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Lawmaker's Wayward E-Mail Refers To Constituents As 'Idiots'
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Posted on 06/29/2005 9:39:06 AM PDT by Cat loving Texan
Lawmaker's Wayward E-Mail Refers To Constituents As 'Idiots'
POSTED: 10:28 am EDT June 29, 2005 UPDATED: 10:50 am EDT June 29, 2005
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A New York state lawmaker says he's embarrassed, after he mistakenly sent out an e-mail message that referred to his
Assemblyman Willis Stephens says he thought he was sending the e-mail to an aide. Instead, he sent the note to nearly 300 people on an online discussion group that focuses on the community of Brewster.
The message included the comment that he was "just watching the idiots pontificate."
Within an hour of sending the message Monday morning, Stephens sent another e-mail apologizing for the slip-up.
Stephens, a Republican, represents an area north of New York City. Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakerepublican; false; newyorklegislature; oops; rino; setup; willisstephens
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I'm sure she loves Free Republic.
To: Cat loving Texan
Of COURSE he's a Pubbie. Had a Democrat said this it wouldn't have gotten a peep.
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:40:08 AM PDT
by
RockinRight
(Conservatism is common sense, liberalism is just senseless.)
To: Cat loving Texan
What they really think of us....
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:40:14 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: Cat loving Texan
ah hahaha...
This genius just punched the wrong button.
haa hahahahaha
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:40:53 AM PDT
by
kenth
To: Cat loving Texan
Finally an honest politician!
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:41:27 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: Cat loving Texan
Hah! Wait till those morons at FreeRepublic find out he's a Republican.
Oh crap! Am I logged in?!?! Dammit!!
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:41:44 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: steve-b
Yup.
And I've never seen much evidence that elected officials are any smarter than , say, the sales manager at the local Hyundai dealership.
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:42:20 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: Cat loving Texan
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:42:22 AM PDT
by
LibSnubber
(liberal democrats are domestic terrorists)
To: Cat loving Texan
"Stephens, a Republican, represents an area north of New York City."
And I'm sure the people will blindly continue to vote for the R in front of her name.
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:42:27 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(I zot trolls for fun and profit.)
To: Cat loving Texan
He didn't even apologize for calling his constituents idiots, he just apologized that they found out what he thinks of them. Even having not mastered the art of the email, he still thinks his constituents are so stupid that this kind of apology will work.
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:43:02 AM PDT
by
kenth
To: dead
If you weren't dead before, you are now!
lol!
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:43:09 AM PDT
by
headsonpikes
("The U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government.")
To: cripplecreek
It's a HE.
And over a Democrat, I probably would too although I'd vote him out in the primary if possible.
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:43:42 AM PDT
by
RockinRight
(Conservatism is common sense, liberalism is just senseless.)
To: Cat loving Texan
Probably a RINO anyway which would make the statement true.
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:44:19 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
To: Darksheare
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:46:42 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: RockinRight
It's been on the radio already in MA. The rabid left and their paramours in the MSM never skip a beat.
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:47:54 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(How often does a '47 Rodham require servicing?)
To: Cat loving Texan
Also, check out
this item in today's Post:
...Acknowledging his brutal assessments -- his survey left few untrashed -- he warned the embassy that "if ANY of this Report is seen by ANY one outside of the embassy, its humble author is going to have to receive political asylum."
Alas. Nelson, instead of sending the 22-page analysis to the Korean Embassy, hit his list for Nelson Report subscribers, administration officials, Hill folks, think tankers, media types and others -- more than 800 people, including many of whom he had skewered or identified as people who talk to him. So it's most unclear who would offer asylum....
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:48:01 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Probably a RINO anyway which would make the statement true.He is a RINO, but the people he is referring to are the conservatives in his district.
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:50:35 AM PDT
by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: Sonny M
Only Dems are worse than RINOs. If he had a lick of sense he would have sent a follow up that said. "I was talking about Durbin and Kennedy in reference to their comments on the War on Terrorism."
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posted on
06/29/2005 9:54:20 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Warning.... Contents under pressure....)
To: Cat loving Texan
The majority of New Yorkers are democrats which means they are idiots. What's the problem?
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posted on
06/29/2005 10:26:40 AM PDT
by
vetvetdoug
(Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Brices Crossroads, Harrisburg, Britton Lane, Holly Springs, Hatchie Bridge,)
To: Cat loving Texan
Stephens, a Republican, used to represent an area north of New York City.
What it will be after the next election.
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