{"id":10945,"date":"2014-11-10T08:53:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T13:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10945"},"modified":"2014-11-10T08:53:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T13:53:08","slug":"the-fix-was-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10945","title":{"rendered":"The fix was in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fred Dicker<\/a> uncovers the obvious, “Cuomo had a secret re-election \u2018pact\u2019\u00a0 with Republicans<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

“The state\u2019s most powerful Republican secretly worked for months to help Democratic Gov. Cuomo<\/a> win re-election \u2014 in exchange for Cuomo\u2019s promise not to aid Senate Democrats<\/a> in their Long Island races, a top New York GOP leader has charged.\u00a0 Former state Republican Party Executive Director Michael Lawler<\/a> \u2014 who managed Rob Astorino\u2019s<\/a> ill-fated gubernatorial run against Cuomo \u2014 told The Post that he learned of the alleged bombshell deal between Senate GOP leader Dean Skelos<\/a> and Cuomo just days ago, after suspecting for months that it existed …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like he was the only one<\/a> who knew this.\u00a0 The only way it could have been more obvious was if both parties held a press conference on the steps of the Capital.<\/p>\n

“… Skelos spokeswoman Kelly Cummings called Lawler\u2019s charges \u201ctotally false,\u2019\u2019 insisting that \u201cSkelos supported Astorino\u2019\u2019 and contending that [Ed] Mangano\u2019s <\/a>decision to back Cuomo \u201cwas his own.\u201d\u00a0 A Cuomo spokesman also dismissed any deal between his boss and Skelos as a \u201cdelusion,\u201d adding, \u201cIt\u2019s wrong on the facts.\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What else could they say?\u00a0 God bless Tammany Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n