It’s always been about Andrew

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As sort of a follow up to my previous post, “Progressive Dems Question NRA Ads“:

“A coalition of progressive Democrats are criticizing TV ads released by the state committee that knock House Republicans over gun control over concerns the spots are a stealth campaign commercial for Gov. Andrew Cuomo … Democratic committee members questioned the effectiveness of the ad given its intent to criticize Republicans on gun control. “The ad buy is not targeted to a region in which there are close swing districts, nor does it mention any Republican by name,” the letter states. “It appears to be a re-election ad.” …”

That’s because it is a re-election ad.

Cuomo doesn’t personally care about gun control.  His SAFE Act was nothing but a miscalculated attempt at raising his national profile for a possible presidential bid down the road.  So is this.  So is just about everything else he does.  Cuomo isn’t an ideologue.  He’s an ego-manic.  The Democrat Party is nothing but a tool for him to advance his own political standing.

New project

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I am starting a new project: Oust incumbent Assemblywoman Didi Barrett and replace her with Town of Clinton Councilman Dean Michael.

The first order of business is to get the candidate before as many people as possible to pitch their campaign.  Here are a couple of pictures from last night’s meeting of the Columbia County Sportsmen’s Federation of Dean addressing the delegates:

Dean Michael for Assembly

Dean Michael for Assembly

Two other candidates running in the April 24 special elections, Chris Tague and Jake Ashby, were their as well doing self promotion:

Chris Tague for Assembly

Jake Ashby for Assembly

He acted like a fool

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Here is the new advertisement the Governor is running:

I do not think it is very effective. It reminds people about his phony SAFE Act which is still very unpopular north of I-84.

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Intimidation and jello

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According to the Daily News:

“Nearly a month after the Parkland, Fla., school mass shooting, Gov. Cuomo is set to kick off a gun-control campaign touting his work on the issue and targeting seven New York congressional Republicans. The six-figure campaign, which kicks off this week, will include a mix of television and digital ads and an online petition effort organizers say is meant to galvanize grassroots support …”

Baloney.  Gun control does not have grassroots, only astroturf.

This is Cuomo’s attempt to intimidate Congressional Republicans.  It’s not an inherently bad idea on his part considering the backbones of local Republicans have the structural integrity of warm jello when confronted by loudmouth leftists.  If these guys are smart (and for most that’s doubtful) the targeted Republicans will turn this attack on them around and use it to fundraiser off of.

Greene Co. license amendments

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Larry DiDonato at the Register-Star writes:

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is seeking to disseminate the following notification to all Greene County Pistol Permit holders:

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, NO AMENDMENTS TO YOUR PISTOL PERMIT WILL BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PERMIT RECERTIFICATION. THIS POLICY HAS BEEN INSTITUTED BY THE GREENE COUNTY COURT.

Batavia rallies for 2nd Amendment rights

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They bill they are protesting is H.R.5087, but there are other versions including H.R.5007 and S.2095.

Better choice for Republicans

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The Poughkeepsie Journal reports:

“Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro hasn’t even publicly launched his campaign for governor. Behind the scenes, though, Molinaro’s maneuvering already has him within striking distance of locking up the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the fall. The Dutchess Republican has secured about 41 percent of the weighted vote of New York’s Republican delegates in the last week, assuming they vote for who their county chairs endorsed …”

Good.  Senator John DeFrancisco’s campaign has been as bad as Brian Kolb’s.

If the Republicans are to have any chance of knocking out Cuomo their candidate needs to be a contrast to the current administration.  Molinaro has done a decent enough job as County Executive so he can run on that.  There are no major scandals in his administration to distract from real issues and he’s not eligible for AARP which is a big plus.

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