNES REBUTS THE RECENT ATTACKS – SAYS HIS E-MAIL WAS HACKED
Against the backdrop of a large coach-style van all-tricked-out with Hynes’ recognizable face and logo on its sides, referred to as a “Campaign Bus” – Mr. Hynes specifically took time to defend himself in the face of several controversies that have emerged during the last several days along the campaign trail (See “Charles Hynes Says Rival’s Campaign ‘Like a Seinfeld Episode’ ” by Ross Barkan, 10-28-13, PolitickerNY [http://politicker.com/2013/10/charles-hynes-says-rivals-campaign-like-a-seinfeld-episode/]).
Among those controversial matters was an allegation from Mr. Thompson’s supporters that a recent ad that appeared in some Yiddish-language newspapers amounted to racist fear-mongering. The ad, which was in Yiddish and not English, claimed that a lawless “minority” element had elected Mr. Thompson, who is vying to become the borough’s first black district attorney. As mentioned above in this post, several Thompson backers, including Democratic members of Congress and Assemblyman Dov Hikind, held a press conference yesterday slamming Mr. Hynes for the ads — and earlier today Hynes insisted that he had nothing to do with those ads. Said Hynes, “It’s not my advertisement. I didn’t put it in. I had no control over the content.... What I was told was that the minority word refers to turnout and not African-Americans. I had nothing to do with the ad.” Mr. Hynes also reminded folks about Mr. Hikind’s Purim costume controversy that happened earlier this year: ”This is the guy who has blackface? Nobody pays any attention to Dov Hikind. Dov Hikind’s a relatively mature man wearing blackface.”
In a simlar manner, Mr. Hynes dismissed the BuzzFeed report (reported in a comment to an earlier post on this blog), which had accused one of his allies, Republican and New York State’s former top Judge – Sol Wachtler, of using an anti-black Yiddish slur in his emails to Mr. Hynes. The DA said, “That I would seriously allow anyone to use that derogatory term in my presence without condemning them–it’s an outrage.” Mr. Hynes then said that a hacker had obtained and altered the emails. “There’s no question that the hacker who hacked into my account substituted those words to embarrass Judge Wachtler and me.”
UPDATE: LIBERTARIAN REPUBLICAN BLOGGER LASHES REPUBLICAN-CONSERVATIVE DA CANDIDATE IN “ROOM 8" POST
ReplyDeleteVincent Nunes has long been a controversial contributor on the Room Eight blog. His post on Room Eight earlier today is no exception; and he pulled no punches at Charles “Joe” Hynes ( See “THE NIGGERS ARE COMING!” by Vincent Nunes, 10/28/13, Room Eight /New York Politics [http://www.r8ny.com/blog/vincent_nunes/the_niggers_are_coming.html]).
What he contributed to the emergent “...Madness...” in the Brooklyn GOP is his interpretation/translation of a now-infamous Yiddish pro-Hynes campaign flyer whose provenance has not been established [ pdf of original Yiddish flyer at: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7LHp9NUo9mESGE2SmFMQkJGams/edit?usp=sharing], which is translated into English as follows:
“What do the communal leaders and activists know that we don’t know?
Will we allow an eight percent minority of Brooklynites to determine who should keep Brooklyn secure?
Why is the community continuing with Charles Hynes?
THE COMMUNAL LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS KNOW WHAT KIND OF FAVORS WE RECEIVED FROM CHARLES HYNES, HIS DOOR WAS ALWAYS OPEN, AND THEY KNOW THAT WITH HYNES THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN OPEN DOOR AND AN OPEN EAR.
THE COMMUNAL LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS ALSO KNOW THE GREAT DANGER THAT AWAITS US FROM HIS OPPONENT, FOR WHOM FAIRNESS AND MERCY PLAY NO ROLE.
THE COMMUNAL LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS KNOW THAT HIS OPPONENT WAS ONLY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE CAME OUT TO VOTE, AND THEN [OF THAT SMALL PERCENTAGE] HE BROUGHT OUT THE MINORITY ELEMENT THAT SEEKS LAWLESSNESS.
THE COMMUNAL LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS KNOW THAT AT THE UPCOMING [GENERAL ELECTION] WHEN SIXTY PERCENT OF BROOKLYN WILL COME OUT TO VOTE, THEY WILL USE THEIR SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG AND NOT VOTE FOR LAWLESSNESS.
THE COMMUNAL LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS ARE WATCHING IN PAIN HOW THE OPPONENT PUT TOGETHER A COALITION OF DANGEROUS PEOPLE. AND ENOUGH SAID ON THIS MATTER.
THE COMMUNAL LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS ARE THEREFORE ISSUING AN URGENT PLEA:
WE MUST ELECT CHARLES HYNES
Because our lives depend on this
[Graphic] Charles Hynes for District Attorney: Tough – Fair
Tuesday Nov. 5 2013 ”
BACKFILL: FORMER GOVERNOR CUOMO IGNORES DEMS’ CALLS TO SHUN HYNES EFFORTS ON REPUBLICAN AND CONSERVATIVE PARTY LINES
ReplyDeleteNo surprises in this strictly sidebar type story; former Governor Cuomo made a donation to a longtime friend and political associate in the days when they were both young and beautiful (See “Dems irked by Mario Cuomo’s support of new GOPer Hynes” by Yoav Gonen & Beth DeFalco, 10/28/13, NY Post [http://nypost.com/2013/10/28/dems-irked-by-mario-cuomos-support-of-new-goper-hynes/]).
This bit in the same article is a little interesting – “Hynes’ campaign said Monday his office is continuing to probe what it called a fake, racist e-mail purportedly sent to him by ex-Judge Sol Wachtler.” Maybe, they should check out why a Hynes spokesperson originally seemed to acknowledge the same emails, too. Also they should check if there were any others between Hynes and Wachtler that were cc’d to the former governor that discussed the possibility and/or advisability of a pardon for somebody unfortunately convicted.