Weekly Mail November 4, 2018 (Election Special)

So with election day coming up this week, I figured I'd give my $0.02, first on the races I can vote in, and then comments on other races around the state and the country.

Let me lead off here by saying that I understand totally the idea of voting in as many Democrats as possible. I've read several editorials this week, from prominent conservatives, stressing the importance of making sure that a majority democratic congress is in place to curb President Trump's power. Believe me I get it.

But knowing that, how do we come up with some of the candidates we have here?

I'll do my part here in NY and will not vote for Chele Farley for US Senate. Not that Kirsten Gillbrand has been anything special from where I'm sitting, but I don't know enough about Farley to risk losing a critical blue vote.


Now onto the governor's race here in New York.  I'm very mixed about Andrew Cuomo. he's done some good things, but to me he talks a better game than he plays. And while he has avoided any major scandals, Albany is still riddled with corruption. Add to that his frequent feuding with the Dope from Park Slope, the consequences being the city getting shortchanged, and I find myself having a difficult time giving him a third term.

Thing is, I don't know much about his opponent, Marc Molinaro, Dutchess County Executive. I heard more about Cynthia Nixon than I have heard about Molinaro. He seems like the typical New York Republican, moderate on social issues, more to the right on economics.

Cuomo is a hothead and a blowhard. Molinaro, on the other hand, assisted a man who was having a stroke last week. It's kind of hard to make the argument that Molinaro is a Trump crony if he's doing stuff like that. Still, this will be a game time decision.


One race here on Long Island I definitely know who I'm not voting for is the State Senate 9th District. Todd Kaminsky, the incumbent is a slimeball. Two years ago, you may recall, I was down at Malibu Beach Camp for family night, when Kaminsky came over and introduced himself. I told him my name and he asked me if I had a cabana at Malibu. When I told him I was just there for family night, he literally turned around and walked away. That night and forever more, he gets the gasface from me.

I can tell you one thing..His opponent? Would never do that. I'm positive about that.

How do I know? Because he and I met before.

If you read the biography of Francis X. Becker of Lynbrook, you might be able to figure out where he and I crossed paths about 3 years ago. He's quite frankly one of the nicest men I've ever met and at the time I met him, he wasn't running for anything. He was just a good guy.

I wouldn't vote for Kaminsky if he was running unopposed. That he's running against a man I consider a friend is a double whammy.

Now onto the races I can't vote in....

When she beat Joe Crowley in the June primary, I vowed I would ceaselessly support Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez opponent Anthony Pappas. This turns out to have been a mistake.

Pappas so it seems, entered politics to reform the court system. He went through a divorce in which his ex accused him of physical abuse. he denies it and has been suing the judges in the case ever since. I don't want anything to do, with an a-hole like that.

Joe Crowley meanwhile is still on the Working Families Party ticket, and while he continues to urge voters to vote for Ocasio-Cortez, I'm sure more than a few of his supporters will vote for him on that party's line. It's not going to matter, what's done is done.  Ocasio-Cortez is going to waltz to a victory and will be the youngest member of the House in history.  I'm still and always will be a Joe Crowley man.

In New Jersey, every time I see a commercial for the Bob Menendez, Bob Hugin US Senate Race, I feel like I need to bathe. This is a prime example of what I was talking about when I asked what kind of candidates are the Dems putting up if they want to win so badly? Surely there has to be someone with a TON less baggage than Bob Menendez. I feel bad for anyone in NJ who has to decide between these two crooks.

In Texas, it looks like our old friend Lyin Ted Cruz is in a battle to retain his Senate seat. Beto O'Rorke is 3 points behind Cruz in the latest polls, closer than you would ever think in a reliably red state. That's definitely a seat I wouldn't mind seeing go blue.


It's going to be an interesting night on Tuesday. Please make sure you get out there and vote.

And Have a Great Week