Could the rise of the Reform Party in Brooklyn and nearby have been the main cause of Jerry Kassar's sudden and not foreseen resignation as Kings County Conservative Party Chairman ???
If you are Bob Capano, the answer would appear to be an absolute and resounding >>> YES <<<
Up front, let me tell you --- this is a conjecture piece. I have no direct quotes from Bob Capano where he says, "I caused Jerry Kassar to step down as the Conservatives Brooklyn Chairman...."
What I do have is/are several releases since primary day where Bob pointed out that in recent primaries, several candidates supported by him had been victorious, and some were against the people Kassar is/was backing.
Specifically, Bob Capano was very proud of his support of Vicky Paladino in Queens for her victory in a GOP primary: in addition, Bob's "Plan 'A'" stayed "on track," as his local candidate for State Senate against Jerry Kassar's boss, Marty Golden, Andrew Gounardes, came out of his primary with Ross Barkan as one of the few centrist Democrats to beat a more left-leaning opponent; and that in her primary for AG, Nancy Sliwa outperformed in Brooklyn, while winning her spot on the Reform Party's statewide ticket.
Bob Capano would be the first to acknowledge that Kassar had many big problems on his plate that had nothing to do with the Reform Party. However, in 2017 it was, in large part, Kassar's machinations that led to the open split with Capano, and something that led to Capano's sticking with his Reform Party run in 2017. That led to Capano's becoming an enrolled member of the Reform Party and then its Brooklyn Chairman. Then, in 2018, the Kassar-Capano split came to the forefront again when Marty Golden did not get the Reform Party line or their endorsement after negotiations involving Golden and Kassar, and Capano broke down. Eventually, Marty's chief opponent, Andrew Gounardes, got the line and the endorsement, which then boosted his run in the Democratic Party Primary.
Gale even you must know this departure was in the works months ago.
ReplyDeleteKassar has been waiting for Mike Long to step aside or croak since 1986
ReplyDeleteI suspect Kassar's health (it's good, but a transplant is serious business) is far more a factor than the guy whose party has barely enough registered Brooklyn voters to fill a bus. A short bus.
ReplyDeleteThere are more independent voters in the 22nd Senate District and Bklyn than Republicans
ReplyDeleteAhahahaha
Yes, 1:34, but Bob isn't the chair of that party.
ReplyDeleteThey are part of Bob's party as the Reform Party is the only one that allows them to vote on their primary as just happened with their state attorney general primary last week..
ReplyDeleteBob and his local party spent a nice chunk of funds mailing and calling them letting them know about it, bringing them into his fold...brilliant political move, yet again..
Let's just say there is an anonymous benefactor(s) supporting Bob and his party financially
Ahahahaha
I am a blank voter and get that glossy mailer from Bob inviting me to vote and be a part of his bklyn reform movement...I am with him
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ReplyDeleteCraig is at a luxury resort laughing his head off at Marty having to rely on Ted Ghorra to develop a ground game for him. Volunteers off the street know more Brooklyn Republicans than he does.
ReplyDeleteIt's sounds like Craig is against Golden...guess this proves definitively once and for all what Marty Golden and his team have been saying on this blog, at the Xaverian Cigar Night, and all over -- Catsimatidis is with Golden, Golden is mentoring Cats daughter and he told Craig to be quiet publicly...
ReplyDeleteDespite what Craig and Capano and others may try to lead people to believe , this shows Cats os fully witb the good senator
Craig "Ferris Buellers life off" Eaton has been on vacation longer longer than uncle joe from petticoat junction.
ReplyDeleteCraig is not involving himself at all. Has no need to. Even Marty now realizes he should have left well enough alone with this embarrassment we have now.
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ReplyDeleteBlank voters are no more members of the Reform party than they are of the Independence party.
ReplyDeleteMuzzling is what happened to Ted after he convinced a Manhattan candidate to run in Brooklyn that he doesn’t have a shot of winning when he could have run a winnable race in Manhattan, when the other Chairs decided to make Andrea regional chair he threw a hissy fit and didn’t show up at the ceremony.
ReplyDeleteBob needs to take a lap on the track.
ReplyDeleteBob wins again
ReplyDeleteWe love you Bklyn Senior Chairman
Capano's column overtook Kassar s and now he is the new lead Chairman in southwest Brooklyn with Kassar gone
ReplyDeleteWow
Somebody on this blog needs to get a grip on reality. Galewyn Massey's original post made little sense to start with, and it is more of his mix half truths and word games than anything else. The comments after it, mostly by Bob Capano himself, are just silly nonsense.
ReplyDeleteThe part where Capano suggests that he had a major donor for mailings, and implying that his big donor was Catsimatidis will all turn out to be nothing once the filings are done and reviewed.
I am not Bob Capano and I made the comment 609 am refers to..
ReplyDeleteGot great mailer and know benefactors involved...
RESPONSE: THE "THAT MIGHT ALL BE WELL & TRUE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS..." EDITION
ReplyDeleteTO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 7:42 AM"
YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT "BOB CAPANO"; HOWEVER YOU DO BLOG ANONYMOUSLY --- SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE CAN CONCLUDE WITH ALMOST METAPHYSICAL CERTAINTY IS THAT YOU ARE NOT "RAY DENARO," BECAUSE HE NEVER BLOGS ANONYMOUSLY
Hmmmmmm !!! Mailers...... Benefactors..... Sounds like it might be serious politics for Bob Capano and the Reform Party. And I heard that something completely different might get kicked off this week.....
Wow
ReplyDeleteGood thing Kassar got out now before he is e mbarassed by Capano anymore
As President Trump says,
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Capano ever gets tired of winning!
Golden has no ground game, no volunteers..at least when Eaton was there, there was a GOP office for campaign operations and manpower
ReplyDeleteGod Bless Chairmen Eaton and Capano
ReplyDeleteNY Post highlights Goldens vulnerability today...oh boy..no wonder Kassar abandoning ship
ReplyDeleteall over? another woman has made charges. your man kavanaugh is going down.
ReplyDeleteUPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "NY POST HITS MARTY AGAIN" EDITION
ReplyDeleteAT FIRST, IT HAS THE LOOK OF A NEUTRAL ARTICLE ABOUT THE GOUNARDES-GOLDEN RACE --- HOWEVER, THIS IS >>> NOT <<< A GOOD PIECE FOR MARTY
Something has changed with the NY Post's attitude about REpublican-Conservative State Senator Martin J. Golden. They have slammed him four or five times lately.....
This "neutral-looking" information piece is no exception. --- All that is negative material in it is about Marty.
Boy oh boy Capano read the tea leaves well months ago with his bold decision to go with Gournades despite Kassar and company telling all he didn't have the balls to do it
ReplyDeleteWow
Ahaha
Oh boy, another bad day for Marty. His responses were the same old, same old. Maybe, he is headed for his last rodeo as a state senator.
ReplyDeleteI read the article expecting to see a negative story on Golden. It's pretty even keeled and kind of favorable to Golden. Yes we know every progressive liberal lunatic will be flocking to South Brooklyn to help Gounardes, yes we know every hipster doofus dork and their cousin within and without the district will be filled with fantasies of knocking off Golden. Best case scenario for Gounardes is that he gets closer than he did last time. Even if he cuts his losing margin from last time in half he still loses by about 9 points. Corey Johnson and the leftist lunatics descending on the district like they did this weekend only helps Golden. Look at the people in Gounardes big volunteer photograph, most of them don't even live in Brooklyn.
ReplyDeleteIf that was 'even keeled' then Marty is worse off than I thought.
ReplyDeleteYou know what I read between the lines in your tired old talking points about 'leftist lunatics' and people that 'don't live in the neighborhood', I read "FEAR" - lots of "FEAR." It is not your fear of any leftist lunatics that don't live in the neighborhood, it's YOUR FEAR OF LOSING.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great night at the Holy Cross Greek Festival..saw photos on Facebook with Chairman Ghorra sitting right next to Dan Donovan having dinner (guess no friction there as Eaton and his followers say) along with Golden, and Malliotakis!!
ReplyDeleteNo sign of Eaton.
Oh what a night for Chairman Ghorra and on election day he will be 3-3 with Golden, Malliotakis , and Saperstein
ReplyDeleteA better record than the previous chair
Ghorra is fit to take Eaton’s coffee order but that’s about it. None of the campaigns take him seriously.
ReplyDeleteRESPONSE: THE "SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT" EDITION
ReplyDeleteTO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 3:55 PM"; & "... AT 4:28 PM"
GLAD THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR LEISURE PURSUITS --- YOU'LL BE HAVING A LOT MORE TIME FOR THEM AFTER THE ELECTION
An old radio show used to sign off with ".... and write if you get work." Once we see how GHorra's Brooklyn GOP does on Election Day 2018, please, write if YOU get work..... Some people do care.
UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "STIRRINGS ON THE LIAM MC CABE FRONT" EDITION
ReplyDeleteIT LOOKS LIKE LIAM IS GOING TO TRY TO BREATH SOME LIFE BACK INTO THE BROOKLYN GOP USING THE "VERRAZANO REPUBLICANS" AS HIS VEHICLE --- GOOD LUCK WITH THAT, MAYBE RAY DENARO WILL BE THERE IN THE WINGS WITH SOME GOOD ADVICE TOO
TAKING ON THE NYPD COMMISSIONER WAS A BALLSY MOVE TO GET SOME FREE INK --- LIAM IS BACK --- THANK THE LORD, ALLELUIA !!!
A good thing too, Marty needs all the help he can get against Gounardes.
Every one see right through Liams baby PR games by now...like when he delivered garbage from a private street to city hall....residents are still waiting for that meeting with the Mayor Liam said he was promised
ReplyDeleteOn election night, Chairman Ghorra will be celebrating with Golden, Malliotakis , and Cats
ReplyDeleteDoes 6:28 get paid to write those ridiculous posts or is it condition of remaining at the BOE?
ReplyDeleteLiam did himself no favors in his exchange with the Police Commissioner. He looked very bad in the exchange. Looked bad repeatedly as he kept asking more questions trying to make up for looking bad.
ReplyDeleteI heard Ghorra is having a meeting tonight and is inviting all of the people
ReplyDeletewhose names have been rumored to be looking to run for chair in 2019. I heard he wants to make them all part of the Exec Committee to keep them close since he know his days are numbered.
where has the folicly challenged man been for the last 9 months? At Hair Club for men? Nobody has seen or heard from him.
Liam is opening a new club...
Saperstein tells everyone he is going for the ride but admits that Ghorra is a train wreck puppet of Golden and Kassar
Kassar is sailing off into the sunset. Hopefully to New Orleans...
Word on the street is that Ghorra is running scaaaaared...
The Brooklyn GOP and Cons Party are dead...RIP
Too bad for all of those hoping for the quick demise of the Brooklyn GOP that none of the people who have a serious chance to overthrow Ghorra and any future proposed Golden or KASSAR puppets were invited to the meeting or have any intention of participating in the train wreck.
ReplyDeleteAt least Ghorra is not muzzled
ReplyDeleteHow can you tell? Besides, he has nothing to say that anybody would care to hear.
ReplyDeleteWE ARE NOT AMUSED.
ReplyDeleteMarty spoke about himself entirely in the third person in that New York Post story. Always a sign of a real, man of the people, and all-around dedicated public servant.
More stunts from Liam? He belongs in Hollywood, not elective office.
Oh, did you see Liam's club masthead? IT HAS A CROWN.
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ReplyDelete11:18 must barely be clinging to BOE gig in order to agree to keep posting such ridiculous comments.
ReplyDeleteI saw Eaton talking to Gounardes and CM Corey Johnson outside of a Supermarket on 3rd ave on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteGuess the muzzle is off......
There is no muzzle. This is just the Golden lunatics believing that a billionaire who was abused and disrespected by Golden 5 years ago would somehow want to help Golden when he really needs $$$
ReplyDeleteCats has made it clear that he doesnt want the NYS GOP to lose the majority in the Senate, and smartly Cats doesnt want to do anything to help this to happen.
But it is already a month away from Golden's election and Cats hasnt lifted one finger.
You figure it out..
And even if Cats were to endorse or help Golden at this late late stage, it would only be that Cats doesnt want to be blamed if Golden loses
Word on the street gale is that everyone in the Brooklyn GOP is losing patience with Ghorra
ReplyDeleteHe is virtually non existent for two years and now with the elections a month away, he wants to keep jumping into photos and taking credit for things he didnt do.
Everyone feels his ego is larger than his...oh well..you know, and that he is full of shit.
He took credit for the Brklyn West Indian Day Parade, he took credit for the Greek festival in Bay ridge and says he will have 1000 people for GOTV.
That sounds very optimistic when even his own people dont like or trust him these days.
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ReplyDelete3:08 must need to stay at BOE and or delusional. The only thing he got right is “Ghorra is all over publicly”. Years after he was installed as Marty and Jerry’s puppet all sides are calling for his head.
ReplyDeleteAt least Ghorra can be in photos..
ReplyDeleteWhere is Eaton????
I saw photos on FB of Eaton on a cruise with his wife and family. I guess he really misses the politics.
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ReplyDeleteGolden and Cats, Cats, Andrea and Golden - but where are the photos? Where is the endorsement? where is the $$$?
ReplyDeleteNada.
Keep dreaming my friends.
Check John Cats public Twitter account , he has up a nice photo of Golden and Andrea saying Marty "mentoring " her
ReplyDeleteNot only is the commenter clinging to BOE position he or she must be the dumbest Republican there. That’s not a tweet from Cats it’s a single comment posted many months ago that clueless people keep mentioning.
ReplyDeleteNo need to catch us up on somebody that Cats used to know
ReplyDeleteWe don't need any of that though
Now Golden's just somebody that Cats used to know
Somebody
(He used to know)
Somebody
(Now Marty's just somebody that Andrea used to know)
Somebody
(She used to know)
Somebody
(Now Golden is just somebody that Andrea and her dad used to know)
(They used to know)
(That they used to know)
(They used to know)
And surely very soon, Golden will just be somebody
(WE USED TO KNOW)