GOP Hopes Black Mayor Can Nab House Seat in N.Y. (James Garner Running for Congress)

The Washington Times ^ | May 3, 2004 | Liz Trotta

[AuH2ORepublican]

GOP hopes black mayor can nab House seat in N.Y.

NEW YORK

[AuH2ORepublican]

This article is over a week old, but I hadn't seen it posted yet. Hempstead Mayor James Garner is being described as a "conservative Republican," which is good to hear, since I feared he was a liberal on social issues. Garner has a good shot to defeat liberal Democrat Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy in Long Island's 4th Congressional District, which would make him the first black Republican ever elected to Congress from New York.

[AuH2ORepublican]

*PING*

[Dan from Michigan]

If he's running against McCarthy, that's all I need to hear.

[Clintonfatigued]

James Garner would make a great Congressman, and his record of winning elections in Hempstead gives him a base in 'Rat territory. But there is a skunk at the garden party: Carolyn McCarthy has $552,689 cash on hand, while Garner only has $31,119.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

A "reputation for hitting hard?" The guy as a boxer for heaven's sake-anyone who doubts it need only refer to the cover of his political biography.

McCarthy is a joke. The only times she casts a conservative vote on issues in Congress is when a bill has something to do taxes. I doubt that the people of Suffolk County-collapsing under the confiscatory property taxes and ridiculously bloated local gov't-would appreciate their congresswoman voting to levy yet more taxes on the back of an already over-burdened electorate.

[joeystoy]

Tell your friends. Tell your neighbors. Tell your relatives.

Get out the vote: G.W. Bush for President and Jim Garner for Congress.

In a region where dead incumbents win re-election, WNBC TV just described the Garner/McCarthy race as one to watch.