When it comes to the 11th Congressional District and Al Sharpton, all Recchia has to know is this: He's against Sharpton ! Not difficult -- Simple !
Domenic Recchia didn't catch this one on the fly, let's see if he gets it on one, two or three bounces...
According to a late-breaking story by Azi Paybarah on the blog, Capital, "Democratic congressional candidate Domenic Recchia said he’s not yet taking a position on Al Sharpton's planned August 23 march across Verrazano Bridge, which critics warn may “paralyze” Staten Island, where a majority of voters in the 11th congressional district live...." ( See "Recchia handles Sharpton march gingerly" by Azi Paybarah, 8/7/14, Capital New York [http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/08/8550361/recchia-handles-sharpton-march-gingerly]).
Recchia's opponent, Congressman Michael Grimm, was quicker to stand up to Sharpton's "Mau Mauing..." "The Man." Kudos to Grimm for that.
Isn't this Sharpton stuff just getting so old. Domenic Recchia doesn't deserve to go to the U.S. Congress if all he is going to be is some "flak catcher" to the Al Sharptons of this world. Twenty-fifth anniversary of Yusef Hawkins - A March over the Verrazano Bridge -- What an OUTRAGEOUS SLANDER on Italian-Americans in Brooklyn and Staten Island. If Recchia stands-by for this without standing up for the people of the district he's running in, I think he's done.
As people who check out this blog know, I have no love for the incumbent GOP-Conservative Party Congressman; but so far, Grimm said more right things about this Sharpton March than Recchia.
So Grimm has Molinari and Recchia has Sharpton.
ReplyDeleteSounds like its a lock for Recchia
Recchia didn't blow the election since he never had a chance
ReplyDelete70% of the vote in this district comes from Staten Island.
ReplyDeleteThe whole Recchia campaign has the Frank Seddio/Vito lopez look to it.
This isnt even going to be close.
Why is it a slander on Italian - Americans? I don't get it. Explain please.
ReplyDeleteIs Sharpton Sicilian?
ReplyDeleteI believe that he might be Maltese...
ReplyDeleteBACKFILL: THE "SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TAKE ON THIS" EDITION
ReplyDeleteSURPRISE, SURPRISE ! --- SISTO TOUTS GRIMM IN FLAP OVER SHARPTON'S PROPOSED V-BRIDGE MARCH, EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE FOCUS OF HER STORY IS ELSEWHERE
What hath Christine wrote ? -- "Staten Island politicians are especially angry at The Rev, with many calling for de Blasio — a leftwing ally of Sharpton who compiled his own civil-disobedience arrest record as a candidate — to take action. Sharpton is protesting the death of Eric Garner, a vendor of untaxed cigarettes who died shortly after being put in an apparent chokehold by New York police officers. *** Republican Congressman Michael Grimm, whose 11th District encompasses all of Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, has taken the lead on the issue, releasing a statement on Wednesday, saying, “To close [Staten Island’s] only direct passage to the rest of the City on a summer travel weekend is a recipe for total disaster.” Both ends of the bridge lie within Grimm’s district...." (See "DiBlasio's Bridgegate" by Christine Sisto, 8/7/14, National Review Online [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/384857/de-blasios-bridgegate-christine-sisto]). [I originally had typed this out as "What hath Christine wrought ?" However that might be rhetorically endowing her with powers that she does not in fact posses.]
This is where Sisto shows herself to be a non-professional toadie to her local Sun-god, Grimm [although that god is currently in eclipse due to the umbra cast by his own scandals]. She conveniently doesn't mention that her "boyfriend" works for Grimm [She must have been broken in by Jerry Kassar, who has been known to try the same trick when he writes about y/k/w].
The odd thing is that, other than the "taken the lead" paean to Grimm, the article is a pretty good run down of what others, including Sharpton, have said about the Eric Garner "homicide while in police custody" generated stuff.
btw, Sisto didn't acknowledge that Garner's death had officially been called a "homicide," but to be fair, in the main post above, I didn't either.