{"id":12961,"date":"2016-04-26T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T13:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12961"},"modified":"2016-04-26T09:56:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T13:56:59","slug":"a-gift-from-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12961","title":{"rendered":"A gift from God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/joseph-mondello-nassau-gop-chief-says-kaminsky-likely-won-1.11713077\" target=\"_blank\">screwed up the SD-9 election<\/a> I figured the end of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nygop.org\" target=\"_blank\">NY GOP<\/a> was finally upon us.<\/p>\n<p>Then this happened:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/04\/22\/de-blasio-aides-accused-of-criminal-fundraising-activity\/\" target=\"_blank\">De Blasio, aides accused of \u2018criminal\u2019 fundraising activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/de-blasio-gamed-donation-limits-hid-names-board-elections-article-1.2611406\" target=\"_blank\">De Blasio team skirted campaign donation limits; investigators found &#8216;willful and flagrant&#8217; violations &#8216;warranting prosecution&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitalnewyork.com\/article\/city-hall\/2016\/04\/8597550\/vance-confirms-boe-referred-investigation-de-blasio-team\" target=\"_blank\">Vance confirms BOE-referred investigation into de Blasio team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/news\/local\/columnists\/andreatta\/2016\/04\/25\/andreatta-monroe-county-democratic-committee-transfer\/83501360\/\" target=\"_blank\">Something fishy in Monroe Democrats&#8217; coffers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/04\/26\/de-blasio-tied-to-untraceable-50k-for-kaminsky-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\">De Blasio tied to \u2018untraceable\u2019 $50K for Kaminsky campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/news\/politics\/politics-on-the-hudson\/2016\/04\/25\/de-blasio-donation-probe-how-s-tied-hudson-valley\/83512086\/\" target=\"_blank\">De Blasio donation probe: How it&#8217;s tied to the Hudson Valley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Ulster County Democratic Committee, former state Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk linked to federal, state political donations probes\" target=\"_blank\">Ulster County Democratic Committee, former state Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk linked to federal, state political donations probes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Early indications point to this being worse than either the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitalnewyork.com\/article\/albany\/2015\/11\/8584037\/sheldon-silver-convicted-all-counts-corruption-trial\" target=\"_blank\">Shelly Silver<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/26\/nyregion\/dean-skelos-and-his-son-convicted-on-corruption-charges-seek-new-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dean Skelos<\/a> corruption trials.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like God himself has thrown the Republicans a lifeline.\u00a0 It will be their #1 campaign issue this fall.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D12961&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12961\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12961\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12961\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having screwed up the SD-9 election I figured the end of the NY GOP was finally upon us. 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