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Kevin McGrath, who currently sits on the Troy City Council, testified yesterday at the upstate New York voter fraud trial, that he was concerned about running for public office because of his history of substance abuse, and 'the fact that he is a convicted felon'. These days it seems, McGrath is far less concerned about public perception, at one point cracking a joke about his lack of drug-peddling business savvy - a comment that forced him to apologize to the judge. During his testimony, McGrath stated that he was not convicted of distributing 220 lbs. of pot, but rather, he...

Kevin McGrath, who currently sits on the Troy City Council, testified yesterday at the upstate New York voter fraud trial, that he was concerned about running for public office because of his history of substance abuse, and 'the fact that he is a convicted felon'. These days it seems, McGrath is far less concerned about public perception, at one point cracking a joke about his lack of drug-peddling business savvy - a comment that forced him to apologize to the judge. During his testimony, McGrath stated that he was not convicted of distributing 220 lbs. of pot, but rather, he...

Let's see... Paying for votes? Check. Tricking the mentally disabled? Check. And now, preying on those who struggle with the English language? Check. Democrats in upstate New York seemingly left no stone unturned, no voter they would not swindle, in an attempt to steal past elections. Via the Times Union: Testimony from voters in the city ballot-fraud case revealed the tactics politicians and political operatives used and the promises they made to allegedly convince residents to sign over their voting privileges. By 'politicians and political operatives' they mean 'Democrats and Democrat operatives'. There is after all, no other party on...

Is it possible that evidence against Democrats in Troy, New York,has finally hit rock bottom? When they weren't paying off college kids with their vote, they were apparently tricking mentally impaired voters into signing absentee ballots, telling them "the city made it easier to vote this year." A witness who testified in the upstate New York ballot fraud case explained that she would frequently visit two brothers, both of whom had 'mental disabilities'. Three men allegedly paid a visit to the family home of Michele Ziglitt one day. Two of the men were identified as Gary Galuski, and Anthony DeFiglio....

Opening statements were made by both the prosecution and the defense in a massive upstate New York voter fraud case. Special prosecutor, Trey Smith, promises to expose the seedy underbelly of Democratic politics in the city of Troy, something other Democrats already charged in the case have referred to as 'normal political tactics.' The trial involves Democrat Board of Elections Commissioner Ed McDonough, and former Councilman Michael LoPorto, who combined, face over 100 total charges that include second-degree forgery, second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, and second-degree criminal possession. Smith has claimed that Democrats 'went for a power grab...

As the city of Troy, NY, awaits jury selection in the first trial involving two Democrats and their alleged roles in a "massive"voter fraud scheme, new details have emerged from the investigation. Details involving two other veteran political operatives that have already pleaded guilty. According to a recent Fox News report, Anthony Renna, a Democrat guilty of second-degree forgery, and Anthony DeFiglio, a Democrat guilty of first-degree falsifying business records, are trying to drag all local politicians, regardless of party affiliation, down with the ship. Thus far, eight people have been charged in connection with the ballot fraud investigation, four...

Donald Trump delivered a special Christmas gift to editorial cartoonists, comedians and the late-night talk show hosts they write for when news broke Friday that The Donald is leaving the Grand Old Party to keep his options open for an independent Republican presidential bid in 2012. This also, or course, would be a gift for the Democratic Party due to the loss of a juicy target like Herman Cain, the self-destruction of Michele Bachmann and the increasing marginalization of contenders like Ron Paul, John Huntsman and that guy from Texas who forgets things and falls asleep during debates. Facing a...

The Pattern Never Ends. Every time we are in a crisis, or about to have another crisis, Obama is no where to be seen or be questioned. Obama has never told his army{aka OWS Sh----ters} to stop the destruction,violence and liberal approved public defecation. All hell is supposed to break loose in New York on the 17th, AND WHERE IS PRESIDENT BAMBI ??? More like DO NOTHING OBAMA !!

Staten Island-Brooklyn Congressman Michael Grimm has endorsed Mitt Romney in his run for president. Grimm said Romney is in the best position to win the Republican nomination and beat President Barack Obama as he seeks re-election next year. The congressman also praised Romney's private sector and executive experience and says he has the leadership qualities the country wants. Reacting to the endorsement, a group of supporters of Republican president candidate Ron Paul will gather in front of Grimm's office tonight. Paul's supporters call Romney a "neo-conservative" and charge him with helping to design the so-cared "ObamaCare" health care model in...

One of the major concerns of the Occupy Wall Street Movement is being co-opted like the Tea Party was co-opted by the Republican Party and losing its political power. They claim to be making change in Congress, but all we have ended up with is a gridlocked Congress and no closer to solving the economic crisis. Those in the Movement want to avoid the same pitfalls. Democrats have been favorable towards the Movement compared to Republicans. “The message of the American people is that no longer will the recklessness of some on Wall Street cause massive joblessness on Main Street.”...

Republican businessman Matt Doheny, who lost to Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2010, filed his paperwork Wednesday to launch another bid in the 23rd district. In an interview, Doheny said the twin challenges that the country faces today are the lack of growth and the nation’s debt. He was bullish on winning this time around given that a third-party candidate running on the Conservative Party line received more than 6 percent of the vote last cycle. “We like the opportunity set up here, and we’re working to make sure I’m the Republican, Conservative and Independent...

Michelle Obama drew bursts of applause and a standing ovation Tuesday in a speech in Manhattan that was as much an endorsement of her husband's policies as a rallying cry to the Democratic Party's troops. "Are you in?" she asked at the end of a 20-minute address to 400 campaign workers, most of them women. "Are you ready for work? We all have to be fired up and ready to go." The first lady's speech at a $500-and-up-per-plate fundraiser was aimed at motivating women, who she said had much at stake in the 2012 election. Her appearance came as President...

Results of a McLaughlin & Associates survey released Thursday show Democrat David Weprin and Republican Bob Turner each with 42 percent of voters' support. A large number of potential voters — 16 percent — say they are undecided. A McLaughlin & Associates poll taken a month earlier showed the Democrat with a an 8 percentage-point lead in the race.

President Barack Obama is in trouble in New York. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what that means for him in the rest of the country. The presidential race heated up this month with Rep. Michele Bachmann's victory in the Iowa straw poll, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's withdrawal and Texas Gov. Rick Perry's entry. There were also important developments here in New York: a striking decline in the president's approval rating, the tightening of a special congressional election, ambivalence on the part of many big Republican fundraisers and more dillydallying from Rudy Giuliani. Here's a rundown: Mr. Obama....

Give your environmental wacko friends something to think about while you promote America's energy independence! (See link.)

A poll unveiled this week from American Research Group shows that three Republican presidential candidates -- U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas and former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska -- are gaining serious momentum in Iowa, site of the first presidential caucus. Bachmann, who declared her candidacy in June and has been surging in polls at both the national and state levels, topped the poll with 21 percent. Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts placed second with 18 percent. Paul, who was the Libertarian candidate in 1988 and ran for the Republican nomination in...

Could President Obama dump Joe Biden from the Democratic ticket in 2012? New York Post columnist Fred Dicker says yes, quoting prominent Democrat and Republicans speculating that the president would replace Biden with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “I don’t think there’s any doubt Obama is going to pick him as his running mate,” Republican William Powers told Dicker. “The president is in trouble and Biden doesn’t bring anything to his ticket.” The report also said former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown has speculated that Biden would replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Cuomo is said to be eyeing...

PRESS RELEASE Steve Schiffman Enters GOP Congressional 9th District Nomination Race June 25, 2011: BROOKLYN, New York. Long time Brooklyn-Queens resident, lawyer/entrepreneur-turn-diplomat, Steven Mitchell Schiffman, 62, is announcing his candidacy to seek the GOP’s Congressional nomination for the 9th District special election scheduled for later this year. “I see this as a unique opportunity to contribute to the well-being of our local community; applying my extensive practical experience in building businesses, advising and consulting with foreign leaders and governments; and the promotion of human dignity”, said Mr. Schiffman. Holder of both a Master’s (LLM) degree in International Economic Law from...

Where are those who attacked Clarence Thomas, but are defending Weiner? We have a literal flasher in Congress, and they don't care. RACISTS.

Sarah Palin has burst back onto the national stage at the time when her brand of combative, small-government conservatism is reeling from its first political defeat of the Obama era, when Republicans lost what was considered a safe seat in a byelection where Medicare reform was a major issue. Clad in a black leather jacket, the former Alaska governor and Tea Party darling rumbled through Washington over the Memorial Day weekend on the back of a Harley-Davidson, part of Rolling Thunder, an annual motorcycle rally to honour fallen troops, and then posed for pictures with burly men in leather vests...

Sarah Palin continued her whirlwind tour of the city Wednesday, making stops at Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty before visiting her bosses at Fox News. Palin, whose much-hyped journey to the nation’s historic sites has fueled speculation that she’s gearing up to run for President, traded in her bus for a National Parks Service boat when she began her day at Ellis Island. Tourists visiting the former first stop for immigrants entering the United States did a double-take when they spotted the celebrity pseudo-candidate. “She shook students and hands and said ‘Hi kids, how are you doing?’” said...

Rep. Peter King arrived in the parking lot at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., at 7 a.m. on Friday seeking a sense of satisfaction. By the time he left an hour later, he had found it. For about 20 minutes, the Homeland Security Committee chairman sat in a room in the agency’s congressional affairs office, paging through an unusual photo album: images of a man, dead, displayed side-by-side with pictures of Osama bin Laden, alive, taken from similar angles. “After seeing them, I’m convinced that it was bin Laden, and he’s dead,” the New York Republican told POLITICO Friday, soon...

Republicans in New York may again face defeat in a safe district filled by a special election. The 26th District, formerly represented by “Craigslist Congressman” Christopher Lee, will be elect a new congressman later this month. Three candidates have substantial support in polling. Republican Jane Corwin, Democrat Kathleen Hochul and Jack Davis, who is running as a Tea Party candidate. In a late April Sienna poll, Corwin led with 36 percent of the vote to Hochul’s 31 percent. Davis, however, was supported by a significant 23 percent of respondents. Republicans say that the Tea Party candidate is nothing more than...

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he won’t run for president in 2012 and declined to endorse the potential candidacy of Donald Trump, one of his constituents. Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” Mr. Bloomberg called Mr. Trump a friend and “New York icon.” But he criticized the idea of questioning whether President Barack Obama was born in the U.S., an issue that Mr. Trump has pressed. “The president was born here,” Mr. Bloomberg said. “I think the Republicans are making a terrible mistake in making this a big issue.” Mr. Bloomberg said that if Republicans don’t address larger issues...

Over the last few weeks, many news outlets have reported that Donald Trump is considering running for the GOP presidential nomination. Already a few websites like www.drafttrump2012.com/ and shouldtrumprun.com have cropped up asking for support for him to run. Last week, Trump attacked President Obama on the Sean Hannity show, calling him the "worst president ever," but now he's also attacked Mitt Romney, telling The Daily Beast that Romney doesn't have a chance at the Republican nomination "He doesn't resonate, you know? Or he would have won last time," Trump told Daily Beast columnist and daughter of former GOP candidate,...

Listening to and watching Donald Trump talk with Fox News’s Sean Hannity about how rich he is and how smart he is was truly a vomit-inducing moment. The notion that this extremely successful egomaniac would ever be President of the United States is surreal. It’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington on steroids. Now we learn that he is going to announce whether he is going to run on the season finale of “The Apprentice.” The show is scheduled to air on May 15. Reportedly he will hold a press conference to announce the decision about being a candidate in the...

Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump had a one-on-one meeting last weekend, after a month where the former Arkansas governor has been quietly meeting with donors in New York as he weighs a run. The meeting, which Huckabee mentioned in passing on Fox News on Monday, was in New York City during a weekend when the 2008 Iowa caucuses winner was in town taping his Fox TV show. It was unclear what the two discussed, but sources familiar with the get-together suggested the meeting was part of Huckabee's recent listening tour with donors, since Trump would be a useful supporter if...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: It's amazing how the liberals distribute their talking points. Every liberal politician, every liberal journalist is reading from the same playbook. All together now: "The Peter King hearings on domestic terrorism will create a whole new generation of jihadists!" We've seen this, right? You saw it all weekend, all last week. "We better be careful! They're going to really get ticked off at us, it's gonna create more terrorists!" Just like Gitmo, just like going to Afghanistan or Iraq were gonna create a whooole new generation of terrorists. All right, how about this? For those of you...

Sarah Palin's appearance in Long Island this week was noteworthy for several reasons. The most important one, however, was it signals a new phase in her campaign for president. Palin wooed a large crowd of Long Islanders at the Crest Hollow Club in Woodbury. The audience was a mixture of business people drawn from both political backgrounds. Long Island was a great location for Palin to choose to break out of the adoring crowd circuit she regularly encounters in friendly states. Long Islanders however, are the ultimate switch voters, who move back and forth between Democrats and Republicans. This time...

State Assembly member Jane Corwin, R-Clarence, is giving serious thought to running for the vacant 26th District U.S. House seat, she confirmed Thursday. Corwin, whose 142nd Assembly district includes Lockport and Royalton, said in an e-mailed statement that she’ll decide “within a couple days” whether to try running as the Republican in a special election to fill the House seat vacated Wednesday by Christopher Lee. “People in this part of the state deserve a representative who knows not only what it takes to create jobs but has actually done it. ... We need a representative who will fight to cut...

Just how wide open is the Republican presidential field? Vast enough that Donald Trump may want you to hire him. The billionaire real estate mogul and host of television's "The Apprentice" got a raucous reception Thursday when he dangled a potential candidacy before thousands of conservatives who descended on the nation's capital eager to help a GOP challenger deny President Barack Obama a second term. "The United States is becoming the laughingstock of the world," Trump said....

Can we compare the State Of Cally,New York&Illinois to The Three Blind Mice?or Monkey See,Monkey Hear,Monkey Do? As far as conservatives see those states,they are through. Billions in debt and no way to pay it off. If this keeps up Obama will only carry about ten states in 2012.

Hundreds of Chris Gibson supporters welcome President Clinton to Gibson Country! Check out these photos!

In a surprising twist, the GOP is surging in New York state in several key races that were long thought unwinnable, according to the New York Post. The paper reported Monday that Republican Harry Wilson is in a dead heat with Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli while GOP stalwart Dan Donovan is surging against Eric Schneiderman in the attorney general’s race. The latest Siena College poll shows Donovan and Schneiderman tied 44 percent to 44 percent. That’s also the case with Wilson and DiNapoli. What’s especially shocking is that the two Republicans were unknowns in state politics and could not capitalize on...

On a pale-gold mid-October afternoon, Sarah Palin takes the stage at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, and the faithful are ready for her. The crowd, 1,500 strong, is mostly white, on the older side, and casually dressed—though in my row there’s a hulking young Samoan in full Revolutionary War regalia. For the past hour, the audience has been treated to a series of warm-up acts that aren’t your typical Northern California fare: a choir called Celestial City; the head of the outfit sponsoring the event, the Liberty & Freedom Foundation, who speaks of a conservative “reawakening”; and...

BRUNSWICK -- Chris Gibson's first political awakening came in 1979. He was 15, watching President Jimmy Carter tell Americans to turn down their thermostats. His father was collecting unemployment, out of work from his job as an elevator mechanic. "I remember just thinking, 'Is this it? Are our best days behind us?'" Gibson recalled recently. Then he heard Ronald Reagan, with his "sense of hope, his sense of optimism -- and I was attracted to the message." The same thoughts occurred to him in the summer of 2009 when Gibson, a colonel in the Army, became "concerned" with a growing...

CARL Paladino began his New York gubernatorial campaign by bragging he’d “clean out Albany with a baseball bat.” When an ally likened his main Albany target, the (Jewish) leader of the State Assembly, to “an antichrist or Hitler,” he enthusiastically endorsed the slur. We also learned of Paladino’s repertory of gag e-mails — among them a pornographic picture of a woman having sex with a horse and a photo of an African tribal ritual captioned “Obama Inauguration Rehearsal.” How blind we were not to recognize that his victory in a Republican primary under the proud Tea Party banner was inevitable....

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When HUMAN EVENTS profiled Ann Marie Buerkle’s campaign for Congress in May, the candidate of the Republican and New York Conservative Parties in the Empire State’s 25th District (Syracuse) was a long shot, to say the least. Freshman Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei, a past spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee, was on his way to raising $1 million. Buerkle—nurse, attorney, and mother of six (and grandmother of eleven)—had an impressive personal story, but was untested as a candidate. In her one stint in elective office—appointed to fill a vacancy on the Syracuse City Council—Buerkle had come under fire...

However, the split among Republicans and Conservatives last year was seen as a major factor in Owens’s win, which marked the first time a Democrat had won the seat since 1852. ‘OLD DREAM’ Some fear that Hoffman’s intention to stay in the race now will cause another split and give Owens victory again. “Personally, I am very disappointed in Doug Hoffman’s decision,” Mark L. Barie, chairman of the Upstate New York Tea Party, said today. UNYTEA had endorsed Hoffman in the Republican primary, but members are being polled to see what their next move will be. “I thought it would...

Nearly a week since the primaries, it’s still not clear whose name will be on the Republican line in a high-profile North Country Congressional race. An initial tally of votes in the 23rd district put Matt Doheny ahead by more than 500 votes. Doug Hoffman, already on the Conservative line, says at least 1900 military and absentee ballots still need to be counted. As Jonathan Brown reports, a final, certified vote count isn't expected until later this week.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino said Monday during a live television interview that he doesn’t believe President Barack Obama is a practicing Christian “in his heart.” “I think he worships himself,” Paladino told YNN’s “Capital Tonight” news program. ‘I’m not saying he’s anything else, but I think Mr. Obama is about himself,” the millionaire Buffalo developer said. “I think any religious beliefs that he advocates are part of the theater to make himself look better to the American people.” The comments come as Obama is again countering claims that he is a Muslim. In an interview...

For decades, Republicans have found New York Democratic congressman Charlie Rangel to be one of their most implacable opponents, now it seems to be Democrats who can’t get around the guy. Earlier in the month, President Barack Obama called for the controversial congressman to “end his career with dignity.” Needless to say, Rangel is refusing to give up the official perks he’s enjoyed for 39 years now. In a tense Monday night debate with some erstwhile challengers he can’t simply dismiss this year, Rangel rebuffed the president’s suggestion saying that Obama was in no position to give him advice. “Frankly,...

Bohemia, NY – Local businessman John Gomez, Republican/Conservative congressional candidate for NY’s 2nd congressional district, has released a statement regarding Nassau County’s announcement to challenge the MTA Payroll Tax. Gomez: “I applaud Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and GOP Lawmakers for their stand against the MTA “Bail Out” tax and I encourage other elected officials to follow suit – including my opponent. “Recently, my opponent’s spokesperson stated in Newsday, “Steve Israel remains focused on rebuilding the local economy and passing tax reform to help Long Island families.” Yet, he remains silent on the MTA “Bail Out” tax! “Not standing up...

Republicans pounced on US President Barack Obama's comments supporting the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero, painting him as out of touch less than three months before key mid-term elections. Democrats and Republicans squared off on whether it was appropriate for Obama to wade into the fray over the Islamic centre, which would include a mosque and would be built two city blocks away from the site of the former World Trade Centre. At a Friday Iftar dinner at the White House to mark Ramadan, Obama said Muslims "have the same right to practice their religion as anyone...

Sarah Palin won't back down on the controversial Ground Zero mosque. Late Saturday afternoon, Sarah Palin hit President Barack Obama with a list of questions in a Facebook post titled "Legitimate Questions for the President." Obama said he supported the mosque Friday night at a White House celebration to mark Ramadan. Palin adamantly opposes the mosque. In his speech, Obama said: "I understand the emotions that this issue engenders. Ground Zero is, indeed, hallowed ground." Palin lashed out in her brief post. "Mr. President, should they or should they not build a mosque steps away from where radical Islamists killed...

Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, today endorsed Michael Grimm in his quest to unseat Rep. Michael McMahon in the House of Representatives. Said Palin in a press release: "Michael Grimm, a former Deputy U.S. Marshall and FBI Special Agent, is running in New York's 13th Congressional District. This decorated Marine and Persian Gulf War veteran took on organized crime and Wall Street corruption as an undercover agent. As a current small business owner, Michael understands that real economic growth comes from the private sector, not government. He'll represent New Yorkers with just...

Joe DioGuardi, candidate for the U.S. Senate, today released the following statement after qualifying for the GOP primary ballot. This afternoon, the candidate and a team of volunteers arrived at the Elections Board, delivering 25,000 plus signatures. Additionally, DioGuardi qualified in more than 20 New York congressional districts. "Today, the people have spoken. By choosing to put me on the primary ballot, the people have rejected politics as usual. They have rejected the spending of money we don't have. They have rejected the borrowing of money from countries that don't share our values. Instead, the people have embraced the commonsense...

Saturday, July 17th Time: 10 am to 1 pm Location: Deer Park - Knights of Columbus Chief Ray Downey Field. 759 Long Island Avenue DIRECTIONS to the EVENT Congresswoman Michele Bachmann will be here rallying support for John Gomez in his bid to take back New York's 2nd Congressional District. The grass roots event will be FREE to the public and all are welcome. Please spread the word to your friends and neighbors to come down and support John Gomez.